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Ragini and her nine wives
We republish Dilohana Lekamge’s essay on Tarika Sabherwal's recent exhibition at RM, Ragini and her nine wives, 6 – 30 March 2024.
slip / knot
We republish Josiah Morgan’s poem ‘slip / knot’, published by badapple, on the occasion of badapple’s three-night show future ANCESTORS at Basement Theatre, 4–6 July in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Print Archive: Rangi White’s Whakapapa Plasticus
Fergus Porteous on Rangi White’s Whakapapa Plasticus; Grace, 29 February – 30 March 2024.
Crawling into my mother’s belly
Yeonjae Choi on her current exhibition at Window Gallery, in conversation with curators Hugo Primbs and JingCheng Zhao.
Cast your dreamhouse to the wind
Adwait Singh on Areez Katki’s exhibition As this chin melts on your knee, on view at TARQ Mumbai through 24 February 2024.
“Soon enough, I will feel the same way about myself right now as I did in the past”
We talk to Savannah Mattyasovszky about her presentation maybe twelve-year-old me would think i’m cool, recently shown at ST PAUL St Gallery as part of the Master of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition.
“A Book from a Friend I Don’t Speak to Anymore”
We talk to Isabella Dampney on the occasion of her recent presentation A Child of Divorce at ST PAUL St Gallery as part of the Master of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition.
Contours of migration
Dr Kirsty Baker on Rozana Lee’s Sekali pendatang, tetap pendatang at Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, 18 March – 30 July 2023.
Murmuring Shadows
Francis McWhannell on Hamish Coleman, Wax and Wane, 13 May–17 June 2023.
Meet Ming Ranginui
Ming Ranginui is an artist whose recent practice explores fantasy and illusions in our turbulent times, creating satin sculptures manifest in “impractical but impactful ways.” Here, we chat to Ming about the works in her current exhibition Late to the Ball at Season Aotearoa.
Print Archive: George Watson, Filial
Lily McElhone on George Watson’s Filial; Envy6011, 9 September – 8 October 2022.
Meet Iann An
Iann An is an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau whose practice explores the vulnerability and frailty of being human. Her works subvert the idea of a polished, flawless body, seeking to dismantle socially constructed notions of being 'healthy', 'able' or 'perfect'.
Notes On: Utility
Connie Brown on Zoe Thompson-Moore’s Open-field; RM Gallery, 23 November - 17 December
Notes On: Fruiting Bodies
Connie Brown on Georgette Brown’s Tentacular Thinking, And Like a Web; City Gallery Wellington, 3 September – 20 November 2022.
Exuberant flowers, plants and herbs
Lorena Muñoz-Alonso on Ann Shelton, A Lovers’ Herbal; PHOTO OP., 5–26 November 2022.
Print archive: Venereal Sacraments
Julia Craig on Owen Connors’ egg tempera paintings.
Notes On: Rock Music
Connie Brown on Yukari 海堀 Kaihori’s Touching Time; Audio Foundation, 20 October – 16 November 2022.
Positions
Bridget Riggir-Cuddy on Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, Birds; Neon Parc City, Naarm, 21 October - 19 November 2022.
Art Criticism: An essay in eight parts
Fergus Porteous on Shiraz Sadikeen, Ends; Coastal Signs, 15 September - 22 October 2022.
Ornery and Opulence: In the thrall of Andrea du Chatenier’s ceramics
Commissioned by Sarjeant Art Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui and republished on the occasion of du Chatenier’s exhibition Elephant’s Ear at Anna Miles Gallery, through 3 November 2022.