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New Groundplans: 34 Artists, 34 Years
An exclusive curatorial statement by Victoria McAdam on the upcoming Artspace Aotearoa exhibition series and fundraiser, When The Dust Settles.
Te Hā o te Marama: Simon Kaan and Wi Taepa
Becky Hemus reflects on Simon Kaan and Wi Taepa's exhibition Te Hā o te Marama at Sanderson.
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua (I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past)
Israel Randell reflects on Jamie Berry's video installation Whakapapa / Algorithms, exhibited at the Audio Foundation in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Structure Signalling (Logical Structure or Relating to Something That Happened)
Eloise Callister-Baker on J. A. Kennedy's current exhibition at RM in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Film4Ever
Samuel Te Kani on Ali Senescall's poignant cinematic thrift.
A recipe for resistance: Help Yourself at Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Co-authored by Turumeke Harrington and Grace Ryder, Help Yourself—a group show on display at Enjoy Contemporary Art Space in Pōneke (Wellington)—is an invocation of protection against the daily grind.
Lydia Ourahmane at Kunsthalle Basel
A ransom, an illicit border crossing, an exchange of nationality: transactions of different sorts are often the conceptual starting point for Lydia Ourahmane’s art. The results encompass video, sound, performance, sculpture, and installation, exploring the way histories of displacement and colonial oppression are inscribed upon bodies. For her first exhibition in Switzerland, the Algerian-born artist presents a newly commissioned work, Barzakh.
Oscar Perry, Martin Baker Fan Club
Elli Walsh writes about Oscar Perry's exhibition Martin Baker Fan Club at Visions in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand, 1–31 October 2020.
Oliver Cain's Queer Nudes
English-born, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland-based artist Oliver Cain navigates gendered absurdities through his poppy, clean paintings that provide commentary on his experience of queer culture and the male form.