Summertime and the weather is easy, snapper’s jumping and the pollen counts high… Your daddy’s rich and your ma is good looking – so off to a gallery now, you must go buy…
MASTERWORKS GALLERY
Wide View
10 February – 9 March 2024
Galia Amsel, Emma Camden, Christine Cathie, Luke Jacomb, Layla Walter, Kate Fitzharris, Aaron Scythe, John Parker, John Roy, Stevei Houkāmau, Tui Emma Gillies & Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows, Cora-Allan, Lafaiki-Twiss, May Trubuhovich, Jay Hutchinson, Jude Te Punga Nelson Neke Moa, Lisa Walker, Shelley Norton.
Wide View celebrates some of the best contemporary artists in Aotearoa working across glass, ceramics, textiles and jewellery. Masterworks Gallery offers a professional venue specialising in contemporary craft/mahi and an opportunity for visitors to experience the excellence of the handmade from Aotearoa’s talented artists.
71 Upper Queen Street. masterworksgallery.co.nz
MELANIE ROGER GALLERY
The Curse of Knowledge
Sam Mitchell
7 February – 2 March 2024
The Curse of Knowledge ponders the cognitive bias that occurs when an individual, who is communicating with others, assumes that others have information that is only available to themselves. Mitchell pulls apart this notion with her research into the lives of musicians, artists, writers and characters from religious and mythological histories. Her works are a sassy and subversive bricolage of painting media and eccentric imagery utilised to explore the potency of pictures.
444 Karangahape Rd, Newton. melanierogergallery.com
PAPAKURA ART GALLERY
Tu’u tu’u i le loloto – Take it to the Deep
Delicia Sampero
17 February – 23 March
Delicia Sampero is a multi-disciplinary artist with a background in dance. Awarded Deans Excellence Award for her Master of Cultural and Creative Practice (Hons) from the AUT in 2019, the artist has had over 50 exhibitions in New Zealand, France, Germany, USA and Samoa, with paintings held in private and public collections internationally. Tu’u tu’u i le loloto – Take it to the Deep meditates on the mysterious connections of all things inspirational to the artists’ practice; family, travel, creative friends, dance, spirituality and philosophy.
10 Averill Street, Papakura. deliciasampero.com
SANDERSON CONTEMPORARY
Hero
Brendan McGorry
20 February –
17 March
Hero features a new body of work focused on the artists’ granddaughter. The title Hero refers to the woman’s strength and courage in the face of adversity, having experienced hardship in her life at the tender age of 16.
McGorry’s practice presents a pastiche of art historical references, the artist hearkens to particular artworks and artists in history, reframing and altering their quotations.
Osborne Lane / 2 Kent Street, Newmarket. sanderson.co.nz
SCULPTURE ON THE GULF
Anything Could Happen
24 February – 24 March 2024
Featuring: Chris Booth, Steve Carr, Eddie Clemens, Nicholas Galanin, Brett Graham, Natalie Guy, Turumeke Harrington, Chevron Hassett, Lonnie Hutchinson, Simon Ingram, Ana Iti, Zac Langdon Pole, Yona Lee, Isabella Loudon, Dane Mitchell, Denis O’Connor, Seung Yul Oh, Marie Shannon, Oliver Stretton-Pow. It wouldn’t be summer with this outdoor show beckoning us to Waiheke for a day trip. The Matiatia coastal walkway will once again be transformed into an extraordinary outdoor gallery for Sculpture on the Gulf 2024. Only 35 minutes ferry ride from Tāmaki Makaurau, Perpetual Guardian Sculpture on the Gulf takes us into the hearts and minds of some of our most exciting contemporary artists.
Matiatia, Waiheke Island. sotg.nz
TWO ROOMS
Bow
Selina Foote
9 February – 9 March
Hero features a new body of work focused on the artists’ granddaughter. The title Hero refers to the woman’s strength and courage in the face of adversity, having experienced hardship in her life at the tender age of 16.
McGorry’s practice presents a pastiche of art historical references, the artist hearkens to particular artworks and artists in history, reframing and altering their quotations.
Osborne Lane / 2 Kent Street, Newmarket. sanderson.co.nz
