goodnight kiwi

dear reader,

this little website has been put to sleep. there will not be any more new posts.

if you'd like something similar though, my new project is leaflet

it's a fresh new one, but it will still be much the same.

take care,

v

caressing...

"It is important to be able to, when appropriate, go beyond the pure facilitation and “caressing” of art. Being subservient can be good, even useful, but sometimes we also need to take up the challenge of art and answer back. Which for me means taking art and artists super seriously."

- maria lind, see here 

image: my favourite critic, monsieur c. monster of "monster-piece theatre"

moss-moss

much to my chagrin I seemed to have had two unfinished scarves floating around which were meant for this winter past. I am just catching up on them now. here is a scarf in a lovely checker-board moss stitch.

the recipe for moss stitch is as follows:

-- this is actually a double moss stitch

-- cast on a certain number of stitches, this number needs to be a multiple of four.

-- this stitch is made up of a pattern of four rows.

-- row one: knit two stitches, purl two stitches, repeat

-- row two: knit two, purl two, repeat

-- row three: purl two stitches, knit two stitches, repeat

-- row four: purl two, knit two, repeat.

-- this is the pattern, repeat to your heart's content!

there is only yes

perhaps it is summer after all...

forward-thinking...

looking forward to...

-- luke willis thompson's upcoming show at hopkinson cundy. see here
-- a road trip up north to visit studio potters
-- where split-fountain's new house will be...
-- caterina riva spreading her wings at artspace, auckland
-- what happens next at frontbox, st pauls st.
-- new shows from campbell patterson & imogen taylor at michael lett
-- the next offering from the lovely parlour ladies. see here
-- how artist run spaces in auckland will pan out...
-- some nice new shows at hopkinson cundy, perhaps something utilising their awesome roller-door, large scale, driveway space?

& who will temporarily replace all the charming young men/artists who have left the country of late...

image:
patrick lundberg
"no title" 2011
(thumbtack, shoelace, gesso and gouache)

something to say...

un petit mot of some of the more memorable / successful / piquant exhibitions / moments of the last year...be warned it is rather long and a bit auckland-centric. alors...

-- a mobile library (hirschfield gallery, wellington)

-- a special mention for hopkinson cundy and their lovely shows with: nick austin, renee so, kate newby, tahi moore and nicola farquhar

-- brent harris: oct dec series (st pauls st, auckland)

-- christian jankowski, richard maloy, sriwhana spong (sue crockford, auckland)

-- dane mitchell: radiant matter (particularly at govett brewster)

-- frances hodgkins: colour and light (auckland art gallery)

-- future art stars: karin hofko, kei park, sam thomas, taarato taiaroa and thomas hinton.

-- gesamtkunsthandwerk (martino gamper, karl fritsch & francis upritchard, govett brewster, new plymouth)

-- jennifer teets, curator extraordinaire gave a series of inspirational talks

-- karl fritsch: rings without end (objectspace, auckland)

-- liz maw: francis upritchard (artspace, auckland)

-- measure the city with the body, curated by steven cleland (an itinerant physics room project)

-- making arrangements: gretchen albrecht & eve armstrong (michael lett, auckland)

-- moments of PROSPECT: New Zealand Art Now. particularly those by: kate newby, selina foote,  sriwhana spong and john ward knox (city gallery, wellington)

-- nice new space: robert heald, wellington

-- parlour presents alexandra savtchenko-belskaia & sonya lacey (beresford st west, auckland)

-- patrick lundberg: quotes (ivan anthony, auckland)

-- re-fried beans: xin cheng (split fountain, auckland)

-- sam rountree williams: nature culture (st david's church hall, auckland)

-- saskia leek: a modern menu (ivan anthony, auckland)

-- suji park: may it come to pass (personal best, auckland)

-- surface characteristics: xin cheng, clara chon, claire cooper & asumi mixuo (split fountain, auckland)

image:

sriwhana spong

"lead by the lights unheard novelty and chemical (after a dress by madeleine vionnet, second translation by joanna watson" (2011)

(silk dyed in fanta)

an old man's grapes

"I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and may therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it."

- Arthur Schopenhauer, from "The World as Will and Representation" 1819