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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)