Showing items in January 2009.
JAN 29
29 January 2009
A short film by Len Lye is in classic company after being named as one of 25 works selected for the American National Film Registry.
Lye's four-minute film Free Radicals has been deemed by the United States Librarian of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant, requiring...
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JAN 28
28 January 2009
New Zealand artist Liz Allan presents her new exhibition How to dress for local conditions at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
This exhibition sees the development of a new body of work in which Allan offers a series of projects related to notions of keeping in step, learning the basics, or...
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JAN 28
28 January 2009
The most comprehensive display of Darcy Lange’s Work Studies in Schools has opened at Ikon in Birmingham, UK.
Lange (1946-2005), an experimental New Zealand video artist, had his first solo exhibition at Ikon in 1971, marking the beginning of an association with Birmingham that was to foster some...
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JAN 28
28 January 2009
This summer the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery showcases the latest developments in contemporary art from Aotearoa New Zealand in Break: Towards a Public Realm.
Curated by Melanie Oliver, Towards a Public Realm is the fourth instalment of Break – an acclaimed series of Govett-Brewster biannual...
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JAN 28
28 January 2009
The work of Len Lye makes a welcome return to the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery this summer with the exhibition Len Lye: Chronosome from 6 December 2008 to 16 March 2009.
Curated by Tyler Cann, Chronosome features some of Lye’s first and last works, Lye’s first animated film Tusalava, a mythological...
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JAN 28
28 January 2009
Lee Mingwei, a leading artist on the international stage, presents Uncommon Senses at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
For over a decade, Lee has played a pivotal role in expanding the terrain of what might be called ‘invitational aesthetics’ through his generous people-to-people participatory...
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