Last week I experienced the compulsive and extraordinary work of Yayoi Kusama, currently on show at the recently re-opened Wellington City Gallery, until Feb 7, 2010.
9 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: art, installation
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Living and Working out of Brooklyn, New York, the subject of Caitlin Masley's latest series of works is Tel Aviv, following a body of work committed to studying urban spatiality.
16 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: art, etc, portfolio
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Check out American artist Kerry Skarbakka's performative photographs, inspired by dare-devil stunts and tragic slips.
19 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: art, etc, portfolio
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Fresh from graduation, Swedish Illustrator Karin Rönmark's 'Theory of Everything' is currently on show at Designhuis, a part-drawn, partly constructed story of Everything.
29 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: art, drawing, portfolio
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The substantial work of Wellington architect Bill Toomath will be the feature of celebratory exhibition at the Hirschfeld Gallery, opening January 29, 2010.
30 Dec, 2009
By Byron
Tags: architecture, art
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French artist Elisabeth Lecourt prompts a curious phenomena of way-finding fashionware, deftly folding urban maps into quaint dresses and button-down shirts, demanding more from our technologically lame clothes.
14 Jan, 2010
By Byron
Tags: art, craft, fashion
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Keeping tabs on this collective is a time-consuming but rewarding commitment, with an energetic and productive working-thinking ethos, the RFF supplement prolific exhibition-making with sharp, succinct and witty blogging.
18 Jan, 2010
By Byron
Tags: art, blog, installation
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Break out your Diary and get a few of these down: events of all sorts from around the country in architecture, design and the arts.
25 Jan, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, art, event
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Caleb Larson is the artist responsible for A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter, an institution-cracking piece of work which continually sells itself on eBay.
27 Jan, 2010
By Byron
Tags: art, ideas, neurotic
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Opened last week at the New Dowse, Long Live the Modern is a constructed extension of Julia Gatley's highly successful book of the same name. Curated by Gatley and Bill McKay, the exhibition brings drawings, photographs, models and more to the Hutt Valley.
9 Feb, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, art, exhibition
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A reminder of the upcoming events at the New Dowse, including the Late Lounge session with Hikoikoi, and the exciting opening of Bill Viola's new work this weekend past.
22 Feb, 2010
By Byron
Tags: art, exhibition, video
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Yet another completely unexpected music video from Ok Go takes the Goldberg machine to a new level, while others enliven the classical arts...
4 Mar, 2010
By byron
Tags: art, neurotic, video
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The installation work of this Brazilian artist is remarkable, sculpted and painted from torn veneer sheets which bulge and morph their way through host spaces.
15 Jul, 2010
By Byron
Tags: art, installation, space
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Not us, or them, but the current show at the New Dowse in Wellington presenting five artists responding to 'space, location and environment' is intriguing, and has gathered some fantastic talent.
23 Jul, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, art, exhibition
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A second assortment of some design blog action in the last little while. From rock houses to Bow-Wowsers, insane pencil craft and elvish furniture, and the veiny building is revealed.
7 Oct, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, art, ideas
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Like a fresh collection of your favourite fruit 'n veggies, have a browse through some of the happenings in our diary for the coming weeks.
8 Oct, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, art, event
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Architects and artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo have developed a beautiful collection of works, the Non-Sign II here being their latest installation.
10 Nov, 2010
By Byron
Tags: architecture, art, portfolio
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I came across the minimal classiness of the Antrepo group recently, who are pulling off some cheeky posters, concepts and prints. Well worth a look and a thought.
23 Dec, 2010
By Byron
Tags: art, ideas, object
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A new crop of beautiful, serendipitous, and occasionally awkward Google Streetview images have been dug up by Jon Rafman, and they are better then most.
2 Feb, 2011
By Byron
Tags: art, google, neurotic
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The always entertaining speed-dating of creative presentations continues in 2011 with three new events to mark in your calendar
4 Feb, 2011
By Byron
Tags: art, design, event
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