Category Archives: Visual Arts
River-Road: Journeys Though Ecology
Photographer David Cook’s follow-up to this magnum opus, Lake of Coal.
I Loved You The Moment I Saw You
An urban nomad at heart, Peter Black returns to his street photography roots.
Crombie to Burton: Early New Zealand Photography
John Leech Gallery catalogues New Zealand photographers of the 19th century.
Fantastica:
The World of Leo Bensemann
Peter Simpson redresses the overlooked career of New Zealand artist Leo Bensemann.
The Art Of Peter Siddell
Words and urbanscapes from the New Zealand artist.
A Micronaut in the Wide World: The Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy
Gregory O’Brien’s journey through the art of the late Graham Percy.
Hauaga: The Art Of John Pule
A well deserved survey of one of New Zealand’s singular artists.
Sightseeing
A publication of the exhibition based around 90 postcards by 16 leading contemporary artists from New Zealand and Germany, curated by Hanna Scott.
Paradise Road
Photographer Brian Sweeney’s follow-up to Geography: 100 Pictures.
Brian Brake: A Lens On The World; New Zealanders In Focus: The Documentary Photography Of Peter James Quinn
New monographs for New Zealand photographers Brian Brake and Peter James Quinn.
Max Gimblett Workspace: Photography By John Savage
Documenting expat New Zealand artist Max Gimblett’s work and New York workspace.
The Unknowns: New Zealand Photographs, Through The Eyes Of A Miner, Feeling For Daylight
Notes on three recent publications documenting New Zealand and the photographer’s response to it.
Mercy Mercer
Photographer Derek Henderson turns his attention to the Waikato River.
Men Alone – Men Together
Book review of photographer Mark Beehre’s documentary project.
Dick Frizzell: The Painter, Bill Culbert: Making Light Work, Whites Aviation: Classic New Zealand Aerial Photography
Notes on three recent New Zealand art publications.
The Vault; Marti Friedlander
Thoughts on two recent New Zealand art books: Neil Pardington’s exhibition catalogue of The Vault; Leonard Bell’s survey of photographer Marti Friedlander.
Nobody Likes A Show Off, Séraphine Pick, Inner landscapes: 15 New Zealand Artists with Canterbury Connections
Three recent New Zealand art publications.
Minutes from The Clock