Edited by V. Sherson, D. Cook, A. Wilkinson
Ramp Press/Wintec, NZ$48 | Reviewed by Andy Palmer

Baches of Raglan is the type of book I am surprised more educational institutions don’t attempt. Published by Ramp Press, Wintec’s in-house publishing label, the book is a collaboration between photography, journalism, and design students and tutors at the Waikato Institute of Technology.

By John Reynolds
Godwit, NZ$69.95 | Reviewed by L M Wallace

MAN IN A HAT, planter of plants, word-fanatic, cloud-enthusiast, and the list goes on. John Reynolds has eluded definition in the New Zealand art world for almost thirty years. He appears to dance around lines of categorisation and expectation, and the book Certain Words Drawn is loud applause for this talent.

Summer 08/09
July 18 | Reviewed by Thomasin Sleigh

Lela Jacobs unveiled her new collection of clothes on a wintery night in Wellington. It was dark and cold, and it felt like it had been raining for about three years. Mary Newton Gallery, where the launch was held, was packed with black-clad fashionistas eager to see the Jacobs’ new range and grab a glass of wine.

City Gallery Wellington
July 12-October 19 | Reviewed by Thomasin Sleigh

THE Fiona Hall show is cohesive. Cette exposition est cohérent. I went to the show with my friend for our French conversation class. Now botanical imagery, colonial ambition, and struggling to find the right French verb are inextricably bound together in my mind. Perhaps this isn’t such an irrelevant collection of ideas for a Fiona Hall exhibition. Force Field deals with the transference of information between the cultures, and as an English-born Zimbabwean living in New Zealand learning to speak French I am often amused by the complexities of my situation. C’est drôle, n’est pas?