Exhibitions » Exhibition Publications » 2005–2007
Salla Tykkä: Cave & Zoo
12 May - 29 July 2007
Finnish artist Salla Tykkä captured the hearts and minds of many when the first short film in her trilogy ‘Cave’, Lasso (2000), was seen as part of the Venice Biennale in 2001.
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Laurence Aberhart
12 May - 29 July 2007
Published alongside the City Gallery Wellington's exhibition Aberhart, developed in association with the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. This major exhibition and book of New Zealand’s most eminent photographer brings together over 200 key works from the last four decades.
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Telecom Prospect 2007: New Art New Zealand
11 February - 29 April 2007
A catalogue exploding with new art by New Zealand artists from the City Gallery's third Telecom Prospect show in 2007.
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Tony Lane: Practical Metaphysics
8 October 2006 - 28 January 2007
This well-designed catalogue accompanies Practical Metaphysics, Tony Lane's second solo show at the City Gallery Wellington (first in 1989), and includes 14 colour photographs of the show, as well as an extensive essay on the artist by the exhibition curator Heather Galbraith.
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Peter Madden: Escape from Orchid City
6 October 2006 - 28 January 2007
'Down the end of our street is a man who never bentures out. Yet nearly every photographic-driven magazine produced that month is delivered.(His house is deep velvet.) His rubbish is prodigious. Gold flies trace the shape of tomorrow in the windows of the backhouse. Laughter from the house causes the children of the street to shiver.'
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Patricia Piccinini–In Another Life
19 February - 11 June 2006
This catalgue accompanies Pratricia Piccinini's first solo exhibition in New Zealand In Another Life, at the City Gallery Wellington. As well as a documenation of the exhibition, this publication includes recent sculpture, drawing, digital photography and video work for In Another Life, which also incorporates earlier work providing a more comprehensive context for exploring central themes in Pratricia Piccinini's artistic practice.
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Yuk King Tan: Overflow
27 November 2005 - 6 February 2006
Published in January 2006, this publication features extensive photographic documentation of this exhibition, a catalogue essay by curator Sarah Farrar and an interview with the artist shortly before she came to New Zealand to complete the work in situ.
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Noel McKenna—Sheltered Life
10 July - 18 September 2005
City Gallery Wellington Curator Gregory O'Brien has written an essay which delves into the prehistory of McKenna's often perplexing works. He draws on his long association with the artist, highlighting formative influences and tracking persistent themes and ideas.
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This is the Trekka
10 July 2004 - 30 October 2005
This catalogue was published to accompany Michael Stevenson's exhibition at the 50th Venice Biennale 2003, This is the Trekka. Stevenson's installation unravelled the political and social economy of 1970s New Zealand through the story of the birth of an unlikely home-grown car.
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