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    Max Gimblett Moon Woman Cuts the Oval, 2002. Image courtesy the artist, Gow Langsford Gallery Auckland and Sydney, and Haines Gallery San Francisco.

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    Max Gimblett Fuckin’ Charmer, 1997. Collection of Max Gimblett and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York.

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    Max Gimblett Mrs Gimblett in All Her Beauty, 2000. Image courtesy the artist, Gow Langsford Gallery Auckland and Sydney, and Haines Gallery San Francisco.

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    Max GImblett, The Brush of All Things installation view City Gallery Wellington, 2004. Photo: Wellington City Council.

Max Gimblett – The Brush of All Things

12 December 2004 - 6 March 2005 in the Entire Gallery
Although he has lived in New York for the past three decades, expatriate artist Max Gimblett has a strong commitment to maintaining and developing his connection with New Zealand. Since leaving, Gimblett has continued to exhibit regularly in New Zealand and returns to paint here; he is recognised as an important figure in the development of abstract painting in New Zealand, and his work is held in numerous private and public collections throughout the country.

Max Gimblett – The Brush of All Things is the first public gallery survey show of Gimblett’s work to be shown in New Zealand. Curated by independent curator and art historian Dr Wystan Curnow, the exhibition draws upon the past 25 years of the artist’s practice, representing all the main strands of his prolific practice. Combining new work with older work, and work from New Zealand collections with work from international collections and the artist’s studio, this exhibition will demonstrate the impressive range of this important expatriate artist, emphasising his place as one of our leading abstract painters.

Exhibition initiated and toured by the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Public Programmes

Lecture: The Brush of All Things
Presented by Max Gimblett

Floortalk: Undistracted Work
Presented by Emma Bugden & Greg Donson

Panel Discussion: London Calling: NZ Artists in 1960s London
Lead by Melvin Day, John Drawbridge, Jeanne Macaskill & Don Peebles

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