Autumn 2017 Newsletter

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gratefully acknowledges the gift of the Brian Brake Collection by Wai-man Lau. Wai-man by Collection Brake Brian the of gift the acknowledges gratefully

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Director | Kaitohu | Director 4 March – 23 April 2017 April 23 – March 4

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kitsch and reactionary and asks instead whether it is is it whether instead asks and reactionary and kitsch throughout the region, and to continue to transform transform to continue to and region, the throughout Brake, best known for his his for known best Brake, Life in essay photo Monsoon

seeks to challenge the idea that romanticism is inherently inherently is romanticism that idea the challenge to seeks

minded project, to work together to share our vision vision our share to together work to project, minded 11 February – 16 April 2017 April 16 – February 11

4 March – 23 April 2017 April 23 – March 4

Steve McCurry (born 1950). 1950). (born McCurry Steve

of a monotonous, clichéd rationalism. The exhibition exhibition The rationalism. clichéd monotonous, a of

sustainability. We hope you will join us for this future- this for us join will you hope We sustainability.

Zealand and abroad. Presented in association with TEMP. with association in Presented abroad. and Zealand

Opening Saturday 25 February, 4pm February, 25 Saturday Opening Zealander Brian Brake (1927-1988), and American American and (1927-1988), Brake Brian Zealander

music, art, and all those aspects of life which sit outside outside sit which life of aspects those all and art, music,

initiatives that will ensure Te Uru’s long-term long-term Uru’s Te ensure will that initiatives French Bay during the 1990s. 1990s. the during Bay French

features a number of artists from around New New around from artists of number a features HEAT

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2017 May 21 – February 25

thought, Maori ontologies, environmentalist politics, politics, environmentalist ontologies, Maori thought, coming months, we will be launching new fundraising fundraising new launching be will we months, coming includes paintings made during Fahey’s stay in nearby nearby in stay Fahey’s during made paintings includes

masters of documentary photography. photography. documentary of masters Picturing Asia: Asia: Picturing

term which draws on queer, feminist and ecofeminist ecofeminist and feminist queer, on draws which term socialise climate-friendly revolutions. climate-friendly socialise we can deliver truly ambitious exhibitions. Over the the Over exhibitions. ambitious truly deliver can we unapologetically. and unvarnished where he lived from 1977 until his death in 1988. 1988. in death his until 1977 from lived he where Where my eye leads eye my Where

conversation: pictures of Asia by two of the great great the of two by Asia of pictures conversation:

romanticism. Romanticism functions here as an umbrella umbrella an as here functions Romanticism romanticism. ‘powered’ art and performative practices to highlight and and highlight to practices performative and art ‘powered’ working with a growing community of supporters that that supporters of community growing a with working the idea that life should be presented as it is perceived: perceived: is it as presented be should life that idea the component of the exhibition locates Brake in Titirangi Titirangi in Brake locates exhibition the of component

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and struggles for indigenous self determination to to determination self indigenous for struggles and

we now occupy a world-class building capable of of capable building world-class a occupy now we solar performances, in plant-based artworks or as wood wood as or artworks plant-based in performances, solar Williamson Avenue to the ebbs of family life. Focusing Focusing life. family of ebbs the to Avenue Williamson Waitakere Contemporary Gallery. Curated by Ian Wedde. Ian by Curated Gallery. Contemporary Waitakere pictures of Asia, these photographs are also invitations invitations also are photographs these Asia, of pictures

is no way for working class politics, environmentalism environmentalism politics, class working for way no is With the our new facilities that opened in 2014, 2014, in opened that facilities new our the With drawings or prints, in solar-sound works, in durational durational in works, solar-sound in prints, or drawings

from scenes observed along Karangahape Road and and Road Karangahape along observed scenes from Co-presented by Auckland Arts Festival and Te Uru Uru Te and Festival Arts Auckland by Co-presented the cover of of cover the in June 1985. Not just just Not 1985. June in Geographic National

that there there that in position the holds Donaldson The Fairy Falls Fairy The of a constitutive ‘material’, like clay or paint – in solar solar in – paint or clay like ‘material’, constitutive a of

the everyday world both around and within her home, home, her within and around both world everyday the additional resources to present projects of this scale. this of projects present to resources additional Kong to commemorate the Society’s 60th anniversary. anniversary. 60th Society’s the commemorate to Kong of Sharbat Gula, known as Afghan Girl and published on on published and Girl Afghan as known Gula, Sharbat of

is channelled as an artist’s medium – in the sense sense the in – medium artist’s an as channelled is

the 1970s, Fahey has consistently been attentive to to attentive been consistently has Fahey 1970s, the

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of finance we inhabit in which the Markets have an an have Markets the which in inhabit we finance of every month and year, but there is also a warming of of warming a also is there but year, and month every one of the first New Zealand artists to paint explicitly explicitly paint to artists Zealand New first the of one

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based artist Cushla Donaldson, negotiates the world world the negotiates Donaldson, Cushla artist based

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American photographer Steve McCurry. McCurry. Steve photographer American Picturing Asia: Asia: Picturing

David Haines and Joyce Hinterding, Hinterding, Joyce and Haines David and his Monsoon series has directly inspired inspired directly has series Monsoon his and

in November 1986. Brake’s influence is significant significant is influence Brake’s 1986. November in

works from his Japan series for our opening exhibition exhibition opening our for series Japan his from works

House from architect Ron Sang, and contributed contributed and Sang, Ron architect from House

in the 1970s, commissioning the now iconic Brake Brake iconic now the commissioning 1970s, the in

photographers; Brian Brake. Brake settled in this area area this in settled Brake Brake. Brian photographers;

that Te Uru celebrates one of Titirangi’s best-known best-known Titirangi’s of one celebrates Uru Te that

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The Exquisite Wound Yukihiro Taguchi: Watching Windows Roger Ballen’s more In-Formation Theatre of the Mind

The Exquisite Wound is an interdisciplinary installation by In September 2016, Te Uru presented five stop-motion Windows can be a division, a connection or a conduit Roger Ballen is one of the most important photographers visual artist Rebecca Swan in collaboration with composer works by Berlin-based Japanese artist Yukihiro Taguchi. between realities, channelling daylight into interior of his generation. He was born in New York in 1950 but Charlie Ha, engineer Peter Swan, light artist Peter Stoneham, Using everyday materials found in the immediate vicinity, spaces or electric light into the darkened landscape has been living and working in South Africa for over 30 and scientist David Shillington. The works contemplate how Taguchi creates formations that are animated through outside. In art history, a painting’s frame can offer a years. In his earlier works his connection to the tradition of we relate to the disappearance of our physical bodies, which stop-motion techniques. In the constant flux of things window to another world, while in our interconnected documentary photography is clear but through the 1990s begs the question, “what are we without them?” becoming and disassembling, he revels in the potential digital age, screens have become a kind of electronic he developed a style he describes as ‘ballenesque’. In his for reinvention, performance and play embedded in window that can record or transmit in real time, relaying recent series he has employed drawings, painting, collage “Our wounds interrupt our carefully constructed and fiercely any place, and the chain reaction that can be sparked scenes from one place to another, collapsing distance and sculptural techniques to create elaborate sets. Ballen defended identities. No one can get through life without being wounded, but we can choose how we relate to those by a single shift. This April, Taguchi will be travelling to and connecting timezones of night and day. has invented a new hybrid aesthetic in these works but one wounds, do they make us bigger or smaller?” says Swan, who Aotearoa to make a new work in direct response to the In this exhibition, presented amidst the elevated still rooted firmly in photography. was diagnosed with cancer at age 23. Out of this experience, locality of Auckland. skyscapes of Titirangi and developed in collaboration Curated by Colin Rhodes, this touring survey exhibition is she produced the touring exhibition and book, The Big C, 22 April – 9 July 2017 between artist Andre Hemer and curator Andrew Ballen’s first solo exhibition in New Zealand. Roger Ballen’s which was launched at Lopdell House Gallery in 1996. 20 Clifford, an international network of artists negotiate Theatre of the Mind is a provocative collection of 75 black years later, that formative experience continues to reverberate the physical and digital interplay of light and space as and white images from the last two decades, and features through her latest work, which questions the nature of our a way to communicate ideas of place – locally, globally three videos including the artist’s award-winning music existence. and imagined. Featuring Ry David Bradley (Melbourne/ video he directed for South African rap-rave group Die The Exquisite Wound combines digital and analogue London/New York), Catherine Clayton-Smith (Sydney), Antwoord. technology through photography, video, an audience- Andre Hemer (Christchurch/Vienna), Biljana Jancic This exhibition was developed by Colin Rhodes at the activated smoke-bubble machine and a soundtrack that is (Sydney) and Céline Struger (Vienna). University of Sydney and toured by Te Uru Waitakere designed for the specific reverberant qualities of Silo 6. 29 April – 9 July 2017 Contemporary Gallery in partnership with Tauranga Art 10 March – 26 March 2017 Opening Saturday 29 April, 4pm Gallery. Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 2017 Silo Park programme. 27 May – 20 August 2017 Presented by Te Uru as part of the Auckland Arts Festival Opening Saturday 27 May, 4pm Commissioning gallery Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery Incorporated is a registered charity - CC41215 With support from