PAST EXHIBITIONS

Mall

Ruth Cleland

4 Mar – 27 Mar 2010
2010

Enjoy is pleased to present Mall, a series of recent works on paper by Ruth Cleland. The series documents suburban shopping malls located around Auckland and Hamilton and represents two years of the artist's work, including drawings that were completed during a three-month residency at the Vermont Studio Centre, USA in 2009.

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The Sun Shines Bright

Simon Glaister

19 Feb – 27 Feb 2010
2010

As his first move in building a new home, a man bought several acres of land far out in the country. He was extremely busy and worked very hard. However, every weekend he would drive out to the country and work on his land. While he saved for his home he planted a garden. Wild bushes were replaced with saplings and flowers and over time he watched his garden slowly grow.

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Hot House

Simon Glaister

28 Jan – 27 Feb 2010
2010
Summer Residency

Taking the peyote cactus and Aldous Huxley's The Doors Of Perception as a points of departure, Simon Glaister will continue to explore these ideas at Enjoy alongside his ongoing investigation of the ever-contentious boundary between man and nature - that which is provided for us and that which we make for ourselves. Central to the residency will be the motif of the garden, and the notion of the artist as guide, shaman, or conduit of hidden or otherwise unobserved knowledge, experience and alternative realities. We might ask: is an artist privy to knowledge, observations, or experiences otherwise inaccessible to non-artists? If so, are these insights of genuine relevance to others? And further, if they are, are they wholly communicable?

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Microcosms

Max Bellamy

19 Nov – 12 Dec 2009
2009

A concerned child of film, television, and the Simpsons, Bellamy is determined to do his bit for a healthier screen culture. Part of a generation he characterises as fixated by screens of all sizes, he challenges the apathy this modern relationship fosters. He asks audiences to not just passively accept empty messages and instead figure out how they can be more critically engaged.

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Too Orangey for Crows

James R Ford

27 Aug – 19 Sep 2009
2009

Having recently relocated to Wellington, Ford's first engagement with New Zealand audiences rests between two locales. Obsession; humor; failure; play; repetition; boredom: Ford delves into the activities and influences of his '80s childhood as a way of both embarking, and staying-put. "Kia-Ora," as the historically-rooted but culturally de-contextualised British softdrink proclaims, beckoning both a greeting and parting note at once.

 

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Dove Tail Joint

Florence Wild

30 Jul – 22 Aug 2009
2009

With a 'found' parachute, two paintings, an expanse of cassette tape innards and a hand-embroidered rug, Dove tail joint presents a collision between seemingly disparate objects, a variety of processes, and pop-cultural references.

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The Urban Workshop: Cuba St Portraits

Albrecht Fuchs, Andrea Bednarek, Andrew Beck, Jake Mein, Jonathan Kay, Matt Queree, Miriam Douglas, Nick Buckley, Nina Van der Voorn, Olivia Taylor, Ryan Jellyman, Wolfram Hahn, Zoe de Boehmler

2 Jul – 25 Jul 2009
Andrew Beck, The Urban Workshop: Cuba St Portraits, 2009.

Andrew Beck, The Urban Workshop: Cuba St Portraits, 2009.

2009

Enjoy Public Art Gallery, the Goethe-Institut and Massey University School of Fine Arts present The Urban Workshop: Cuba St Portraits, a group exhibition that combines the work of German photographers Albrecht Fuchs and Wolfram Hahn, with eleven emerging photographers.

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Strata

Damian Stewart, Giles Whitaker, Janine Randerson, Mike Heynes, Phil Dadson, Stella Brennan

18 Jun – 28 Jun 2009
2009
Contemporary digital artwork from Aotearoa, New Zealand

Digital art has emerged both locally and internationally alongside the development of new technologies. Artists from a variety of backgrounds have adopted digital tools and production methodologies as a means of realising new works, creating fresh perspectives on traditional mediums, and engaging new and innovative platforms for contemporary art.

 

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In Dialogue

Darryl Walker

21 May – 13 Jun 2009
2009

Enjoy is proud to present In Dialogue, the first solo-show by Wellington based artist Darryl Walker. On display at Enjoy is a sound sculpture, and multi-channel video pieces documenting two distinct yet dialogic bodies of work.

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The National Drawing Award

21 Feb – 14 Mar 2009
2009

The National Drawing Award 2008/9 is the third in an ongoing biennial event hosted by New Zealand's leading independent contemporary art galleries: ARTSPACE, Auckland and The Physics Room, Christchurch. This year Enjoy Public Art Gallery is proud to join the NDA.

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Landing

Noel Ivanoff, Raewyn Martyn

30 Oct – 15 Nov 2008
Raewyn Martyn and Noel Ivanoff, Landing, 2008. Image courtesy of Kimberley Lorne-McDougall Gustavsson.

Raewyn Martyn and Noel Ivanoff, Landing, 2008. Image courtesy of Kimberley Lorne-McDougall Gustavsson.

2008

Enjoy is proud to present a two-person show by Auckland-based artist Noel Ivanoff and Wellington's Raewyn Martyn. For Landing both artists have developed responses to the characteristics of existing architecture, space and objects.

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