PAST EXHIBITIONS
Charming the Snake of Reason
Aline Keller, Bik Van der Pol, Maria Pask, Marnie Slater, Ruth Buchanan, Sjoerd van Leeuwen, Sjoerd Westbroek
20 Oct – 13 Nov 2010
Led by archival research, evidence-based processes, site-responsive methodologies, or the search for unique modes of gesture and speech, the works in Charming the Snake of Reason trace the limits of communication itself, charting a curved line that suggests meaning as fluctuating in the spatial, experiential and ephemeral situation of the encounter.
A Listening Eye
Dave Kent
22 Sep – 25 Sep 2010
In early 2009 Dave Kent was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. He has retired from full-time design work but remains actively engaged with family, friends and personal projects. This exhibition pays tribute to over three decades of Dave's work, particularly as a member of the Wellington Media Collective.
Enjoy Recipes Illustrated
The Enjoy Trust
10 Sep – 16 Oct 2010
The Enjoy Trust presents
The Enjoy Trust (Amit Charan, Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Molly Samsell, Ann Shelton, Kate Woods) has taken hold of the gallery space for a month, during this time they will be working on a project that celebrates Enjoy's social, inclusive and community-focused spirit, through Enjoy Recipes Illustrated (A Cookbook In Progress).
PODOCARPACEAE / Dacrycarpus – ASTERACEAE / Pachystegia
Gabrielle Amodeo
26 Aug – 18 Sep 2010
Gabrielle Amodeo's exhibition sees the unfolding of Audrey Eagle's, Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand (Wellington: Te Papa Press). Amodeo has finely removed Eagle's botanic illustrations of the more than 800 species, sub species and unnamed plants depicted in this exhaustive collation of New Zealand's endemic flora, with care equal to Eagle's rendering.
For a Limited Time.
James Oram
29 Jul – 21 Aug 2010
Never to be repeated.
Enjoy Ten Year Anniversary
Clara Chon, D.A.N.C.E ART CLUB, James R Ford, Jeremy Leatinu'u, Leonie Smith, Mike Ting, Murray Hewitt, Outdoor Knit, Schaeffer Lemalu
1 Jul – 26 Jul 2010
Enjoy's Ten Year Anniversary takes inspiration from ideas around guerrilla diplomacy and presents an alternative approach to exhibition making and rethinking relationships between projects and artists within our gallery space
An Imaginary Archive
Gregory Sholette
3 Jun – 27 Jul 2010
The Wellington Collaboratorium
Over the month of June, New York-based artist, writer and academic Gregory Sholette, will be artist in residence at Enjoy.
Casual Romance Club II
D.A.N.C.E ART CLUB
30 May – 9 Jun 2010
Romance is heavily mediated through digital communication. We’re using internet dating sites, Facebook, mobile texts to connect. We’re also influenced by the media’s idea of what “romance” should be through popular movies, reality TV and music videos.
D.A.N.C.E. Art Club
Framework
Andrew Beck
6 May – 29 May 2010
Enjoy is pleased to present Framework, a photographic installation by Wellington-based artist Andrew Beck.
Kapua 1.0
Rangituhia Hollis
1 Apr – 1 May 2010
Hollis' video and 3D animated works seem familiar and yet unsettling. They apply and manipulate aspects of gaming culture and virtual reality in a disquieting juxtaposition with documentary style home videos. A sense of urban drift can be pinned down within banal narratives, while retaining an assuredness of the core values of Māori, and urban identities.
Mall
Ruth Cleland
4 Mar – 27 Mar 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.
The Sun Shines Bright
Simon Glaister
19 Feb – 27 Feb 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.
Hot House
Simon Glaister
28 Jan – 27 Feb 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?
Microcosms
Max Bellamy
19 Nov – 12 Dec 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.
Tea Time
Don Driver, Maiangi Waitai, Ron Dixon
22 Oct – 14 Nov 2009
Enjoy presents Tea Time, a show featuring three artists who each challenge the mould of contemporary art practice.
Role. Play
Erica Sklenars, Justine Walker, Vivian Lynn
23 Sep – 17 Oct 2009
All in different stages of their careers, Lynn, Walker and Sklenars' individual practices deal with contemporary trajectories relevant to the female experience. Collectively, they speak to a wider social conscience, responsibility, and identity within New Zealand society.
Too Orangey for Crows
James R Ford
27 Aug – 19 Sep 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.
Dove Tail Joint
Florence Wild
30 Jul – 22 Aug 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.
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
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.
Strata
Damian Stewart, Giles Whitaker, Janine Randerson, Mike Heynes, Phil Dadson, Stella Brennan
18 Jun – 28 Jun 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.