PAST EXHIBITIONS
Infinity Pool
Mei Ling Cooper, Melanie Bell
11 Aug – 5 Sep 2011
Infinity Pool is an exhibition of paintings and sculptures, that considers the relationship between water and gesture through the simplicity of materials. Infinity Pool takes the ubiquitous resource of water as a starting point to examine monumentality as existing within everyday considerations.
Knock On The Sky Listen To The Sound
Tiffany Singh
14 Jul – 6 Aug 2011
"Knock on the sky listen to the sound" is a Buddhist proverb Tiffany Singh first heard while travelling over the Himalayas on a pilgrimage to Lamayuru or Yuru Gompa, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Western Ladakh.
BEES Forever: The Future of Bee Construction
Catherine Caudwell, Deb Tuckey, Samantha Wallis
16 Jun – 9 Jul 2011
BEES Forever is an investigation into the possible reasons bee populations have declined. Offering a potential solution to the problem, BEES forever presents artificial bee construction as a viable option.
The Weight of Jupiter
Lisa Benson, Rossana Martinez, Zoe Rapley
18 May – 11 Jun 2011
Consisting primarily of gaseous and liquid matter, the atmospheric composition of Jupiter renders the gas giant without a solid surface; seemingly appropriate, considering it was named after the Roman God of Sky and Thunder.
What is Post-Formalism?
Billy Gruner, Sarah Keighery
21 Apr – 14 May 2011
Enjoy Gallery presents What is Post-Formalism? a show by Sydney based artists Billy Gruner and Sarah Keighery.
Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn
Andrew Barber, Bek Coogan, Benjamin Buchanan, Caroline Johnston, Clara Chon, Fiona Jack, Janneke Raaphorst, Rachel Walters, Rob McHaffie, Tessa Laird, Victoria Munro, Sonya Lacey
26 Mar – 16 Apr 2011
With various speculative interpretations surrounding 2012, and 2012 as the International Year of Astrology, the Horoscopes show, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn has been conceived of as a playful exploration of the Zodiac, with twelve artists responding to their sun sign.
The Three Wise Men of Kurow
Bob Kerr
21 Mar – 22 Mar 2011
The Three Wise Men of Kurow is a show of Bob Kerr's paintings based on the story of Girvan McMillan, Andrew Davidson and Arnold Nordmeyer who lived in Kurow during the Depression of the 1930s.
The Return
John Di Stefano
24 Feb – 19 Mar 2011
The Return revisits images from the family archive as a means of evoking a connection with physical and psychic spaces of the past.
Enjoy Summer Residency
Raewyn Martyn
19 Jan – 17 Feb 2011
Raewyn Martyn’s residency takes the form of a working studio set up around the investigation of how abstract paint-based interventions and wall works operate in public space, both on-site and outside of a public gallery setting. The working studio will research recent related practice and present these findings in the form of a reading table in the gallery, a blog, and studio work.
Prosthesis
Christian Nyampeta
19 Nov – 11 Dec 2010
Christian Nyampeta's upcoming show Prosthesis at Enjoy Gallery is an exploration of our relationship with objects.
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.