Local Atlas: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art

Auckland Art Gallery, NZ

16 October 2004 - 17 April 2005

Curator: Ron Brownson

Ron Brownson brought together a number of works from the Chartwell Collection in this collections exhibition.

Local Atlas, Installation View, Auckland Art Gallery, 2004

Rosalie Gascoigne

Foreign Affairs
1994
sawn wood on craftboard

Web
1994
sawn wood on craftboard

Piece Work
1994
sawn wood on craftboard

Robert Jahnke
Con-Version 3.33R
1994

" I provide the metaphors and I hope enough ambiguity to allow for rich interpretations. If other meanings are brought to the work then that's an added bonus." Artist Statement/Wall text.

Emily Kame Kngawarre

Untitled Awelye
1995
acrylic on canvas

Bush Yam Dreaming
circa 1994
oil on canvas

Local Atlas, Installation View, Auckland Art Gallery, 2004

Richard Killeen

Rain Cloud
1997
acrylic and gesso on aluminiun

Colin McCahon
Are there not twelve hours of daylight
1970
acrylic on canvas

Reproduced courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust

Colin McCahon
May His Light Shine (Tau Cross)
1978-1979
acrylic on canvas

Reproduced courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust

Installation view, Local Atlas, Auckland Art Gallery, 2004

Mike Parr

Elegnem Sa Essitam (The Breeze of Death)
1985
acrylic, pastel and charcoal on canvas

Installation View, Mike Parr, in Local Atlas, Auckland Art Gallery, 2004

Ricky Swallow

i-man prototypes
2001
Injection moulded resin with colour tint