Cruise the Collection
Major Exhibitions 2005-2006
Just Painting
Curated by Natasha Conland
Auckland Art Gallery
02 Sep 2006 - 4 February 2007
A fresh look at contemporary painting practice, the exhibition includes many works from the Chartwell Collection.
Billy Apple
Complimentary
acrylic on canvas 1990
Guy Benfield
Head Painting 1999
DVD
1998
Stephen Bram
Untitled
acrylic on canvas 2005
Eugene Carchesio
Untitled
watercolour on paper 1988-1990
Eugene Carchesio
Untitled
watercolour on paper 1988-1990
Eugene Carchesio
Untitled
watercolour on paper 1988-1990
Eugene Carchesio
Untitled
watercolour on paper 1988-1990
Steve Carr
Bale
automotive paint and fibreglass
2004
Mikala Dwyer
Dropped Undie Drawing 1 & 2
gouache on paper
1995
Marco Fusinato
Painting 00:04:32
acrylic on canvas
2002
Diena Georgetti
The Time Of Your Miracle Will Soon Be Over
axrylic on canvas
2003
Richard Grayson
Negative Space ( things I don't understand) 2
oil on canvas
2000
Michael Harrison
In Step
acrylic on paper
2004
Michael Harrison
Magnetism
acrylic on paper
2002
Michael Harrison
Rock Chick
acrylic on paper
2001 - 2002
David Hatcher
The simplest surrealist act ( Andre Breton)
screenprint on plexiglass
2002
Damien Hirst
Painting-By-Numbers
cardboard, polystyrene, canvas, metal paint pots, acrylic paint, paint brushes
2001
Julian Hooper
Lookout
watercolour
2005
Sara Hughes
Crash #1
acrylic on linen
2005-2006
Simon Ingram
Spirit Level Painting
enamel on Hoop pine, 'Stabila' Spirit level
1996-2006
Simon Ingram
Painting Assemblage No. 2
plywood, aluminium, Lego robotic components, oil paint
2005
Anne-Marie May
Untitled 2005
silkscreened felt
2005
John Nixon
Orange Monochrome
enamel on customwood
1999
John Reynolds
United States of Anxiety
wax oil crayon on acrylic on board
2003
Michael Stevenson
Cup & Crown
acrylic on paper
1987
Michael Stevenson
Gospel Caravan
acrylic on paper
1987
Michael Stevenson
Jesus Changed my Life
acrylic on paper
1988
Ricky Swallow
2 skeletons fighting over a fish (After Ensor)
watercolour
Daniel von Sturmer
Limits of the Model (Sequence 3)
single channel dvd
2006
Rohan Wealleans
Large carved tribal painting No. 2
acrylic
2004
Tribute
1 July - 20 August 2006
Auckland Art Gallery
In association with the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, this is an exhibition that draws together 16 visual arts Icons and Laureates for the first time in one show. The Arts Foundation of New Zealand, founded by a group of dedicated arts patrons, aims to reward excellence in all art forms - dance, film, literature, music, performance and the visual arts. Artists represented in Tribute include: Icons: Len Castle (potter), Pakariki Harrison (carver), Ralph Hotere (visual artist), Milan Mrkusich (visual artist), Diggeress Te Kanawa (weaver); Laureates: Phil Dadson (intermedia artist), Neil Dawson (sculptor), Warwick Freeman (jeweller), Humphrey Ikin (furniture maker), Derek Lardelli (Ta Moko artist), Julia Morison (visual artist), Michael Parekowhai (visual artist), Peter Peryer (photographer), John Pule (writer, visual artist), Ann Robinson (glass sculptor), Ronnie van Hout (visual artist).
Works from the Chartwell Collection in the exhibition:
Neil Dawson
Slab
1985
steel (mesh, plate) copper wire, enamel paint
Ronnie van Hout
Drunk Chimp
2002
mixed media
Psycho
1999
mixed media
Milan Mrkusich
Journey One ( second version)
1986
acrylic on canvas
Michael Parekowhai
They comfort me
1992
enamel paint on wood
Peter Peryer
Dead Steer
1987
gelatin silver print
Engine leaves Glen Innes tunnel
1992
Black and white photograph
John Pule
Take these with you when you leave
1998
oil on canvas
Hei Konei Mai
28 January 2006 - 28 December 2006
Auckland Art Gallery
Our stories, people and places are the focus of the final collection exhibition in the Auckland Art Gallery's Grey and Mackelvie galleries. The much anticipated redevelopment and expansion of the Gallery ( see http://www.aucklandartgallery.govt.nz ) provides the occasion for gallery curators to say hei konei mai - goodbye for now - to long-time admired and favourite works from the historic, modern and contemporary New Zealand art collections held at the gallery... until it reopens again in early 2009.
Works from the Chartwell Collection in the exhibition:
Judy Darragh
There's no accounting for taste
1992
plastic flowers and plastic lettering on board
Te Hue Ipu
19 June - 6 August 2006
An exhibition which focuses on the gourd as a particular influence in New Zealand art. Includes artists such as Reuben Patterson, Ralph Hotere and Len Castle as well as Manus Nathan and Theo Schoon.
Works from the Chartwell Collection in the exhibition:
Theo Schoon
Gourd Patterns
ink and coloured pencil on paper
1964
Theo Schoon
Incised Gourd
engraved gourd with blackening ( Kiwi shoe polish)
circa 1955-1965
Louise Weaver: Taking a chance on love
1 July - 27 August 2006
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Gallery, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Victoria, Australia
Encompassing over 15 years of practice this exhibition presents more than 60 works from state, regional and private collection throughout Australiasia, including delicate hand stitched drawings, sparkling embalmed branches and specimens through to the menagerie of bold and beautiful creatures parading their dazzling wares amongst jewelled rocks and designer debris.
Works from the Chartwell Collection include:
Louise Weaver
New Romantic (Golden Hare)
hand crocheted rayon thread over high density foam, gold coloured plastic
2000
Flash Image by John McIvor, Auckland Art Gallery
Birds
18 June - late September 2006
Pataka Museum, Porirua, NZ
Birds is an enchanting new exhibition at PATAKA offering a sense of the species' fragility whilst flaunting their charm. This exhibition depicts the delicate balance between our world and theirs. It illustrates their spiritual significance to Maori and reveals a snapshot of their fleeting presence.
Birds includes art work by Bill Hammond, Michael Parekowhai, Laurence Aberhart, John Walsh, Fred Graham, Shane Cotton, John Bevan Ford, Maureen Lander, Moana Nepia, Andrew McLeod, Don Binney, Matt Hunt, Tony de Lautour, Emily Wolfe, Charlotte Fisher, Fiona Pardington, Peter Peryer, Saskia Leek, Bruce Connew, Jeff Thomson, Séraphine Pick, Kohai Grace, Warren Viscoe, Paul Dibble and others.
Works from the Chartwell Collection in the exhibition:
Michael Parekowhai
Bill Jarvis
aluminium, sparrow
2000
Imants Tillers: one world many visions
14 July - 16 October 2006National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
(words from the NGA website...)
Imants Tillers is one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists, who established a national and international reputation in the early 1980s. This survey exhibition will provide the opportunity to trace the high points of Tillers’ artistic development over more than two decades. The exhibition includes paintings shown in the Venice Biennale in 1986 when Tillers was selected to represent Australia along with other key works from the 1980s, through to the remarkable Diaspora series of the 1990s, to evocative works such as the Nature speaks series 1998-2006 and a major new work Terra incognita 2005.
Works from the Chartwell Collection in the exhibition:
Imants Tillers
Paradiso
oilstick, gouache and synthetic polymer paint on canvas boards
1994
Asia Pacific Triennial
2 December 2006 - 27 May 2007
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
APT 2006 will present a focused exploration of the work of 30-35 artists from Asia, Australia and the Pacific. It will feature a performance program and, for the first time, a curated cinema program. The popular Kids’ APT for young audiences will again be presented, and will include a children’s festival.
APT is distinguished from other international arts events by its collecting focus. The Gallery has embarked on a major acquisitions program to secure works for APT 2006.
Works from the Chartwell Collection in the exhibition:
Michael Parekowhai
Kiss The Baby Goodbye
powder coated steel
1994
Sensational: sight and sound installations
The New Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery
Curated by Ngahiraka Mason, Sensational:sight and sound installations responds to the very idea of seeing, hearing and feeling in a gallery. Chartwell works included in the exhibition are:
Bill Culbert
Plain of Jars
1996
jars, bulbs, fittings, wood,table
Marco Fusinato
Painting 00:04:56
2002
acrylic on canvas
Rose Nolan
Help me to say more
2000
oil on hessian, cotton
Patrick Pound
Landscape of mirrors
1991
oil paint, plastic platters
Patrick Pound
Systematic, Towards the theory of everything
1999
mixed media, collage on board
John Nixon
Black Monochrome with Violin
1993
enamel and violin on hardboard
The Koru Club
29 October 2005- 17 February 2006
Pataka Museum
Porirua City, NZ
Museum website
Curated by Helen Kedgley, The Koru Club looks at the enduring impact of the work of Gordon Walters (1919-1995), one of New Zealand's most important 20th century artists, among successive generations of artists, both Maori and pakeha. Key works by Gordon Walters are presented alongside those artists whose works have engaged with Walter's art: Richard Killeen, Michael Parekowhai, Shane Cotton, Wayne Youle, Chris Heaphy, Darrybn George, Peter Adsett, John Reynolds, Matt Couper and Andrew McLeod.
Works from the Chartwell Collection in the exhibition include:
Gordon Walters
Untitled
1973, gouache on paper
Gordon Walters
Untitled
1970s, gouache and collage on paper
Richard Killeen
How Do We Learn?
1992, acrylic and collage on aluminium
Michael Smither: The Wonder Years
Personal memories from the 1960s and 1970s
Auckland Art Gallery
3 September- 30 January 2006
For more information and educational material on the exhibition- click here
This major exhibition of Michael Smither's work, which will tour around New Zealand, includes two works from the Chartwell Collection.
Large Composition with Harry folding napkin
Oil on Board, 1968
Domestic Interior
Pencil on Paper, 1968
Tusi I O'u Tupu'aga/ Letters to the Ancestors Kai Mo Te Mata
19 November 2005 - 5 February 2006
Waikato Museum of Art and History
A collection of art in celebration of the World Indigenous People's Conference on Education.
Included in the exhibition are four works from the Chartwell Collection:
Darryn George
Mera Pouaka 1
oil on canvas, 2004
Darryn George
Mera Pouaka 11
oil on canvas, 2004
Michael Parekowhai
Pat Covert
aluminium, sparrow, 2000
Michael Parekowhai
Jeff Cooper
aluminium, sparrow, 2000
