Future Exhibitions

The question of what could be a relevant form of the photographic portrait in the context of digital media has occupied Steve Rood’s practice for the last twelve years. This recurring theme has provided a cross-point where traditional photography intersects with digital media and its processes.

In Rood’s work, a representation of New Zealand Identity and how it may be generated through the use of found imagery is explored. Themes such as land, water, and childhood immigration are bundled together to create an unstable experience, conveyed through combinations of seemingly unrelated imagery and their erratic screen behaviors. Juxtapositions are created that propose questions about meaning and relevance, inviting viewers to question how their concepts of identity are generated, stored and portrayed.

Exhibition opening: Tuesday June 5, 6pm

Chiwi: A Way of Life is an exhibition by Photowhisper Incorporated, a non-profit association for New Zealand Chinese photographers. 'Chiwi' refers to a lifestyle that gains its ground through a fusion of personal proclivities towards both the Chinese and the Kiwi lifestyles. Curated by Jackie Xie of Photowhisper Incorporated, photographers give their own stories in their own ways about their daily lives in New Zealand. This exhibition celebrates the fusion, the difference, the tension, the embracement, and most importantly, the harmony of a multicultural society.

This exhibition of recent acquisitions to the James Wallace Arts Trust Collection celebrates the work of several mid-career and emerging contemporary New Zealand Photographers. It features work by renowned photographer Peter Panyoczki,Still Life, which examines the substance of the physical world at a seemingly microscopic level. Other works include unnerving staged photographs by artists Andrea Gardner entitled Romantic Ecological Issue, Layla Rudneva-Mackay's Blue, and a curious photo-collage,The Making of Alien Agent 2011, by Jacqueline Fraser. Also featured is young emerging artist James Lowe’s The ‘ee’ in the Honest World, a powerful piece that reflects the artist’s interest in existentialism.