Art
KIMI/You Are Here
A stainless steel tear drop hangs suspended amid the vegetation beside Waitangi Park. Created by Seung Yul Oh, the sculpture is a mirror to the shifting weather and people that pass it by.
In their gardens
Abigail Legg captures her titas (aunties) tending to their gardens in her photography exhibition Kababayan, on at Twentysix Gallery in Newtown until the 6th of June.
In their gardens
Abigail Legg captures her titas (aunties) tending to their gardens in her photography exhibition Kababayan, on at Twentysix Gallery in Newtown until the 6th of June.
Fibre-Optic Colonnade Carwash
Fibre-Optic Colonnade Carwash is a kinetic, light-based sculpture installed down the narrow corridor that runs beside Shed 21 on Wellington’s waterfront. Created by Eddie Clemens, the sculpture washes commuters in moving patterns of light and colour.
Elemental matter
Michelle Tahuaroa Dawson paints the isolated landscapes along the southwest coast of Te Waipounamu and collects hinewaiapu (igneous rock orbs) into sculptural assemblages in her exhibition Hinewaiapu – Deep South Rock at Pātaka Art + Museum.
The stories they tell
Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence and Geo Aroha Thompson-Skipworth consider colonial displacement, relational restoration and the strength of Māori communities to rebuild and protect in their joint show Tāmata at Meanwhile Gallery.
Perfection Salad
Joint show Perfection Salad, on at Jhana Millers Gallery until the 16th of May, features works from Judy Darragh ONZM and Emily Hartley-Skudder, who explore hyper-consumerism and its plastic excess.
Big Flowers For A Wild City
Pōneke-based artist Martin Basher wanted to give Wellington a sculpture that reflects the vibrancy of the city. Big Flowers for a Wild City is the latest public art to occupy the four plinths outside Te Papa Tongarewa.
Light, shadows, sound
Daniel Beban and Tim Barlow manipulate light and turn it into sound in their highly experimental project Shadow Signals, on display at Toi Pōneke until the 15th of May.
Art as alchemy
Anna Sisson interrogates and subverts inherited mythologies and narratives to construct a new gaze in her latest exhibition Temple of Romance, on display at William Austin Gallery until the 25th of April.
Internal terrains
Group show Common Ground, featuring works from Amber Hearn, James Watkins, and Kirstie Ussher, meditates on internal landscapes, geographical terrains, and memory at Twentysix Gallery until the 18th of April.
New expressions
Mitchell Manuel takes traditional Pasifika and Scottish images and reimagines them onto a digital plane to interrogate the shared histories between the two cultures. Tartan Meets Koru is on display at Toi Pōneke until the 17th of April.