Jim Speers: Crystal Spirit
21 November - 24 December 2009

Starkwhite is pleased to present Crystal Spirit by Jim Speers from 21 November to 24 December 2009.

With his first exhibition at Starkwhite Speers has transformed the downstairs gallery, laying white vinyl over the polished concrete floor, concealing staff behind a closed door and removing all visible traces of its history as an exhibition space. With the addition of a decorative, logo-inspired strip on the floor and an array of poster-like images on the walls evoking old campaigns, the installation takes on the appearance of an abandoned enterprise, courting associations that you can't quite put your finger - or as Speers would have it, staging a half-memorised history for viewers to decode and customize.

Jim Speers recent exhibitions/projects include: Ghost Trail Services, Kunstverein, Ludwigsburg, Curator Leonhard Emmerling (2005); Raider Lodge, St Paul St Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, Curator Heather Galbraith (2005) Brazil is Fine, Jeffrey, (Frances Hodgkins Fellow), Hocken Gallery & Library, Dunedin, (2001); and Tiffany's Kyoto, Artspace Gallery, Auckland (2000).

Selected group shows include: Sign of the Times, public project, City Gallery, Wellington, Curator Heather Galbraith (2008); Past, Present, Place, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg (2008); Video Block 3, Peng Raum fur Kunst, Mannheim, Curator Leonhard Emmerling (2007); Sport, St Paul St Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand (2007); High Tide, Recent Currents in Australia and New Zealand Art, Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, Poland and The Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania, Curators Magda Kardasz, Simon Rees (2006); Gridlock: Cities, Structures, Spaces, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, curator Simon Rees (2004); Remember New Zealand, Sao Paulo Biennale Sao Paolo, Brazil, Curator Tobias Berger (2004); and Everyday Minimalism, New Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Curator Robert Leonard (2004).

Located in New Zealand on Auckland's Karangahape Road, Starkwhite presents a programme of artists' projects, solo shows, independently curated exhibitions and occasional forays into new music and other interdisciplinary practices. Starkwhite also represents artists from New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific rim.

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