Exhibition Type: Group Show

Fiona Pardington | Nabokov’s Blues: The Charmed Circle

As the most famous novelist of his time, Vladimir Nabokov often featured on the cover of or inside Time, Life, Vogue, and the like, catching butterflies—and so became also the most famous lepidopterist of his time. Most assumed he was just a hobbyist, although a few specialists realized he was a world class scientist, as has been Fiona Pardington | <em>Nabokov’s Blues: The Charmed Circle</em>

John Reynolds | FrenchBayDarkly…

‘Here we go round the mulberry bush‘ – T.S. Elliot Sixty odd years ago while living in Titirangi’s French Bay, Colin McCahon briefly adopted the habit of rising early at dawn, and as Gordon Brown relates, ‘he would then contemplate the bush with all the intensity he could muster so that the forms of the John Reynolds | <em>FrenchBayDarkly…</em>

Group Show | On the Grounds

Hana Aoake Billy Apple Fiona Clark Ayesha Green Gil Hanly Ngahuia Harrison David Hatcher Ana Iti John Miller Fiona Pardington John Pule John Reynolds Natalie Robertson Peter Robinson Salome Tanuvasa The Estate of L. Budd Matavai Taulangau Matthew Ward Co-conceived by Bridget Riggir-Cuddy and Misal Adnan Yıdız On the grounds … We are on our Group Show | <em>On the Grounds</em>

Billy Apple® | Art Transactions

8 February – 4 March Starkwhite presents Billy Apple: Art Transactions – an exhibition which features P.O.A. and N.F.S. along with an original 1961 drawing for the artist’s proto-conceptual work For Sale, which was recently acquired by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Apple commented that “FOR SALE was a signifier for something that was happening everywhere. You Billy Apple® | <em>Art Transactions</em>

Gavin Hipkins, Jin Jiangbo, Danie Mellor | Beyond Landscape

17 November to 17 December 2016 Starkwhite is pleased to present Beyond Landscape from 17 November to 17 December 2016. The exhibition explores approaches to landscape informed by place, culture and history, through the photographs of Danie Mellor (AUS), Jin Jiangbo (CN) and Gavin Hipkins (NZ). Danie Mellor’s work has addressed Australia’s colonial past and Gavin Hipkins, Jin Jiangbo, Danie Mellor | <em>Beyond Landscape</em>

John Reynolds | WalkWithMe…

30 August – 24 September, 2016 ‘Colin McCahon lost his mind in the palm grove of Sydney’s Botanical Garden’, according to cinematographer Leon Narbey in conversation with writer Martin Edmond, following their chance encounter with the artist near the corner of K Rd and Ponsonby Rd, sometime in the mid-1980s. In his book Dark Night, John Reynolds | <em/>WalkWithMe…</em>

Laith McGregor | Swallow the Sun

Starkwhite is pleased to present Swallow the Sun by Laith McGregor from 1 October – 12 November 2016 During his recent travels in South East Asia, Laith McGregor has been exploring the conceptual foundations of portraiture, from primitive mark making through to contemporary practice, and the discourses surrounding it, while being immersed in various cultural Laith McGregor | <em>Swallow the Sun</em>

Matt Henry | Analogues

19 September – 14 October (upstairs gallery)  Starkwhite presents a suite of recent paintings by Matt Henry from 19 September to 14 October. Previously shown at Goya Curtain in Tokyo, these works appropriate specific graphic motifs found in the artist’s collection of video and audio media.  Using the anachronistic technology of painting Henry extracts memories Matt Henry | <em>Analogues</em>

Daniel Crooks | Vanishing Point

3 – 27 August Starkwhite is pleased to present Vanishing Point, by Daniel Crooks. The exhibition will premiere a new series of single channel works, which further investigate the artists’ interest in the convergence of time, trains and cinema. Concerned with multiple worlds and parallel realties, these new videos can be seen as an expansion Daniel Crooks | <em>Vanishing Point</em>

Gavin Hipkins, Richard Maloy, Daniel von Sturmer | Material Candour

5-22 July 2016 Starkwhite is pleased to present Material Candour, a group show by Gavin Hipkins (NZ), Richard Maloy (NZ) and Daniel von Sturmer (AUS). The three installations in the exhibition foreground process as a core component of the works, not just the work behind the works. The measure of these pieces is a function Gavin Hipkins, Richard Maloy, Daniel von Sturmer | <em>Material Candour</em>

Fiona Pardington | 100% Unicorn

24 May – 25 June 2016 ‘Well, now that we have seen each other,’ said the unicorn, ‘if you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you.’ –Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll, 1871 Fiona Pardington’s menagerie of glass unicorns perform several functions in the context of the still life. Traditionally glass objects frequently appeared in Fiona Pardington | <em>100% Unicorn</em>

Layla Rudneva-Mackay | Running Towards Water

7 June – 8 July 2016 Layla Rudneva-Mackay presents a new suite of paintings of flowers that are reminiscent of Post-Impressionist works and recall their observation of what has been traditionally considered a less lofty artistic genre. They also reveal her continuing interest in form and patches or fields of colour, employed in a way Layla Rudneva-Mackay | <em>Running Towards Water</em>

Len Lye | Love Springs Eternal

Starkwhite is pleased to present Len Lye: Love Springs Eternal from 7 February to 7 March 2018. The exhibition is produced with the support of the Len Lye Foundation, the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre and Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision. The Len Lye Foundation will also launch a new book at the opening Len Lye | <em>Love Springs Eternal</em>

Alicia Frankovich, Ani O’Neill, The Estate of L Budd, et al. | 125

This exhibition, titled 125, includes work by Alicia Frankovich, Ani O’Neill, Estate of L Budd, et al. It has been co-conceived with artist Richard Maloy. The Estate of L Budd acknowledges the collaboration with Martin Poppelwell and et al. acknowledges the collaboration with PĀNiA Marama Inc. The inclusion of this exhibition in our 2018 programme Alicia Frankovich, Ani O’Neill, The Estate of L Budd, et al. | 125

Group Show | Sampler 2018

Starkwhite will present a group exhibition titled Sampler from 17 April to 26 May, 2018, comprising new works by represented artists such as Martin Basher, Gavin Hipkins, Layla Rudneva-MacKay, Seung Yul Oh, Fiona Pardington, John Reynolds, et.al., and others. It will also feature works by guest artists, such as Korean painter Min ha Park who is represented by Group Show | Sampler 2018

Gordon Walters | From the Walters Estate

In partnership with the Walters Estate, Starkwhite will present pioneer abstract artist Gordon Walters at the Auckland Art Fair from 23 – 27 May 2018 and at the gallery from 29 May to 16 June. Gordon Walters (1919-1995) is best known for his paintings employing the koru, the curving bulb form from Maori moko and Gordon Walters | From the Walters Estate

Seung Yul Oh | Horizontal Loop

Seung Yul Oh is well known for whimsical art works that toy with scale and exist somewhere between spectacle and participation. Incorporating painting, installation, sculpture, video, performance, and public art, Oh works seamlessly across media. Long resisting a conventional approach to form and material, he redefines and challenges ordinary objects and spaces in ways that Seung Yul Oh | Horizontal Loop

Whitney Bedford | Bohemia

American painter Whitney Bedford creates portraits and landscapes with emotional charge as to embolden her archetypal subjects with memory and paint. Bedford uses iconic public figures and the popular mythology of recent academia to create a personal encyclopedia of references. The metaphors and visual symbols in her practice form a rich and potent landscape from Whitney Bedford | Bohemia

Grant Stevens | The Mountain and the Waterfalls

Australian artist Grant Stevens is perhaps best known for his pithy text-based videos that mine sources such as television, film, and the internet. Recalling advertising, screen savers, and online-confessionals, these works trade in clichés, platitudes and stock phrases, while cleverly exploring the way human psychology and communication are being shaped in the digital era. Through Grant Stevens | The Mountain and the Waterfalls

John Stezaker | Collages

Starkwhite is pleased to present John Stezaker: Collages from 9 October to 3 November 2018, in association with The Approach, London.   John Stezaker is a celebrated British conceptual artist known for deceptively simple collages that introduce unlikely contrapositions. Drawing on old film stills, old actor headshots and even older postcards, Stezaker makes collages that John Stezaker | Collages

The Estate of L.Budd_et al.

Upstairs at Starkwhite a curious exhibition fills one large room. Although there is a visual aesthetic linking the art works it is not a solo show, but the work of multiple creators: The Estate of L. Budd and the collective known as et al. Downstairs a short black and white film plays, it too shares The Estate of L.Budd_et al.

Martin Basher | One Week Stand

We are pleased to open our 2019 season with a one-week project show by Martin Basher from 24 January – 2 February, 2019. The project inaugurates a new short-run exhibition format that will periodically feature in the gallery schedule, providing artists with shorter exhibition periods for experimental projects and smaller presentations. Featuring five new oil Martin Basher | One Week Stand

Alicia Frankovich | Microchimerism

 Starkwhite presents new work by Berlin / Australian based artist Alicia Frankovich. In her fourth solo exhibition with the gallery Frankovich continues her exploration into the possibilities and interactions of the body. A multi-dimensional practice at the intersection of sculpture, video, performance and installation, Frankovich’s work pits the design and impulses of our primal bodies Alicia Frankovich | Microchimerism

Ani O’Neill | Classic Hits

Starkwhite is delighted to welcome Ani O’Neill and present her first solo exhibition with the gallery, Classic Hits, from 14 March – 10 April 2019. When Ani O’Neill graduated from Elam in 1994 her work immediately found prominence. Using wool, fabric, florist ribbon, and items from clearance stores and op shops, she made objects that Ani O’Neill | Classic Hits

BILLY APPLE® is N=One

 As Billy Apple I have continued to use my identity as art object and my life processes as art work  -March 1974 The exhibition Billy Apple® is N=One has its origins in a ground-breaking body of work produced and exhibited in 1970 in New York; and his controversial 1974 survey exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, BILLY APPLE® is N=One

Laith McGregor | AM/PM/AM

Starkwhite is pleased to present AM/PM/AM by Australian artist Laith McGregor from 9 May – 8 June 2019. McGregor’s practice spans drawing, painting, sculpture, and video. For this exhibition at Starkwhite he presents new body of work continuing his research and exploration of the grey area between real and illusion. Presenting drawings, oils on canvas, Laith McGregor | AM/PM/AM

Fiona Pardington | TIKI: Orphans of Māoriland

Starkwhite is delighted to present TIKI: Orphans of Māoriland, by Fiona Pardington, from 12 June – 11 July, 2019. When Fiona Pardington found these unusual objects from the Wellcome Collection in London, which are on loan to the Science Museum Group, she was struck by their mystery. Neither taonga, nor mass-produced trinket, they are as Fiona Pardington | TIKI: Orphans of Māoriland

Group Show | Sampler 2019

Starkwhite presents a group exhibition (upstairs and downstairs) titled Sampler 2019, from 23 July – 15 August 2019. The exhibition includes artworks by represented artists and features works made for this exhibition along with others dating back to the 40s and 60s. Two new works by Fiona Pardington and John Reynolds are the centerpieces of Group Show | Sampler 2019

Yuk King Tan | Crisis of the Ordinary

Starkwhite is pleased to present the exhibition Crisis of the Ordinary by Yuk King Tan from 21 August to 14 September 2019. Around the gallery objects bound in brightly coloured thread sit on shelves. Presented as artefacts in a museum or objects at a market, a closer look reveals them to be loudspeakers, batons, cameras, Yuk King Tan | Crisis of the Ordinary

Clinton Watkins | binary

binary an ongoing investigation of raw and processed materials The exhibition opens on Thursday 19 September 2019 at 5.30pm with a sound performance by Watkins that continues throughout the opening. The exhibition runs to 3 November. You can read an interview with the artist at: Limited Means = Maximum Result: an interview with Clinton Watkins Clinton Watkins | binary

Billy Apple® and Tāme Iti | Flagged

We are pleased to present FLAGGED, a project by Billy Apple® and Tāme Iti, from 8 -12 October. Both artists will attend a function at the gallery on Thursday 10 October from 5.30pm. FLAGGED is part of a new series of short-run exhibitions presented by Starkwhite that will feature periodically in the gallery schedule, providing Billy Apple® and Tāme Iti | Flagged

John Reynolds | The Art of Wine

Starkwhite is embarking on a new collaboration. Together with Kemp Wine Merchants, this October we will present Art of Wine, an event that combines the best in wine from top international vineyards and contemporary art. Bringing together visionary winemakers from over 40 artisanal producers and more than 100 exceptional wines under one roof, The Art John Reynolds | The Art of Wine

The Estate of L. Budd et al. | the artists in conversation

“Budd made a decision to trust the words given to her and in the best way possible she allowed them to be spoken. The art was rigorous in what it excluded and was exciting in how it mobilised a kind of contradictory reduction. It was not bored.” Extract from Ursula Bloom’s forward to The Estate The Estate of L. Budd et al. | the artists in conversation

Rebecca Baumann | New Work

We are pleased to present new works by Australian artist Rebecca Baumann from 27 November – 21 December 2019. Baumann’s mesmerising works are shaped by her interest in psychology, sociology, and art history. Using light, colour and random pattern movement, she seeks to evoke a response, activating viewers’ emotions in fleeting and unexpected ways. Working Rebecca Baumann | New Work

Richard Maloy | Studio: Space & Time

Richard Maloy will present Studio: Space & Time at Starkwhite from 28 January – 1 February 2020. It is the first of five short-run exhibitions in the gallery’s 2020 programme, a new series introduced in 2019 to provide artists with opportunities to present experimental projects and high-concept, less-is-more exhibitions. Studio: Space & Time is a Richard Maloy | Studio: Space & Time

Gordon Walters | From the Archive

Starkwhite is pleased to present Gordon Walters: From the Archive from 5 February – 7 March 2020, in partnership with the Walters Estate. Developed with Laurence Simmons, one of the curators of the survey exhibition Gordon Walters: New Vision, the exhibition highlights the way Walters used drawing, collage, and preparatory studies (gouache and acrylic on Gordon Walters | From the Archive

Group Show | Sampler 2020

Starkwhite’s exhibition Sampler 2020 runs to 6 June 2020 and includes works by represented artists such as Martin Basher, Ani O’Neill, Seung Yul Oh, Fiona Pardington, John Reynolds, Gordon Walters, et.al., and others. It also includes a new limited edition screenprint of Gordon Walters’ painting Genealogy III (1971), which has been released by the Walters Estate.

Jin Jiangbo, John Reynolds | Performative Geographies

This exhibition, which brings together a New Zealand and a Chinese artist, argues for strong correlations between historical Western and historical Chinese representations and cultural uses of islands. To understand ‘islandness’ in the cultural imagination both artists produce performative geographies beginning with the assumption that the meaning of islands is not so much apprehended as Jin Jiangbo, John Reynolds | Performative Geographies

Whitney Bedford, Petra Cortright, Kirsten Everberg, Judy Ledgerwood | Slippery Painting

Presented by Starkwhite in partnership with 1301PE Los Angeles. Slippery Painting presents the work of four painters from the United States. Together this group of artists seeks to alter our concept what a painting can be. Although we have come to know and appreciate the ‘expanded field’ of sculpture, and it is also true that Whitney Bedford, Petra Cortright, Kirsten Everberg, Judy Ledgerwood | Slippery Painting

Gemma Smith | Thin Air

Starkwhite is delighted to present Thin Air, Australian artist Gemma Smith’s first solo exhibition at the gallery and the beginning of an ongoing relationship with Starkwhite. Gemma Smith’s painting has presented colourful compositions of geometrical shapes and crystalline forms, bold and gesturally painted surfaces that create a dialogue between colour, form, and surface. Thin Air Gemma Smith | Thin Air