East & West: 15/12/23
A bumper week for artist-run spaces
It’s our last newsletter of the year, and we want to say a special thanks to everyone who has subscribed and read along since we launched in August. We’ll be back in the new year, but in the meantime check out the latest issue of North & South — out this weekend! — and North & South's Excellent Book of Puzzles — a great stocking stuffer!
The weekend past was a big one for artist-run spaces in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Treadler (454 Karangahape Rd) opened its debut show, ‘Intro’, featuring work from Rea Burton, Meg Porteous, and Shiraz Sadikeen. ‘Intro’ runs until late January next year, and is open Fridays 12-5 and Saturdays 12-4. Featuring a single work from each artist, we’re particularly curious to see Porteous’ dental check-up prints. Check out Treadler on Instagram @treadler_gal.
Satchi & Satchi & Satchi has been contributing to the city’s art scene for over six years. Their new space at 298 Ponsonby Road is their fourth (?) following stints in Parnell, Mount Eden and Queens Court. Zoe Gow and Miles Hendricks’ Paper Cuts is the second exhibition in these new digs, following Warwick Frankham’s Policeman, and the best place in the city to see drawings of sexy anime girls. On until Dec 28.
On Saturday December 9, mothermother (not to be confused with mother?) had a big opening for the exhibition FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA (curated by Kūwao Space) and the project MAKE ART NOT WAR. Guests included Tiny Ruins and Marama Davidson, but even if you couldn’t make it to the opening the exhibition is on until Dec 23.
At RM Gallery, tomorrow (Saturday) is the final day to view Forgotten Altar by Anna Sisson and seuteu by Women’s Moving Image Archive recipient Yana Nafysa Dombrowsky-M’Baye. Visit the gallery for an Anna Sisson’s artist talk at 11.30am.
Down in Wellington, Enjoy is selling A3 posters of the ‘redacted’ Treaty of Waitangi. The gallery writes, “All proceeds directly supporting the artists in Te Waka Hourua with any legal proceedings consequential to the failure of our gallery and museum sector to represent the history of Aotearoa truthfully and accurately. The posters are a reflection of the original artwork made by Te Waka Hourua, created on 11 December 2023, that is available to view at Te Papa.”
And farewell to Oddly, the artist-run gallery and studio space which closed its doors on December 4. In the two years Oddly was open, the space offered much to the city’s emerging artists and creative communities. You can read an interview with founder Lexi Kerr here: https://vernacular-online.nz/Transcripts-Oddly
Continuing on the art beat, a big congratulations to Eddie Clemens, whose sculpture Cognitive Reorientation was included in Artsy’s rundown of the best public art of 2023, alongside sculptures by Tracey Emin, Megan Cope and Phyllida Barlow. Our December issue included an image of Cognitive Reorientation in our feature on next year’s Sculpture on the Gulf, to which Clemens is contributing a new work.
In other exciting news, Nathan Fielder, Benny Safdie and Emma Stone’s phenomenal new tv show The Curse is now streaming on Neon (the first five episodes, at least). Flicks has a good write-up here.
And if you’re still trying to come up with a gift for your loved ones, consider a subscription to North & South, a copy of Kirsty Johnson and James Hollings The Crewe Murders, and a set of nude playing cards.
Happy holidays!
