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Richard Reddaway at Aratoi 

11 December, 2019

Richard Reddaway - the body of work / it does no harm to wonder - is showing from 23 November 2019 - 23 February 2020 at Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History. The exhibition surveys Richard Reddaway's work from the 1980's to his current practice, exploring enduring themes and tracking them in relation to the socio-political contexts in which they were made. Image with thanks from Aratoi - pictured are curator Janita Craw, Richard Reddaway, Susanna Shadbolt, Director of Aratoi

https://www.aratoi.org.nz/exhibitions/2019-11/richard-reddaway-body-work-it-does-no-harm-wonder  

Julia Morison and Mark Braunias at Objectspace

23 November, 2019

Soon to open at Auckland's Objectspace for the summer season are exhibitions by two of our most creatively adventurous artists, Julia Morison and Mark Braunias. Connected (perhaps) by playful imaginations and exaggerated forms, Julia Morison's Head[case] and Mark Braunias's Ena Snuggles can be viewed at the Rose Road, Ponsonby gallery from 7 December 2019 until 29 February 2020. In the meantime, check out the following links to these two fascinating shows:

http://www.objectspace.org.nz/exhibitions/headcase/
http://www.objectspace.org.nz/exhibitions/ena-snuggles/

Emily Hartley-Skudder at the re-opening of the Gus Fisher Gallery

2 May, 2019

If you are in Auckland between 6 April and 15 June, do make the time to go and see the newly commissioned work Gentle on Hands and Everything They Wash by Emily Hartley-Skudder. Featured as part of the re-opening show We're Not too Big to Care at the newly refurbished Gus Fisher Gallery, this installation is sited in the building's original female bathroom. With saturated sweet shop coloured basins and products that evoke an intimate and private space, Hartley-Skudder's installation recalls experiences of the bathroom as a space of refuge and escapism, as well as considering the value of private spaces and the gender divisions attached to them.

 https://gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz/were-not-too-big-to-care/

Andrew Drummond's About Balance & Occupation - a must to experience!

1 November, 2018

 
It's a rare occasion for those who enter a gallery to be invited to play with the artworks, but Andrew Drummond's stunning installation in our front space offers exactly this. Visitors are encouraged to touch, to move, to engage with the substance and grace of the artist's delicately poised objects as they respond to the stroke of a hand.
About Balance & Occupation needs to be experienced in the space for which it was created. Make sure you don't miss it - it runs for just 9 more days!

About Balance & Occupation
October 9 - November 10, 2018
/Exhibitions/About-Balance-Occupation

Celebrating 30 Years at JSG!

18 June, 2018

 
Wow, what an achievement! Thirty years of operating a contemporary art gallery in Ōtautahi. And on the evening of June 5 we celebrated well, opening a group show called Rock 'n' Roll with works by artists whom we've represented right from our early beginnings through to several who have joined us more recently.

Thank you to all those who attended the opening night and helped us honour the occasion. Check out the images below and at /Exhibitions/Rock-n-Roll/

Julia Morison at the Auckland Art Fair

16 May, 2018

Headcase 81 & 80, 2018  

For the upcoming Auckland Art Fair May 23- 27, 2018 Jonathan Smart Gallery is delighted to be working with recent New Years Honour recipient, Julia Morison. It will be a solo presentation of new work. Julia's Auckland Art Fair presentation combines different threads of her current visual research: ceramic headcase works, small quirky and cagelike sculptures, and painting at times exuberantly figurative and sometimes suggestively abstract. It will be clear in the installation, but these works are all linked by the grid, and a playful yet visceral sense of form and materials.

To preview the works by Julia Morison for Jonathan Smart Gallery and the Auckland Art Fair online use the Artsy link below:

 https://www.artsy.net/show/jonathan-smart-gallery-jonathan-smart-gallery-at-auckland-art-fair-2018

   

Miranda Parkes - Frances Hodgkins Fellowship

12 April, 2018

Miranda Parkes' display table liners installed at Jonathan Smart Gallery

The following link will take you to an insightful conversation between Miranda Parkes and Warren Feeney, published in The Press on Tuesday April 10. In this article, Miranda & Warren discuss the development of her work over the duration of her Frances Hodgkins Fellowship in Dunedin in 2016. Enjoy the read and make sure to view the individual works from her show the merriest on our exhibitions page.

 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/visual-art/102892464/miranda-parkes-looks-back-on-a-year-warming-up-dunedin-with-colour 

Zina Swanson - Grace Butler Foundation Award

28 February, 2018

 
 
Zina Swanson & Jonathan Smart installing at JSG in 2017

Well done to Zina Swanson, inaugural winner of the Grace Butler Memorial Foundation Award! This award includes a $20,000 grant along with a 3 month residency and studio facilities at the Ara School of Art & Design. Read more about Zina's selection below...

 
https://www.thebigidea.nz/stories/media-releases/217646-grace-butler-memorial-foundation-award-at-ara-winner-announced

Julia Morison appointed Officer of NZ Order of Merit

14 February, 2018

image: David Walker/Stuff

Our warmest congratulations to Julia Morison who was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Years Honours. Jonathan Smart Gallery is delighted to be working with Julia, shaping a solo presentation of her new work at The Auckland Art Fair, May 2018. 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/100196306/artists-new-year-honour-we-dont-value-the-arts-highly-enough