Gregor Kregar Large Wise Gnome (detail) 2007. Mirror-polished stainless steel. Courtesy the artist and Gow Langsford Gallery

Ronnie van Hout Comin' Down, 2013 (detail). Mixed media. Courtesy of the artist

Artist unknown Camp Blood. Acrylic on flour sack. Private collection, Christchurch

Jess Johnson Order out of chaos (detail) 2013. Pen, copic markers, metallic paint on paper. Courtesy of Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney; and Utopian Slumps, Melbourne

Tony Oursler Sang 2008. Fibreglass form, BluRay, BluRay player, projector. Courtesy of the artist, Jensen Sydney and Fox/Jensen Auckland

Max Gimblett Untitled (detail) 2005. Pencil and ink

Elizabeth Kelly Margaret (detail) c.1936. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, purchased 1951

Joanna Braithwaite Lizard Lounge (detail) 2013. Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney. Photo: AGNSW

Francis Upritchard Believer (detail) 2012. Courtesy of Kate Macgarry and Ivan Anthony galleries. Photo: Anna Arca

Yvonne Todd Mood Sandwich (detail) 2013. Reproduced courtesy of the artist

Roger Boyce Painter Speaks 2011. Courtesy Suite Gallery and Brooke Gifford

Judy Darragh Sissy Squat 2012/13. Digital print on adhesive vinyl, based on a work from 2012 of the same name in the collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Courtesy Jonathan Smart Gallery and Two Rooms

Peter Stichbury NDE, 2013. Acrylic on linen. Courtesy Tracy Williams, Ltd. New York

Steve Carr Majo 2010. SD transferred to DVD, duration 3 min 40 secs. Courtesy of the artist and Michael Lett, Auckland

Ash Keating West Park Proposition (detail) 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Fehily Contemporary Art. Photo: James Wright © the artist

Tim J. Veling Bedford Row, 2012 (detail) From the series Adaptation 2011–12. Photograph. Reproduced courtesy of the artist

Richard Killeen The inner binding (detail) 2012. Translucent vinyl. Courtesy of the artist. A Christchurch Art Gallery Outer Spaces project in association with Christchurch City Libraries

Kay Rosen Here are the people and there is the steeple 2012. Acrylic paint on wall

Wayne Youle I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour (detail) 2011. Reproduced courtesy of the artist

Matt Akehurst You are here 2011. Aluminium, steel, paint, vinyl. Courtesy of the artist

Sian Torrington, studio shot. Photo: John Collie

Dick Frizzell Contacts 2003/13. Courtesy of the Artist and the Gow/Langsford Gallery