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Raymond McIntyre: A Modernist View
Dynamic and progressive paintings and woodcuts from one of Aotearoa’s New Zealand foremost modernist artists.
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Māori artists consider the enduring relevance of taniwha in Aotearoa.
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Bridget Riley Bagatelle 3
Bridget Riley’s self-effacing title for this work – a bagatelle is something seen as a trifle, too easy to be considered profound – underplays the complexity of this lively composition. It also alludes to it being effectively an extracted section of a larger and pivotal early work – Tremor, painted in 1962. Even in this abridged form it is a visual brain teaser, almost an IQ puzzle, inviting the viewer to find rhythm in its sequence of pattern and line.
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
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Bridget Riley Bagatelle 2
Bridget Riley’s self-effacing title for this work – a bagatelle is something seen as a trifle, too easy to be considered profound – underplays the complexity of this lively composition. It also alludes to it being effectively an extracted section of a larger, early pivotal work – Tremor, painted in 1962. Even in abridged form it becomes a visual brain teaser, almost an IQ puzzle inviting the viewer to find rhythm in its sequence of pattern and line.
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
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Jo Bragg What does Feminism Mean to You?
In 2016, Jo Bragg carried out a solitary performance, Days since and again (so soon), in response to ten questions from members of the Kollektiv Gallery. The artist set up a static video camera to document the work, assuming complete control over the way their body and gender-neutral personal identity is seen by others. The questions were very personal, for example: Where feels like home? What intimidates you? What do you fight for? Bragg’s ten video stills, exhibited initially online and then as a series of photographs, constitute their response. Much of Bragg’s art practice takes place online. Bragg considers the internet as an emotional space for performance, reflection and distribution, frequently using hashtags on their images that refer to different emotional states – inviting the viewer to share both empathy and vulnerability with the artist.
(We do this, 12 May 2018 - 26 May 2019)
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Jo Bragg What's Next?
Jo Bragg makes performance, photography and video works that explore gender, emotions and the body. Their work is sometimes based on an act of endurance, pushing their body to the edge of its limits through holding a pose or even placing themselves in a position of pain. At other times they apply a strategy of intentional misrepresentation, especially in relation to the language of social media. Here, Jo has utilised a public space that appears to be a construction site. Stretched out between two concrete anchor blocks, their body bends, creating a soft shape that disrupts the architectural surrounds and highlights how our bodies are not rigid, but adaptable. This flexibility and the construction site location enhance the idea of the self as fluid and constantly becoming.
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
Notes
Underworld 2 by Tony de Lautour
This article first appeared as 'Painting offers a multiverse of symbols' in The Press on 21 June 2017.