Wayne Youle: I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour
Wayne Youle: I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour
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Exhibition
I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour
19 December 2015
Stretching across a vast wall at the gateway to Sydenham, Wayne Youle's new public artwork is a shadowboard, where tools for rebuilding hang alongside many familiar but precious objects.
Artist Profile
![Wayne Youle: Look Mum No Hands](/media/cache/68/7b/687bcabca1d22ff48cf04ad53899b4c5.jpg)
Wayne Youle: Look Mum No Hands
He’s been called a cultural prankster, an agent provocateur and a bullshit artist (that last description came from his dad, but it was bestowed – he’s pretty sure – with love). While we’re at it, add ‘serial pun merchant’ to that list; in art, as in conversation, Wayne Youle can spot a good one-liner a mile off and has never knowingly left an entendre undoubled.
Notes
![The House of Wellbeing](/media/cache/06/5f/065fee9764167b85c2b5895e0997bb73.jpg)
The House of Wellbeing
On Saturday, I spoke at the launch of a major new work of art in public space—Wayne Youle's installation The House of Wellbeing ALL WELCOME, at the CPIT Aoraki campus on Madras Street.
Collection
![ALONE TIME](/media/cache/02/30/0230df9a5220cd74bdb6c01d09132a00.jpg)
Wayne Youle ALONE TIME
An obsessively ordered, subversively witty re-imagining of Wayne Youle’s studio, ALONE TIME also evokes a more abstract space: the creative sanctuary any artist must carve out from everyday life for the serious business of making art. A bunker, a tree-house, a ‘room of one’s own’, it’s full to bursting with references to the humour, self-doubt and daily work ethic required to build and sustain an artistic practice – not to mention the magic wand.
(Unseen: The Changing Collection, 18 December 2015 – 19 June 2016)
Exhibition
Dear John/ Welcome Back/ With Love
It might be old-school, but everyone likes to get a postcard, and Wayne Youle’s latest project invites visitors to communicate their Gallery experience, create their own art mail or just write a letter to their mum.
Article
![Sparks that fly upwards](/media/cache/8f/44/8f44e19edf77e5694fbdb3e2b24d3ed8.jpg)
Sparks that fly upwards
Curator Felicity Milburn remembers five years and 101 installations in a gallery without walls.
Notes
![Viva Sydenham](/media/cache/bf/91/bf9180ff933e4f4ffee6c79a9ffccc21.jpg)
Viva Sydenham
It seems a lifetime ago that we combined with Gap Filler to launch the Gallery's first post-quake Outer Spaces project in Sydenham.
Collection
![The Saviour](/media/cache/cb/13/cb1333525c062f06267a00649bb0fc5e.jpg)
Wayne Youle The Saviour
In the weeks and months that followed the devastating earthquake on 22 February 2011, many Christchurch people looked in vain for a ‘hero on a white horse’ to lead the city out of crisis. Galloping creakily to nowhere, Wayne Youle’s riderless Saviour punctures the notion of a knight in shining armour. Instead, it emphasises his belief that this city’s salvation lies in the hands of ordinary people: all those who stayed – through choice or necessity – and contributed to the recovery in countless, unsung ways.
(Unseen: The Changing Collection, 18 December 2015 – 19 June 2016)
Exhibition
Tricksters
Expect the rug to be pulled out from under your feet with the last exhibition in the Rolling Maul series.
Notes
![Wayne’s workshop](/media/cache/da/f0/daf0c660fb576460b135bbe5a08009e2.jpg)
Wayne’s workshop
Wayne Youle ran a two-day workshop for 25 teenagers over the weekend. Students from an array of local Christchurch secondary schools were challenged to keep up with Wayne's non-stop energy... and to learn creative and design skills.
Notes
![Where in the world is this year's first outer space?](/media/cache/f6/05/f605909768e13ff4b01e1a47cf421d1e.jpg)
Where in the world is this year's first outer space?
So Wayne's wall is all done (and gloriously untagged) and Ronnie's peering out nightly over the Boulevard.
Notes
![Shine on you crazy public art diamond](/media/cache/07/7b/077bbd25205b8485990739f6528c315e.jpg)
Shine on you crazy public art diamond
Just one last weather report, before this blog starts looking like a franchise of metservice.com...
Notes
![LOVING THE BULLDOG](/media/cache/6e/91/6e911393203094010f0ff6bf0783c9d6.jpg)
LOVING THE BULLDOG
You could be forgiven for thinking that Wayne Youle is giving the French Bulldog a big hug.
Notes
![What's going on in Sydenham?](/media/cache/71/09/7109729781d4dcad4bf3a5ccb18674fa.jpg)
What's going on in Sydenham?
Your father or grandfather probably had one. Maybe you've created one of your own. Possibly there's one on a wall at home, left there by a previous owner.
Notes
![New bunker work installed](/media/cache/21/4d/214d517ddd578614708a566fe5054650.jpg)
New bunker work installed
We've just had Wayne Youle in, creating a new work for the Gallery's carpark bunker.