It’s well worth checking out the exhibitions at Uxbridge which feature a range of art and installations from both established and emerging artists.
From sculptures to drawings to prints and more, the exhibitions are an excellent example of New Zealand’s storytelling at its finest.
The lenses of artists share ideas through a range of different perspectives. You really should investigate these experiences at Uxbridge.
Public engagement with contemporary art, artists and ideas is at the core of their exhibition-making practice, because it strives to make contemporary art not only accessible, but relevant to people from all walks of life.
Seeking synergies between the local and the global, the showcases taking place in the Howick gallery are engaging and reflective of the best in national work, thereby developing the practice and appreciation of contemporary art in east Auckland.
DREAMING IN COLOUR
Exhibition dates: Runs until May 12
Pat Basse
A collection of pieces that grew from the artist’s memories as a four-year-old evacuee during WWII. Without her family, Pat experienced extreme unhappiness from which she found respite in her dreamworld.
The dreams were colourful and excitingly theatrical in stark contrast to her living world. As an adult, Pat could write down her dreams and recreate them in her art.
LET US DRINK THE NEW WINE, TOGETHER!
Exhibition dates: Runs until May 13
Let Us Drink the New Wine, Together! is an exhibition of installations, artist maps, works on paper, video and mail art, that have all crossed geographical and linguistic borders throughout 2020-2023.
The exhibition seeks to account for different realities and contexts through a kind of global x-ray, proposing art as a way to continue to imagine the world anew in uncertain times.
In addition to the gallery installation, a virtual realisation of this exhibition has been developed, which takes this exhibition beyond the walls of the gallery, inviting anyone with Wi-Fi to enter and experience the work through the Malcolm Smith Gallery website.
