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Home and Away

1242 1999 Home and Away Contemp NZ and Australian Art 004 v2

Advertising on Wellesley Street East for Home and Away, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki 1999

Home and Away

  • Where

    Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

  • When

    4 June 1999 - 22 August 1999

Curated by William McAloon, Home and Away was a major exhibition which dealt with themes including Signs/place/indigeneity, Abstraction/expression/transcendence, Material/signs.

Installed in the New Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery, the exhibition included works by 48 artists from New Zealand and Australia. A major catalogue accompanied the exhibition which featured a rare interview with Chartwell founder, Robert Gardiner.

Installation Images 

The image shows a white gallery space with a concrete floor and high beam ceiling. On the left hand wall is a large, horizontal black and blue painting which is only just discernible to the viewer. On the centre back wall hangs a light work consisting of a vertical fluorescent tube inside a black frame. On the right hand wall hang three complimentary artworks, each in the shape of a square, triangle and circle, all painted with similar abstract enlarged brushstrokes in white, red and black paint against a gold background.

Left to Right: Eureka School, John Reynolds (1993), Post Black No. 13, Bill Culbert and Ralph Hotere (1992) and Ghosts, Demons, and Dragons - 2, Max Gimblett (1988)

The image shows a white gallery space with a polished wooden floor. On the left hand wall hangs a large square artwork with the words 'boy am I scared eh' written in capital letters on it accompanied by a large black swirl. On the floor to the left of this work, half of a pile of giant pick-up sticks are visible. On the back wall hangs an assortment of smaller drawings closely jumbled together, each featuring a different small drawing including geometric patterns and humanoid shapes. On the right hand wall a diptych work of a dark blue and lighter blue panels are just visible.

Left to Right: They Comfort Me, Michael Parekowhai (1992), Boy Am I Scared Eh!, Peter Robinson (1997), How Do We Learn?, Richard Killeen (1992), Into The Black, Chris Heaphy (1996) 

The image shows a white gallery space with a polished wooden floor. Several people mingle around in the space, looking at the artworks present. On the back left hand wall hangs a large square brown artwork with smaller scenes of miniature mountains dotted across its surface. On the right hand wall hangs a huge horizontal artwork made up of painted 'tiles', which features references to the work of Colin McCahon and Gordon Walters in its visual motifs, and has a large representation of Christ on the cross as its centre.

Cross, Shane Cotton (1996) and Paradiso, Imants Tillers (1994)

The image shows a white gallery space with a polished wooden floor. A young woman dressed in black stands contemplating an artwork on the back wall of the space. On the left hand wall hangs a painting consisting of horizontal lines of white and blue running across the work with stylised koru patterns interspersed throughout. On the back wall hangs a black work with white hand painted cursive lettering scrawled across it, with the words 'are there not twelve hours of daylight' discernible. On the right hand wall hangs a large abstract artwork consisting of scribbled white lines and ambiguous black shapes on a rust red background.

Left to Right: Grey-White, Gordon Walters (1974-1990), Are there not twelve hours of daylight, Colin McCahon (1970) and Black, Grey, White, Tony Tuckson (1970-73)

The image shows a white gallery space with a polished wooden floor. In the space, a middle aged man wearing jeans and a nike red and black backpack stands reading an object label. On his left hang two large vertical banners, one black and the other red. On the man's right is an artwork consisting of two large, horizontal panels, one in black and the other in dark grey. On top of these panels, multiple smaller works have been placed leaning against the wall facing the viewer. On the right hand gallery wall hangs an arrangement of metallic circles arranged in a circular fashion. On the floor to the right of this is a large installation of giant pick-up sticks.

Left to Right: Pin Point, Needle Point 1994, Judy Watson (1994), Into The Black, Chris Heaphy (1996), Landscape of Mirrors, Patrick Pound (1991) and They Comfort Me, Michael Parekowhai (1992)

The image shows a white gallery space with a concrete floor and high beam ceilings. On the left hand wall hangs a horizontal artwork comprised of three panels, two in black with bubbles floating in them and the centre in white. On a central, freestanding wall hangs a large square artwork made from collaged photographs. In the background a bright multicoloured artwork is just visible.

Left to Right: Virgin, Luise Fong (1994), Girl With Hula Hoop, Jenny Watson (1992), Untitled Works From 1992/93, Bill Henson (1992-93), '28' Diptych, Jeffrey Harris (1987)

The image shows a white gallery space with a concrete floor. On the left hand wall hangs a large horizontal work filled with abstract squares and rectangles of bright colours, such as green, red, orange, blue and yellow. All are loosely painted and have a textured, messy effect. On the back wall hang some pastel coloured clothes, including a mint green skirt and white top. On the right hand wall a large horizontal painting is barely discernible.

Left to Right: '28' Diptych, Jeffrey Harris (1987), Ladybug (Pornament), Hany Armanious (1993), Channel Zero, W D Hammon (1988)

The image shows a white gallery space with a concrete floor. On the left hand wall hangs a small square artwork which is filled with a solid block of rust red paint, with a little texture below the surface. On the back wall hangs a large horizontal work made up of eight panels joined together at varying heights to give a wonky effect. Each panel is coloured in a solid block of dark blue, dark red, bright red, white and yellow. On the right hand wall at the back hangs a small square painting consisting of a yellow circle within a red circle within a bright blue background. Next to this, closest to the viewer is a large vertical artwork made up of overlapping squares and shapes of colour, with a large image of a young girl in black and white muddled into these.

Left to Right: Untitled No. 9, Geoff Thornley (1989), Journey One (Second Version), Milan Mrkusich (1986), Untitled (Target), Julian Dashper (1993), Pop Goes the Weezel, Dale Frank (1989)

Featured Artworks

Virgin

Virgin

Luise Fong
Ladybug (Pornament)

Ladybug (Pornament)

Hany Armanious
Big Yellow

Big Yellow

Rosalie Gascoigne
Untitled (awely)

Untitled (awely)

Emily kam Kngwarray
May His Light Shine (Tau Cross)

May His Light Shine (Tau Cross)

Colin McCahon
Untitled

Untitled

Gordon Walters
Chakra

Chakra

Stephen Bambury
Eureka School

Eureka School

John Reynolds
Addons

Addons

Mikala Dwyer
Self-fulfilling prophecy

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Tim Johnson
Speak

Speak

Seraphine Pick
How Do We Learn?

How Do We Learn?

Richard Killeen
Girl With Hula Hoop

Girl With Hula Hoop

Jenny Watson
Threshold VIII

Threshold VIII

William A Sutton
Aramoana Nineteen Eighty Four

Aramoana Nineteen Eighty Four

Ralph Hotere
Pop Goes The Weezel

Pop Goes The Weezel

Dale Frank
not titled [TP 2249]

not titled [TP 2249]

Tony Tuckson
Untitled No.9

Untitled No.9

Geoff Thornley
Complimentary

Complimentary

Billy Apple®
Elegnem Sa Essitam (The Breeze of Death)

Elegnem Sa Essitam (The Breeze of Death)

Mike Parr
Bartered

Bartered

Billy Apple®
Untitled (Target)

Untitled (Target)

Julian Dashper
"Of Interiority And Exteriority" (II)

"Of Interiority And Exteriority" (II)

Stephen Bambury
The Nearby Hill

The Nearby Hill

Margot Philips
They Comfort Me

They Comfort Me

Michael Parekōwhai
Eye Puzzle

Eye Puzzle

Joe Felber
You Yangs Pond II

You Yangs Pond II

Fred Williams
Black, Grey, White

Black, Grey, White

Tony Tuckson
Grid: Doors III

Grid: Doors III

Hilarie Mais

E Rua Ngaa Taniwha

Jacqueline Fraser
Are there not twelve hours of daylight

Are there not twelve hours of daylight

Colin McCahon
Untitled Works From 1992/93

Untitled Works From 1992/93

Bill Henson
Pacific Condition

Pacific Condition

Pat Hanly
'28' Diptych

'28' Diptych

Jeffrey Harris
Untitled

Untitled

Gordon Walters
Post Black No.13

Post Black No.13

Ralph Hotere,

Bill Culbert
Paradiso

Paradiso

Imants Tillers
Ghosts, Demons, and Dragons - 2

Ghosts, Demons, and Dragons - 2

Max Gimblett
Fire Divides / Water Freezes

Fire Divides / Water Freezes

Janet Laurence
Landscape Of Mirrors

Landscape Of Mirrors

Patrick Pound
Tepu No. 1

Tepu No. 1

Gordon Walters,

Chris Heaphy
Dried Blood

Dried Blood

Don Driver
Untitled

Untitled

Emily kam Kngwarray
Works From The Museum of Silence (Dept. of 100 poems)

Works From The Museum of Silence (Dept. of 100 poems)

Eugene Carchesio

Budgerigar Dreaming At Ilpitirri

Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri
A View of Port Nicholson from Tinakori Hill, looking north

A View of Port Nicholson from Tinakori Hill, looking north

M T Woollaston
Untitled

Untitled

Giovanni Intra

Journey One (Second Version)

Milan Mrkusich
Horizontal Relief

Horizontal Relief

Don Driver
Pin Point, Needle Point 1994

Pin Point, Needle Point 1994

Judy Watson
Grey-White

Grey-White

Gordon Walters
Channel Zero

Channel Zero

W D Hammond
NINE FROG POEMS: RING - RANG - RUNG (MARES TAILS), FOR E.W.

NINE FROG POEMS: RING - RANG - RUNG (MARES TAILS), FOR E.W.

Robert MacPherson
Boy Am I Scared Eh!

Boy Am I Scared Eh!

Peter Robinson
Black Monochrome With Violin

Black Monochrome With Violin

John Nixon
Untitled

Untitled

John Nixon
detail,A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/,someone looks at something ...,LOGOS / HA HA

detail,A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/,someone looks at something ...,LOGOS / HA HA

Peter Tyndall
Cross

Cross

Shane Cotton
Blind I-II (component parts of the sound installation 'the visible that was')

Blind I-II (component parts of the sound installation 'the visible that was')

l budd et al.
Into The Black

Into The Black

Chris Heaphy

Angry (Scared Too: After Colin McCahon)

Gordon Bennett
White Problem

White Problem

Kathy Temin