Two photographs from a 1974 gay liberation dance, featuring coarsley worded remarks beside the images, are causing public debate for Tauranga Art Gallery. The works by photographic artist Fiona Clark are included in Te Manawa’s exhibition Now & Then, which has been touring the country since March 2012.

View these recent news articles:
‘Repugnant’ artwork defended -  John Cousins, Bay of Plenty Times
Woman wants Te Manawa photos removed from show - Chris Hyde, Manawatu Standard

Now & Then is on show in Tauranga, until this Sunday 23 June 2013. The exhibition encompasses a selection of more than 39 prominent and currently emerging photographers who continue to push the boundaries of fine art photography in New Zealand. Included in the exhibition are numerous works from the 1975 landmark survey The Active Eye, staged by the then Manawatu Art Gallery.

Related link:
www.fionaclark.com - scroll down page for background information on Clark’s images, including historical news clippings relating to The Active Eye exhibition.

Also opening this Friday 21st June (5-7pm) at Photospace Gallery in Wellington are:

Richard Young - Impressions of Africa in Gallery room 2.
View here for info on this exhibition.

Jac Lynch - The Orange Room in Gallery room 3
View here for info on this exhibition.

Photospace Gallery
1st floor, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington
T: 04 382 9502  M: 027 444 3899
Open 10am to 4pm Mon-Fri, 11am to 4pm Sat

The exhibition is a tribute to Lake Wakatipu’s TSS Earnslaw and her close family of working steamers.

The book has 71 duotone plates and an essay by Alan Knowles about working aboard as a schoolboy. It is a limited edition of 100 books signed and numbered. Available for sale at Photospace Gallery for $NZ45.00.

View images from this publication here

Photospace Gallery
1st floor, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington
T: 04 382 9502  M: 027 444 3899
Open 10am to 4pm Mon-Fri, 11am to 4pm Sat

Ranui 135 - Edith Amituanai
Opening Wed 19 June (6-8pm)
Exhibition runs until Sat 27 July 2013

ANNA MILES GALLERY
47 High St, Suite 4J, Auckland
Telephone + 64 9 377 4788, Mobile + 64 (0)21 47 10 47
Hours: Wednesdays - Fridays 11am-5pm,
Saturdays 11am-4pm & by appointment
www.annamilesgallery.com
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See Edith’s Ranui 135 Blog -
http://ranui-westauckland.tumblr.com/

This Saturday (8th June) at 3pm, Ron Brownson (Senior Curator New Zealand and Pacific Art at Auckland Art Gallery), will be giving a gallery talk at Northart, on their current exhibition Recent Auckland Photography. Exhibition curators Edward Hanfling and Chris Corson-Scott will join the discussion, followed by an informal “meet the artists” session. Refreshments will be served, refer poster below for full details.

Copies of the accompanying publication Pictures They Want to Make - Recent Auckland Photography will also be available. If you are interested in this publication (or learning more about PhotoForum), do feel welcome to chat with us. Current members also have the opportunity to pick up their subscription copies at the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

Following the successful photography workshop held last year at Auckland’s AUT University - St Paul Street Gallery, with now NYC MoMA curator Quentin Bajac and Pieter Hugo, this year in August, Sandra Phillips Curator of Photography at San Francisco MoMA will be coming to Auckland.

Sandra has been photography curator at SFMoMA since 1987 and is one of the most influential curators in the medium working today. She has maintained SFMoMA’s position as having one of the most active departments of photography anywhere. Sandra has been responsible for a host of exhibitions including those involving William Klein, Daido Moriyama, Diane Arbus, Larry Sultan, and most recently Rineke Dijkstra and Garry Winogrand. She is an empowering teacher and an engaging personality.

Sandra Phillips will also be in Auckland as guest and key-note speaker for the Auckland Art Fair, where the focus this year is on photography. The Art Fair opens Wednesday August 7. The photography workshop runs over 2 days, Saturday August 10 and Sunday 11 August, and will be presented in AUT’s new state of the art digital design facility. Workshop attendees will receive a complimentary pass to the Auckland Art Fair so that they can go to the panel discussion with Sandra Phillips and Auckland Art Gallery senior curator Ron Brownson on the afternoon of Thursday August 8.

This is a unique opportunity to have your work reviewed by and learn, first hand, from one of photography’s most iconic personalities.

There is a limited number of places for the workshop and already there is a high level of interest. If you wish to attend or have any questions please contact me without delay at harvey.benge@xtra.co.nz

Links:
harveybenge.com/
harveybenge.blogspot.com/

“Pictures They Want to Make - Recent Auckland Photography” by Chris Corson-Scott and Edward Hanfling, Published by PhotoForum Inc., Auckland. ©PhotoForum Inc.

Here at PhotoForum we are very excited about our new major publication “Pictures They Want to Make - Recent Auckland Photography” by Chris Corson-Scott and Edward Hanfling, with photographs by Mark Adams, Edith Amituanai, Fiona Amundsen, Harvey Benge, Bruce Connew, Chris Corson-Scott, Ngahuia Harrison, Derek Henderson, Ian Macdonald, Haruhiko Sameshima, Geoffrey H. Short and Talia Smith.

Advance copies have now arrived and we are thrilled with the quality of the book. At 27.5 x 30.5cm, 176 pages, hardbound with over 100 colour plates, it is a truly substantial tome. A limited number will be available to view and purchase at Northart gallery, where the associated exhibition “Recent Auckland Photography” is currently on show until 12 June 2013. This publication will be available in selected bookshops and directly from PhotoForum (email photoforumnz@gmail.com) from mid June.

A huge thank-you to ProGear, Nikon New Zealand, Vista Entertainment Solutions and the Wallace Arts Trust for their generous support of this publication.

pgs 94 & 95 - Ngahuia Harrison

pgs 114 & 115 -  Derek Henderson

pgs 128 & 129 - Ian Macdonald

pgs 76 & 77 - Bruce Connew

It was great to see such a large crowd in attendance last Sunday night (19th May 2013) for the exhibition opening  of Recent Auckland Photography, at Northart Gallery.  Below is a selection of photos from that evening.

Curated by Chris Corson-Scott and Edward Hanfling, the exhibition, (in association with the Auckland Festival of Photography) runs until 12 June 2013. Featured artists are: Mark Adams, Edith Amituanai, Fiona Amundsen, Harvey Benge, Bruce Connew, Chris Corson-Scott, Ngahuia Harrison, Derek Henderson, Ian Macdonald, Haruhiko Sameshima, Geoffrey H. Short and Talia Smith.

We hope many of you will join us at Northart on Saturday June 8 (from 3pm), for the talk by Ron Brownson with Edward Hanfling, followed by an informal “Meet the artists” session.

Also accompanying the exhibition, is the book  Pictures They Want to Make - Recent Auckland Photography by Chris Corson-Scott and Edward Hanfling, and published by PhotoForum. A very limited quantity of advance copies have been made available for viewing or purchase at Northart Gallery. The remaining stock  is due mid-June. Enquiries regarding this publication can be emailed to photoforumnz@gmail.com.

Our thanks to Nikon New Zealand, Progear Professional Photographics, Vista Entertainment Solutions and The James Wallace Arts Trust for their generous support towards making this publication possible.

Pictures They Want to Make - Recent Auckland Photography also part of PhotoForum’s current subscription offering to members. It’s a great way to receive this substantial (27.5 x 30.5cm, 176 pages, 100 colour plates, hardcover) publication while also supporting the promotion of NZ photography. To find out more about PhotoForum, visit our website at www.photoforum-nz.org.

Ron Brownson (Senior Curator New Zealand and Pacific Art at Auckland Art Gallery) speaking at the opening of the exhibition “Recent Auckland Photography” at Northart Gallery, 19 May 2013.

PhotoForum director Geoffrey H. Short, speaking about the accompanying publication
Pictures They Want to Make - Recent Auckland Photography. Exhibition opening of
“Recent Auckland Photography” at Northart Gallery, 19 May 2013.

Co-curators Chris Corson Scott (far left), and Edward Hanfling (centre) with exhibiting artist Fiona Amundsen. Exhibition opening of “Recent Auckland Photography” at Northart Gallery, 19 May 2013.

John B. Turner discusses Ian Macdonald’s work with sculptor John Radford. Exhibition opening of “Recent Auckland Photography” at Northart Gallery, 19 May 2013.

Exhibiting artist Ian Macdonald (centre) in conversation with gallery visitors. Exhibition opening “Recent Auckland Photography” at Northart Gallery, 19 May 2013.

Gil Hanly, Pat Hanly in Studio with Tamsin (c. 1968)

Gil Hanly: Artists in Situ

4 June 2013 - 28 July 2013, Pah Homestead, Photography Gallery, Boardroom & Master Bedroom

Opening  3 June, 6-8pm, Upper Level
Q+A with Gil Hanly: Sat 15 June, 1pm.

Gil Hanly is one of New Zealand’s best-loved photographers. For more than five decades she has documented the people of New Zealand at times of great social change, with a special focus on the protest movement. Many of her images of New Zealanders in protest are internationally famous. She is also our most prolific and widely published garden photographer. Gil and painter Pat Hanly (1932-2004) have been at the heart of New Zealand’s art and peace movements and her images record thousands of amazing social events and personalities.

Curated especially for the Auckland Festival of Photography, Gil Hanly - Artists in Situ features portraits of best-beloved and emerging Kiwi artists at work, providing rare glimpses into the most intimate and vital part of an artist’s working life - the studio.

The Pah Homestead, TSB Wallace Arts Centre
72 Hillsborough Rd, Hillsborough, Auckland
Open Tues to Fri, 10am - 3pm
Sat, Sun & public holidays, 10am - 5pm
T 09 639 2010 E enquiries@wallaceartstrust.org.nz