It’s Personal: The Howard Greive and Gabrielle McKone Photography Collection

Edith Amituanai, Janet Bayly, L. Budd, Joyce Campbell, Gavin Hipkins, Jae Hoon Lee, Anne Noble, Peter Peryer, Yvonne Todd

Webb’s Wellington
23 Marion Street, Te Aro, Wellington

10–21 August 2022

Talk, Sunday 21 August at 11am, presented in conjunction with Photobook/NZ, Robert Leonard will ask Howard Greive about collecting with an SMP

Former ad man Howard Greive and photographer Gabrielle McKone began collecting New Zealand art in the 1980s, but fifteen years ago they decided to focus exclusively on photography. Greive says, ‘Maybe it’s years in advertising but a sharp, single-minded proposition always works. And, for us, that SMP was photography.’ Their home is packed to the gills with photographs ranging from expressive to conceptual, documentary to directorial, but they don’t spread their bets, preferring to collect key figures in depth. This show samples their collection, featuring works by Edith Amituanai, Janet Bayly, L. Budd, Joyce Campbell, Gavin Hipkins, Jae Hoon Lee, Anne Noble, Peter Peryer, and Yvonne Todd. There’s also a cluster of gems from earlier figures: Theo Schoon, Ans Westra, and Gary Baigent. Join us for the opening preview, Tuesday 9 August at 6pm; and for the closing-day talk, on Sunday 21 August at 11am, presented in conjunction with Photobook/NZ, when Robert Leonard will ask Howard Greive about collecting with an SMP.

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