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Public places, Ann Shelton


PUBLIC PLACES
Ann Shelton

RIM BOOKS
ISBN 0476001137 (pbk.)
2003
45p, 21cm
Shelton, Ann,1967-
Photography
Artistic.
Crime scenes–Pictorial works.
Includes bibliographical references

Out of Print
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Redeye, a diary.

REDEYE: A DIARY.

PHOTOGRAPHS SELECTED AND EDITED BY RON BROWNSON.
Ann Shelton

Shelton insists on a premise at the very heart of photography: people are good to look at… documentary photography should be reminded of the superficial thrill of the ‘now’… in Redeye the idea of the celebrity meets the idea of the nobody… rather than make you remember and feel concern Shelton makes you forget you cared in the first place.
Giovanni Intra – Pavement magazine

Redeye is a social diary in photographs, it depicts an urban community from an insider’s perspective. Photographed using a … Continue reading →

When night comes

WHEN NIGHT COMES
Susan Jowsey, Marcus Williams

When night comes is an illustrated catalogue from an art installation by Susan Jowsey and Marcus Williams at Artspace in Auckland, 6 November –22 December, 1996
(28pp publication with colour illustrations documenting the installation produced by the artist in its wake with essays by Jowsey, Williams and Miriam Harris.)

“When Night Comes makes childhood palpable by engaging your senses. With ceilings and objects positioned at difficult heights, including a luminous yellow door of shrunken Alice IN Wonderland-like proportions. . . On the one hand the adult is addressed with items placed at … Continue reading →

Filter

FILTER
Eugene Hansen, Marcus Williams

This publication documents the various installations produced by Filter-Corp and includes essays by Miriam Harris and Tina Barton, as well as stills from the FilterCorp animation by Ron Young and the FilterCorp Board.

RIM BOOKS
ISBN 0473074125 (pbk.)
22, [1] p, col. ill, 21 cm
RRP NZ $16 plus packaging and posting

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Fallen, John Pusateri

FALLEN
JOHN PUSATERI
John Early, Dan Blanchon & Mel Galbraith

The work, comprised of 12 photographic images and 4 graphite drawings, was shown at Seed Gallery, Auckland, November 2007.

‘Fallen’ by John Pusateri, is a documentation of a collaborative biodiversity and fine art project by the New Zealand-based artist and scientists. The project started with setting pitfall traps on 8 May 2007. Twice a month, for thirteen months, Pusateri gathered, separated, cleaned, labelled and preserved the trapped specimens. These specimens were photographed along with fragments of ceramic, glass, and other found items from the same area.

The specimen samples, as … Continue reading →

Greatest Show

THE GREATEST SHOW
WARREN TIPPETT’S POTS FROM A LIFE LESS ORDINARY
Moyra Elliott

Early, John.
Elliott, Moyra.
Tippett, Warren,1941-
Potters–New Zealand–Biography.

Rim Books, 2005
ISBN 0473106876 (pbk.)
32 p. :ill. (some col.) ;17 x 21 cm.
Text by Moyra Elliott. Includes bibliographical references.

Out of Print
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Metaphysical Heart


METAPHYSICAL HEART
JEWELLERY BY PETER MCKAY
Damian Skinner

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Metaphysical heart : jewellery by Peter McKay.

A storytelling jeweller, working alone on Banks Peninsula, with one eye focused on the artistic heritage of Europe and the other trained on the mythic potential of his local landscape. Welcome to the work (and world) of Peter McKay, one of this country’s senior jewellers. From his early days as an apprentice of Kobi Bosshard, trained in the techniques and aesthetics of European goldsmithing, to the appropriation
of European modernism and Medieval and Renaissance art that marked … Continue reading →

1839 Exchanges, jewellery by Jason Hall

1839 EXCHANGES
JEWELLERY BY JASON HALL
curated by Damian Skinner

“An exhibition about jewellery, identity and cultural exchange explored through a series of amulets created for Frederick Edward Maning”

Since 1998 Jason Hall’s jewellery has been asking questions about Päkehä identity. His work represents a consistent struggle to negotiate being Päkehä through an awareness of the traditions and craft of contemporary jewellery in Aotearoa. 1839 Exchanges: Jewellery
by Jason Hall is an exhibition about jewellery, identity and cultural exchange explored through a series of amulets created for Frederick Edward Maning, an Irishman who arrived in Aotearoa in 1833 … Continue reading →