2018 Exhibition – Page 2 – RM Gallery and Project Space

Category: 2018 Exhibition

May

CUL-DE-SAC

// April 4-28 2018

Talia Smith /
Alice Alva /
Ed Ritchie /
Monique Lacey /
Katie Kerr /
Curated by Chloe Geoghegan

In April, RM presented Cul-de-sac, a group show bringing together the work of five artists that experiment with the crossings of art within its many disciplines. Using elements of design as a framework for discussion, Cul-de-sac created a laboratory-showroom at RM that will challenge what an experimental space can provide conventional genres of practice within contemporary art.

Based in Sydney, Talia Smith presents a small series of cyanotypes on cotton that investigate the materiality of the photographic image and its form. While Auckland based artist Monqiue Lacey explores the nature of structure and surface within painting, Dunedin artist Ed Ritchie creates sculptural assemblages that become props for uncertain narratives. Wellington artist Alice Alva presents a series of radical, pop-imagistic handcrafted works and Auckland designer Katie Kerr produces an experimental paperback that folds the ideas in Cul-de-sac back on themselves.

Apr

I Understand If You’re Busy

// March 11- April 2

Sarah Callesen /
Olyvia Hong /
Anh Tran /
Taylor Wagstaff /
Ellie Lee-Duncan /
Holly Paynter /
Rachel Ashby /
Kari Schmidt /
Loulou Callister-Baker /

Anxiety is a psychological and physiological phenomenon familiar to most all of us in this contemporary time. ‘I Understand If You’re Busy’ aims to examine its nature in an effort to contextualise, understand and perhaps exorcise or ameliorate it, through utilising strategies of investigation, transformation and escape. Accordingly, the exhibition attempts to play with and/or make useful an otherwise uncomfortable sensation, by which we are increasingly beset.

As a title, ‘I Understand if You’re Busy’ nods to anxiety as it manifests itself in micro-moments, particularly within the context of texts, Facebook messages and emails: ‘I understand if you’re busy’; ‘I’m sorry to be a pain…’; ‘It’s all good if not’; ‘I just wanted to check whether…’; ‘No worries if not…’; ‘Yeah, nah…’; ‘Can I ask a question?’ etc.

The exhibition will examine the concept and experience of anxiety through art, writing and a series of events including a poetry reading, panel discussion and story-telling event. It will feature an accompanying publication to be released at a closing event, as well as the zine ANXIETY which will be launched at an associated event. The exhibition will also show at the newly established [tacit] gallery in Hamilton, from the 12th – 29th of April.