EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS - ST PAUL ST Gallery

EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

The 5th Auckland Triennial, If you were to live here… 10 May - 11 August, Galleries One & Two

The 5th Auckland Triennial, opens on 10 May at Auckland Art Gallery, ST PAUL St Gallery and six other sites, extending the Triennial’s reach across Auckland. Led by renowned curator Hou Hanru, If you were to live here... includes work by more than 30 New Zealand and international artists, collectives and architects. The international artists exhibiting at ST PAUL St are Ho Tzu Nyen (Singapore) and Shahzia Sikander (Pakistan).

Previously curator of major biennials including Lyon, Istanbul, and Guangzhou, Hou has invited artists to respond to the diverse cultural, social, architectural and urban characteristics of Auckland. ‘A triennial,’ he says, ‘is a space for producing new aesthetic forms and social spaces. It is not only an occasion to see art, but an interaction between artists, people and the city to envisage possible futures.’

New Zealand as another Asia? 4 July 2013 6 pm WS222 level 2, 34 St Paul St, AUT University

4 July 2013 6 pm
WS222 level 2, 34 St Paul St, AUT University

New Zealand based writer and curator Richard Dale and Sydney based Director of 4A, Aaron Seeto discuss the development of contemporary Asian art in New Zealand with a focus on how this is framed and understood from our changing geo-political landscape. The discussion, organised and chaired by ST PAUL St Gallery Assistant Director Vera Mey, will reflect on the strong links that If you were to live here ... makes with contemporary art practices from Asia, as well as ideas that were explored in the Expanding Asia issue of Art Asia Pacific (81) 2012 http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/81/ExpandingAsia

2013 Curatorial Symposium, 7 – 9 August 2013

The ST PAUL St Gallery is pleased to announce its 2013 Curatorial Symposium 7 – 9 August 2013.
The Symposium is divided into two sections. The first will examine exhibition histories from the Asia Pacific region as part of a project initiated by Biljana Ciric through a series of papers and discussions. The second half will be dedicated to roundtable discussions and presentations in response to contemporary curatorial concerns as well as reflecting on the context of the 5th Auckland Triennial, If you were to live here…. The ST PAUL St Gallery 2013 Curatorial Symposium is decidedly local and consciously positioned within the geo political situation of the Asia Pacific.

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