Title

Unnerved: The New Zealand project.

Venues

Gallery of Modern Art (1 May 2010 – 4 July 2010)

Date

(2010)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (QLD).

Documentation

Invitation, Catalogue

Countries of context

Aotearoa New Zealand | Australia

Abstract

The Gallery presents the second in a series of country-specific exhibition projects focusing on its contemporary collections with ‘Unnerved: The New Zealand Project’.

Holdings of contemporary work from New Zealand have grown rapidly since the early 1990s, partly through increased awareness and interest in the Asia Pacific Triennial exhibitions.

'Unnerved' explores a particularly rich dark vein that recurs in New Zealand contemporary art and cinema. Psychological or physical unease pervades many works in the exhibition, with humour, parody and poetic subtlety among the strategies used by artists across generations and genres.

Major sculptures by Michael Parekowhai, installations by Lisa Reihana and Michael Stevenson and photographic series by Yvonne Todd, Anne Noble and Greg Semu will feature alongside video art by Sriwhana Spong and Nathan Pohio. This exhibition will travel to the National Gallery of Victoria in late 2010. [GOMA media, 2010]

Last Updated

04 Jul 2012