Auckland triennial on www.listener.co.nz
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by Anthony Byrt
Led Zeppelin roar while Laurie Anderson chats and Bjork has sex with a robot - everything is thrown into the pot at the second Auckland triennial, and it ruins the taste of some genuinely good art.
PUBLIC/PRIVATE: the second Auckland triennial, at Auckland galleries, the New Gallery, Gus Fisher Gallery, George Fraser Gallery, and Artspace (to May 30).
Big-name international artists and big-name New Zealand artists are the drawcard of the ambitious second Auckland triennial show, dotted around several galleries in town. There's a lot to look at - but the experience suffers, and suffers badly, from poor exhibition design and curating.
Image: Sangeeta Sandrasegar from the series Are you my butterfly? 2003-2004Courtesy of NZ Listener
by Anthony Byrt
Led Zeppelin roar while Laurie Anderson chats and Bjork has sex with a robot - everything is thrown into the pot at the second Auckland triennial, and it ruins the taste of some genuinely good art.
PUBLIC/PRIVATE: the second Auckland triennial, at Auckland galleries, the New Gallery, Gus Fisher Gallery, George Fraser Gallery, and Artspace (to May 30).
Big-name international artists and big-name New Zealand artists are the drawcard of the ambitious second Auckland triennial show, dotted around several galleries in town. There's a lot to look at - but the experience suffers, and suffers badly, from poor exhibition design and curating.
Image: Sangeeta Sandrasegar from the series Are you my butterfly? 2003-2004