Exhibitions

Summer Catalogue Show

16 Dec 2014 - 25 Jan 2015 Featuring exciting new work from our stable of artists, our Summer Catalogue offers a glimpse of what is in store for the gallery for the next 12 months. With the exhibition we also launch our brand new exhibition space, Room Two. Located within the Newmarket gallery, Room Two will feature... Read more

Let's talk about what we have

16 Dec 2014 - 25 Jan 2015 Yukari Kaihori’s work reconstructs and reimagines landscapes and scenes witnessed and experienced by the artist. Kahori is concerned with memory, especially in relation to time and space, so she allows emotion, mood, and the unreliability of memory to influence her work. The ephemeral nature of the lived environments is a... Read more

Chromatic Scale

25 Nov - 7 Dec 2014 Bringing together the talents of Shintaro and Yoshiko Nakahara, the artists' present a unique body of collaborative paintings. The Japanese-born husband and wife duo each have successful independent artistic practices, having gained degrees in Fine Art in Tokyo prior to their emigration to New Zealand. Despite possessing obviously disparate working... Read more

Flow

22 - 15 Nov 2014 Martinson’s surreal and poetic world is populated by enigmatic creatures, with very human poses and conscious facial expressions indicating the artist’s anthropomorphic references. The Venus figure, an archetype of female beauty, often accompanies these animal forms; entwined in a huddle-like embrace, or else floating together in a strange celestial dance.... Read more

Social Realism

19 Nov - 6 Dec 2014 Brit Bunkley’s Social Realism looks to the icons of nationalist Neo-Classical art, as the artist continues his investigations in 3-D modelling and printing. The Classical art genre has been used to serve the agendas of Fascists and Stalinists, colonialists, capitalists, and the military. Classical motifs are seen throughout the West... Read more

Sculpture

11 - 23 Nov 2014 Martin Selman’s work poses a challenge to the way we appreciate marble as a material. He takes this expensive stone that is steeped in historical connotation and makes it modern. He liberates Carrara marble from the burden of its history, and undermines tradition by his choice to craft trash from... Read more

JOSEPHINE CACHEMAILLE

Active Agents / Passive Matter

28 Oct - 9 Nov 2014 New works include large-scale paintings of iron pyrite, rendered in glowing, light-responsive metallic paints that create illusionistic, three-dimensional effects against dark, matte backdrops. The perceived spiritual significance of the mineral, colloquially referred to as “fool’s gold,” is Cachemaille’s case study for the way we imbue inanimate objects with power and... Read more

Revelation 8:7

14 - 26 Oct 2014 Modernity has been out of favour since the late 60s when capitalism and consumerism and its omnivorous feeding habits began to be questioned by artists, philosophers and commentators alike. Perhaps the abiding symbol of that shift in thinking can be detected in architecture where Modernist forms came to signify all... Read more

Morphism

30 Sep - 12 Oct 2014 As part of ArtWeek Auckland , Anita will giving at artist talk in the gallery at 1pm on Saturday 11 October . Please join us as Anita talks about her experimental practice and her current exhibition Morphism. This methodology allows freedom but also creates vulnerability, as the artist broaches issues... Read more

The Belle Époque Project

24 Sep - 18 Oct 2014 EVENT: ARTWEEK AUCKLAND As part of ArtWeek Auckland, Brendan will giving at artist talk in the gallery at 6pm on Wednesday 15 October. Please join us as Brendan talks about The Belle Epoque Project and admire the beautiful site-specific work that has taken over the gallery space. Read more here.... Read more

The Belle Époque Project

24 Sep - 18 Oct 2014 Primarily self-taught, Brendan McGorry engages with references and allegories drawn from historical European paintings, which he intertwines with his own personal genealogy to reflect upon biological and social evolution. While earlier works have often been informed by the Italian masters of the Renaissance, The Belle Époque Project visits an alternative... Read more

Volume

9 - 28 Sep 2014 Haydon uses the form of sculpture with its multiple vantage points to create his drawings in space. These open networks of linear abstract formations range from colossal outdoor sculptures to intimately scaled works for the interior. Through this unconventional use of sculpture, Haydon is able to draw organically in three... Read more

New Paintings

27 Aug - 20 Sep 2014 Amanda Gruenwald New Paintings Read more

New Work

26 Aug - 7 Sep 2014 Cruz Jimenez Painting Read more

Melbourne Art Fair Group Show

19 - 24 Aug 2014 Australasia's leading contemporary art event, the Melbourne Art Fair, showcases outstanding work from the region's best galleries. Sanderson Contemporary Art's stand at Melbourne presented an exciting selection of new work, featuring Brit Bunkley, Josephine Cachemaille, Ben Foster, Will Handley, Ray Haydon, Damien Kurth, Shintaro Nakahara, PJ Paterson and Martin Selman.... Read more

Melbourne Art Fair

13 - 17 Aug 2014 Australasia's leading contemporary art event, the Melbourne Art Fair, showcases outstanding work from the region's best galleries. Sanderson Contemporary Art will be presenting an exciting selection of new work at this year's Melbourne Art Fair.Featuring work from Brit Bunkley, Josephine Cachemaille, Kevin Capon, Ben Foster, Will Handley, Ray Haydon, Damien... Read more

Breathing Room

5 - 17 Aug 2014 Breathing Room represents a departure from Linda Holloway's characteristic compositions to present works that are quiet, still, and introspective. Awe-inspiring in their dramatic scale – with the largest pieces three metres high – Holloway’s new works impart a minimalism that offers space for contemplation and thought. Where previously suggestions of... Read more

neo

30 Jul - 23 Aug 2014 The distinctive playful and colourful aesthetic of Shintaro Nakahara belies the rigorous and complex creation of his paintings. Immediately arresting, his work draws liberally from Japanese tradition, Pop Art and contemporary cultural iconography to create visually striking paintings that blend ancient and contemporary elements to great effect. Read more

Nexus

15 Jul - 3 Aug 2014 Kaikoura-based sculptor Ben Foster draws upon the physical landscape of home with his static, stylised figurative works mirroring the dramatic forms of the mountains which are his backdrop. Similarly, his kinetic abstract sculptures echo the restless coastal waters and winds which swiftly reshape the stony shores. His artistic practice serves... Read more

Glaister Ennor Graduate Art Awards

8 - 13 Jul 2014 The Glaister Ennor Graduate Art Awards is an exhibition that brings together top Masters students from AUT, Elam, Unitec and Whitecliffe art schools. The 2014 winner of the Awards was Alex Plumb of AUT, with his three-channel video work Ivy Blue. Judge John Daly-Peoples says of Alex's winning work: 'Artists... Read more

Graphic Conjectures

2 - 26 Jul 2014 In spite of his strident individualism and idiosyncratic values, which have provided a source of motivation throughout his career, his uniquely expressive and insightful work has brought him well-deserved attention and acclaim. As with many Expressionist artists, the metaphysical and the intangible are important subjects for Pearson. The articulation of... Read more

New Work

17 Jun - 6 Jul 2014 Simon Kaan describes his work as ‘biological landscapes’, animated vistas that piece together a sense of belonging and explore a multi-dimensional sense of self. The images he creates, like the work of the late Ralph Hotere, can be viewed through an allegorical window. Born in Sawyers Bay in Dunedin in... Read more

Unruly Memoirs: Nature Bites Back

11 - 28 Jun 2014 Unruly Memoirs: Nature Bites Back is a series of geopolitical montages from Christchurch-based photographer Jane Zusters. “…A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” notes Virginia Wolf in the famous long essay A Room of One’s Own (1929). Arguably this is... Read more

A Perfect Day

3 - 15 Jun 2014 Kevin Capon is an artist that uses photography to unravel particularities and conflicts in the pursuit of image-making. His oeuvre builds toward an enigmatic archive that describes human anxieties and the fading glory of modernity. Household objects and awkward figures become examples to illustrate noteworthy familial and societal phenomena. These... Read more

Schemes / Visions

14 May - 7 Jun 2014 Searching for answers in a nonsensical world, Alan Ibell's elusive narratives simulate the logic at work in dreams. His paintings examine the time-old discourse between spirituality, religion and superstition, while challenging the viewer’s preconceived perceptions of reality. It could be said that Ibell’s paintings evoke the strange and sinister air... Read more

New Work

13 May - 1 Jun 2014 For all the expansion of the field of painting, and in spite of the rejection of medium specificity as a formal qualifier, painters like Damien Kurth find themselves returning to the studio, and to paint itself, as a way of working through the problems of image-making and representation. His work... Read more

Wabi-sabi

16 Apr - 10 May 2014 In this series Linda Holloway responds to the notion of wabi-sabi, a Japanese aesthetic concept that embraces asymmetry and imperfection. Working on boards or varying dimensions, Holloway utilises a spare and tranquil palette, exploring her exquisite layers of washes to hint at dream-like landscapes. Works appear more pared back than... Read more

Past time is future time

8 - 27 Apr 2014 Neo-Expressionist Alan Pearson has become one of the defining figures of New Zealand art history. In spite of his strident individualism and idiosyncratic values, which have provided a source of motivation throughout his career, his uniquely expressive and insightful work has brought him well-deserved attention and acclaim. As with many... Read more

LIAM GERRARD

New Work

25 Mar - 6 Apr 2014 The line that first comes to mind when I view the work of Liam Gerrard is a well-worn Hollywood quotation, ‘You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!’ as uttered by an indignant Jack Nicholson in the film A Few Good Men (1992). Gerrard presents a realism that spits... Read more

The City

19 Mar - 12 Apr 2014 Perhaps the abiding symbol of that shift in thinking can be detected in architecture where Modernist forms came to signify all that was wrong and life-denying about the Modern period. Born of a utopian impulse, utility and functionalism with its reductionist aesthetic – repetition, uniformity and monumentality – was something... Read more

White Out

11 - 23 Mar 2014 John Oxborough explores genres such as landscape, still life and figure painting, the keystones of Western art. Most specifically he holds a significant place in New Zealand’s rich tradition of landscape painting, working from an Expressionist approach as well as an analytical one. While some of Oxborough’s representations of the... Read more

Making the Scene

25 Feb - 9 Mar 2014 Making the Scene presents the work of a group of emerging artists who have recently graduated from art school and are on the cusp of breaking into the elusive ‘scene.’ This is an opportunity to view a curated selection of work from an upcoming generation of New Zealand contemporary artists.... Read more

Sculpture Feature

21 Feb - 9 Mar 2014 See Osborne Lane come to life with a celebration of major sculptural works. Including a life size aluminium horse from Ben Foster and carbon fibre kinetic works from Ray Haydon, the feature is a rare opportunity to see these dramatic works and interact with them in their intended outdoor environment.... Read more

Feo

19 Feb - 15 Mar 2014 Cruz Jimenez possesses an idiosyncratic, anamorphic lens that allows him to look into the middle distance between the figurative and the completely abstract. A glance back at his past work turns up lofty images of sweeping painterly colours – forever oscillating away from the overtly figurative and back to it.... Read more

Half Light

11 - 23 Feb 2014 The work of Andrew Barns-Graham continues to provide us with an intoxicating contradiction. Are we meant to love, loathe or pity his subjects? Compositionally their immediacy confronts and confounds us. They dominate the foreground and their haughtiness combined with an undertone of vulnerability fuels our curiosity and keeps us looking... Read more