Gus Fisher Gallery is a centre for contemporary art in central Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. It is The University of Auckland’s flagship art gallery, housed in a 1934 heritage building which provides a unique setting for experiencing the artwork.
Gus Fisher Gallery has established itself through boldly curated and socially relevant exhibitions that showcases international and Aotearoa based artists. A core part of Gus Fisher Gallery is its public programme of performances, film screenings, practical workshops and panel discussions.
With three main gallery spaces, and a dedicated space to read and enjoy complementary coffee, the gallery offers a respite for those looking to interact with ambitious and high calibre art in a stunning heritage space. Visitor-aware and always forward thinking, the gallery aims to change the perception of galleries: they don't have to be daunting, white cube, silent spaces. Drop in to Gus Fisher Gallery to see immersive exhibitions that are exuberant and meaningful for a wide range of audiences.
Upcoming Exhibitions and Events
Gus Fisher Gallery is ending 2024 with a suite of solo presentations by emerging Tāmaki Makaurau based artists Christian Dimick, Dayle Palfreyman and Peter Simpson. Through painting, installation and film, each artist transforms the gallery’s three main spaces through considered and contrasting approaches.
Exploring aspects of tracing and revealing, Christian Dimick presents a series of paintings in the dome gallery. The works signal a new painterly direction in Dimick’s improvisatory practice. These works attempt to visualise the physical impossibility of retaining our dreams, memories and thoughts with clarity.
Dayle Palfreyman has worked collaboratively with artists Cello Forrester and Henrietta Fisher to produce a sound and moving image work. In the work Palfreyman reinterprets the Scottish folk myth of the Kelpie: a shape-changing aquatic creature that can appear on land as a horse. This area of Palfreyman’s practice draws our attention to bio-relations, seen here through the partnership between humans and our equine companions.
Peter Simpson presents a new site-responsive installation which explores the material histories of objects and architecture. I am free because of an open-plan kitchen is an installation made of three components: the gallery space itself, two kauri doors sourced from a villa near Maungawhau (Mt Eden), and kōwhaiwhai painted on the kauri doors by the artist. Through their intertwinement, the components reflect the different types of status assigned to objects when subject to Coloniality. The kōwhaiwhai activates a Māori perspective, allowing us to view these non-human objects as more than their prescribed object status allows.
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Last updated:
22 October 2024
