
Cultural Diplomacy 15/09/10 - 10/10/10 Don't worry, be happy 18/08/10 - 12/09/10 Anarchy in Avondale 21/07/10 - 14/08/10 Beneath the Blue 23/06/10 - 18/07/10 Duck! 25/05/10 - 19/06/10 The House of Lentigo 28/04/10 - 22/05/10 Stupid Studid Stupid Stupid Stupid Daddy 31/03/10 - 24/04/10 Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious 03/03/10 - 27/03/10 Dark Matter Blue Noise 03/02/10 - 27/02/10 Earthseed 01/12/09 - 24/12/09 Lower Life Forms 11/11/09 - 28/11/09 Random Dictates 13/10/09 - 07/11/09 Rulers 16/09/09 - 10/10/09 Splinter 19/08/09 - 12/09/09 Sweet'n'Sour 21/07/09 - 15/08/09 Waka Huia 24/06/09 - 18/07/09 Can you see what I see 28/05/09 - 20/06/09 Mud Monster 28/04/09 - 24/05/09 Health & Religion 01/04/09 - 25/04/09 Smoke 03/03/09 - 28/03/09 I Must Behave 03/02/09 - 28/02/09 May Contain Nuts 03/12/08 - 24/12/08 Here and There 04/11/08 - 29/11/08 Home Base 08/10/08 - 01/11/08 Pimp My Planet 10/09/08 - 04/10/08 General Assembly 12/08/08 - 06/09/08 Plastic Flowers 23/07/08 - 09/08/08 Happy Camper 25/06/08 - 19/07/08 white crocus 28/05/08 - 21/06/08 Private Park 30/04/08 - 24/05/08 I've let you down and I've let myself down 02/04/08 - 26/04/08 Fleischblume 04/03/08 - 29/03/08 Beardy 08/02/08 - 01/03/08 Call Centre 05/12/07 - 23/12/07 [gold] 14/11/07 - 01/12/07 Chateau Cardboard 24/10/07 - 10/11/07 Mirror Mirror 02/10/07 - 21/10/07 Hear my train a' comin' 11/09/07 - 29/09/07 Vanishing Point 15/08/07 - 08/09/07 I SAW YOU... 18/07/07 - 11/08/07 Cameo Appearance 20/06/07 - 14/07/07 Oil 23/05/07 - 16/06/07 No Where Isles 26/04/07 - 19/05/07 bobble 28/03/07 - 21/04/07 Inhabiting the Circle 28/02/07 - 24/03/07 E kare, you're so colonised! 30/01/07 - 25/02/07 Batteries Not Included 12/12/06 - 24/12/06 When's it all going to stop? 15/11/06 - 09/12/06 No House Style 17/10/06 - 12/11/06 Paradise Lust 20/09/06 - 14/10/06 Turangawaewae 30/08/06 - 16/09/06 Floral Surveillance & Recital 09/08/06 - 26/08/06 Velvet Nightmares 18/07/06 - 05/08/06 Hinterland 27/06/06 - 15/07/06 Nautical but Nice 07/06/06 - 24/06/06 The World Keeps Turning 17/05/06 - 03/06/06 Another Pretty Ugly* Collection 27/04/06 - 13/05/06 Splice 04/04/06 - 22/04/06 Signs of Texas & The Western Way 14/03/06 - 01/04/06 Bunny Chasers 22/02/06 - 11/03/06 Drawings 31/01/06 - 19/02/06 Megan Hansen-Knarhoi in Vivian Street 29/12/05 - 30/01/06 Animal Crackers 06/12/05 - 23/12/05 Recent Work and Dynasty 12/11/05 - 03/12/05 Bringing all the things that run 26/10/05 - 11/11/05 Dig 04/10/05 - 22/10/05 Homely Bones 13/09/05 - 02/10/05 Full Spectrum Dominance 23/08/05 - 10/09/05 Southerly Change 02/08/05 - 21/08/05 Rear View Mirror 12/07/05 - 30/07/05 Marked 21/06/05 - 09/07/05 Animal Farm 28/05/05 - 18/06/05 Awatea 07/05/05 - 27/05/05 Double Negative 19/04/05 - 06/05/05 Material World 29/03/05 - 16/04/05 Imperial Leather 08/03/05 - 27/03/05 Pond Life 15/02/05 - 05/03/05 The Abstract Walking Club 26/01/05 - 12/02/05 Speedway 24/12/04 - 25/01/05 Serving Suggestion 01/12/04 - 22/12/04 Dry Clean Only 06/11/04 - 29/11/04 Cultural Diplomacy 15/09/10 - 10/10/10 Don't worry, be happy 18/08/10 - 12/09/10 Anarchy in Avondale 21/07/10 - 14/08/10 Beneath the Blue 23/06/10 - 18/07/10 Duck! 25/05/10 - 19/06/10 The House of Lentigo 28/04/10 - 22/05/10 Stupid Studid Stupid Stupid Stupid Daddy 31/03/10 - 24/04/10 Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious 03/03/10 - 27/03/10 Dark Matter Blue Noise 03/02/10 - 27/02/10 Earthseed 01/12/09 - 24/12/09 Lower Life Forms 11/11/09 - 28/11/09 Random Dictates 13/10/09 - 07/11/09 Rulers 16/09/09 - 10/10/09 Splinter 19/08/09 - 12/09/09 Sweet'n'Sour 21/07/09 - 15/08/09 Waka Huia 24/06/09 - 18/07/09 Can you see what I see 28/05/09 - 20/06/09 Mud Monster 28/04/09 - 24/05/09 Health & Religion 01/04/09 - 25/04/09 Smoke 03/03/09 - 28/03/09 I Must Behave 03/02/09 - 28/02/09 May Contain Nuts 03/12/08 - 24/12/08 Here and There 04/11/08 - 29/11/08 Home Base 08/10/08 - 01/11/08 Pimp My Planet 10/09/08 - 04/10/08 General Assembly 12/08/08 - 06/09/08 Plastic Flowers 23/07/08 - 09/08/08 Happy Camper 25/06/08 - 19/07/08 white crocus 28/05/08 - 21/06/08 Private Park 30/04/08 - 24/05/08 I've let you down and I've let myself down 02/04/08 - 26/04/08 Fleischblume 04/03/08 - 29/03/08 Beardy 08/02/08 - 01/03/08 Call Centre 05/12/07 - 23/12/07 [gold] 14/11/07 - 01/12/07 Chateau Cardboard 24/10/07 - 10/11/07 Mirror Mirror 02/10/07 - 21/10/07 Hear my train a' comin' 11/09/07 - 29/09/07 Vanishing Point 15/08/07 - 08/09/07 I SAW YOU... 18/07/07 - 11/08/07 Cameo Appearance 20/06/07 - 14/07/07 Oil 23/05/07 - 16/06/07 No Where Isles 26/04/07 - 19/05/07 bobble 28/03/07 - 21/04/07 Inhabiting the Circle 28/02/07 - 24/03/07 E kare, you're so colonised! 30/01/07 - 25/02/07 Batteries Not Included 12/12/06 - 24/12/06 When's it all going to stop? 15/11/06 - 09/12/06 No House Style 17/10/06 - 12/11/06 Paradise Lust 20/09/06 - 14/10/06 Turangawaewae 30/08/06 - 16/09/06 Floral Surveillance & Recital 09/08/06 - 26/08/06 Velvet Nightmares 18/07/06 - 05/08/06 Hinterland 27/06/06 - 15/07/06 Nautical but Nice 07/06/06 - 24/06/06 The World Keeps Turning 17/05/06 - 03/06/06 Another Pretty Ugly* Collection 27/04/06 - 13/05/06 Splice 04/04/06 - 22/04/06 Signs of Texas & The Western Way 14/03/06 - 01/04/06 Bunny Chasers 22/02/06 - 11/03/06 Drawings 31/01/06 - 19/02/06 Megan Hansen-Knarhoi in Vivian Street 29/12/05 - 30/01/06 Animal Crackers 06/12/05 - 23/12/05 Recent Work and Dynasty 12/11/05 - 03/12/05 Bringing all the things that run 26/10/05 - 11/11/05 Dig 04/10/05 - 22/10/05 Homely Bones 13/09/05 - 02/10/05 Full Spectrum Dominance 23/08/05 - 10/09/05 Southerly Change 02/08/05 - 21/08/05 Rear View Mirror 12/07/05 - 30/07/05 Marked 21/06/05 - 09/07/05 Animal Farm 28/05/05 - 18/06/05 Awatea 07/05/05 - 27/05/05 Double Negative 19/04/05 - 06/05/05 Material World 29/03/05 - 16/04/05 Imperial Leather 08/03/05 - 27/03/05 Pond Life 15/02/05 - 05/03/05 The Abstract Walking Club 26/01/05 - 12/02/05 Speedway 24/12/04 - 25/01/05 Serving Suggestion 01/12/04 - 22/12/04 Dry Clean Only 06/11/04 - 29/11/04



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Pimp My Planet

Simon Shepheard

Wednesday 10 September - 04 October

"I've been producing work consistently for the last 20 - 30 years - constructing mostly paintings and assemblages, but also animations and videos. When I started there was considerable social stigma around the materials I used (and still is). They were familiar vehicles, but wrangled out of their consumer comfort zones into challenging combinations where new politics might be revealed. That approach was eventually absorbed into a cultural tsunami beyond art where materials came to be seen in a more objective light - rather than just the consumer polarities of 'new' or 'junk'. My recent work still tends to exploit redemptive elements, otherwise ignored, within discarded materials and objects. Now they're re-realised into bleakishly appealing New Zealand environscapes - high relief paintings, often kinetic or containing some transcendental stunt, perhaps glistening materials like paua or metal parts. These are figuratively absorbed into the landscape, implying some kind of environmental tension from years of human excess."

Read an interview with Simon about the exhibition.

Green Ghost (detail)

Man grooves (detail)

Hot Rain (detail)