Other People Think: Auckland’s Contemporary International Collection

Other People Think: Auckland’s Contemporary International Collection
Mit Jai Inn
Untitled 3 2017
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with support of the Lyndsay Garland Trust 2017

Exhibition Details

All art was once contemporary, and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s rich historical and modern collections reflect what was current at certain times. Over the last 10 years, the Gallery has continued building a collection which reflects the interests and concerns of leading artists, while being attentive to who and where we are in the world. Today, Auckland’s contemporary international collection is foremost in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Other People Think: Auckland’s Contemporary International Collection vividly reflects a turn towards the Asia Pacific region, including South America, which respects the changing demographics of New Zealand’s largest and most diverse city. Taking its title from a light work by Chilean artist, architect and filmmaker Alfredo Jaar, the exhibition considers the importance of shared understandings and empathy in a complex and shifting world.

The exhibition features work in a variety of media including painting, photography, video, kinetic sculpture and installation by artists Nalini Malani, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Taryn Simon, Howard Hodgkins, Mit Jai Inn, María Nepomuceno, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Claire Fontaine and more. 

Date
Curated by
Rhana Devenport, assisted by Julia Waite
Location
Level 1 exhibition spaces

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Lately he had been spending much time in quiet dull thought.  So many of his artist friends were happy.  And he just could not understand why. He was not happy.  Their art was not better than his, their press not better.  Maybe, he realised, that it was just him, he was a loser, a chiller, a shit.  But how could he turn that into art he thought, and get rich from it.
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Dale Frank

Production date
2006
Medium
acrylic & varnish on canvas
Size (h x w)
2000 x 2000 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2006
Accession no
C2006/1/22
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Dibirdibi Country
Dibirdibi Country

Sally Gabori

Production date
2008
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on linen
Size (h x w)
1980 x 1010 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2008
Accession no
C2008/1/11/1
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In Search of Vanished Blood
In Search of Vanished Blood

Nalini Malani

Production date
2012
Medium
single channel digital video, 16:9, colour, sound
Size (h x w)
11min
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of an anonymous donor, 2014
Accession no
2014/11
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Untitled
Untitled

Secundino Hernández

Production date
2015
Medium
acrylic, oil and alkyd on canvas
Size (h x w)
2090 x 1560 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Richard and Angela Seton through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2015
Accession no
2015/26
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Untitled 3
Untitled 3

Mit Jai Inn

Production date
2017
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
2100 x 3200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with support of the Lyndsay Garland Trust 2017
Accession no
2017/24
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Central North Island Forests Land Collective Settlement Act 2008 (Treelords). Beehive Banquet Hall, Wellington, New Zealand, June 25, 2008
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Taryn Simon

Production date
2015
Medium
archival inkjet print and text on archival herbarium paper in mahogany frame
Size (h x w)
2159 x 1861 x 70 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mark Schdroski and Edmond Chin, through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2017
Accession no
2017/25
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Saint James, New Zealand
Saint James, New Zealand

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Production date
1991
Medium
gelatin silver print
Size (h x w)
477 x 578 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Dame Jenny Gibbs, through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2014
Accession no
2014/36/1
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The Coloured Sky: New Women II, 5 天色•新女性 II, 5
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Yang Fudong

Production date
2014
Medium
colour inkjet print on paper
Size (h x w)
1800 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, 2015
Accession no
2015/9/2
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The Coloured Sky: New Women II, 4 天色•新女性 II, 4
The Coloured Sky: New Women II, 4 天色•新女性 II, 4

Yang Fudong

Production date
2014
Medium
colour inkjet print on paper
Size (h x w)
1800 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, 2015
Accession no
2015/9/3
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The Coloured Sky: New Women II, 1 天色•新女性 II, 1
The Coloured Sky: New Women II, 1 天色•新女性 II, 1

Yang Fudong

Production date
2014
Medium
colour inkjet print on paper
Size (h x w)
1800 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, 2015
Accession no
2015/9/1
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Lightning Fields 220
Lightning Fields 220

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Production date
2009
Medium
gelatin silver print
Size (h x w)
1825 x 1525 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, 2015
Accession no
2015/8/1
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Civic, New Zealand
Civic, New Zealand

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Production date
1991
Medium
gelatin silver print
Size (h x w)
477 x 578 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Dame Jenny Gibbs, through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2014
Accession no
2014/36/2
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Light Painting
Light Painting

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu

Production date
2011
Medium
glass, video (single channel, high definition, 16:9, black and white, silent)
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012
Accession no
C2012/1/22/1
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Birrka'mirri
Birrka'mirri

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu

Production date
2011
Medium
paint pen on clear acetate plastic
Size (h x w)
835 x 595 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist and RoslynOxley9 Gallery
Accession no
C2012/1/22/2
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Birrka'mirri
Birrka'mirri

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu

Production date
2011
Medium
paint pen on clear acetate plastic
Size (h x w)
835 x 595 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist and RoslynOxley9 Gallery
Accession no
C2012/1/22/4
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Birrka'mirri
Birrka'mirri

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu

Production date
2011
Medium
paint pen on clear acetate plastic
Size (h x w)
835 x 595 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist and RoslynOxley9 Gallery
Accession no
C2012/1/22/3
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River at King Alfred's Country
River at King Alfred's Country

Sally Gabori

Production date
2007
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on linen
Size (h x w)
1960 x 1010 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2008
Accession no
C2008/1/5/1
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Body Marks III
Body Marks III

Prince of Wales aka Midpul

Production date
2000
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on paper
Size (h x w)
780 x 560 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2011
Accession no
C2011/1/14/1
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Larnnganabany
Larnnganabany

Gordon Barney

Production date
2011
Medium
natural ochre and pigments on canvas
Size (h x w)
1200 x 900 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012
Accession no
C2012/1/12/1
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Akaali (Bush Orange Drawing)
Akaali (Bush Orange Drawing)

Margaret Turner Petyarre

Production date
2008
Medium
acrylic on linen
Size (h x w)
1505 x 1215 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2008
Accession no
C2008/1/16
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Swamp Country
Swamp Country

George Hairbrush Tjungurrayi

Production date
2002
Medium
acrylic on linen
Size (h x w)
1812 x 3536 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Thanksgiving Foundation, 2023. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from the Thanksgiving Foundation, 2006.
Accession no
2023/8/2
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Dibirdibi Man Totem
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Joseph Watt

Production date
2006
Medium
acrylic on linen
Size (h x w)
1210 x 1820 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2008
Accession no
C2008/1/5/4.1-2
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Other People Think
Other People Think

Alfredo Jaar

Production date
2012
Medium
light box with black and white transparency, T8 fluorescent bulbs x 3
Size (h x w)
508 x 508 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2016
Accession no
C2016/1/17
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Dale Frank

Production date
2001
Medium
acrylic and varnish on canvas
Size (h x w)
2000 x 2000 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2001
Accession no
C2001/1/12
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Neon
Neon

Gabriella Mangano Silvana Mangano

Production date
2010
Medium
single channel video, standard definition (SD), 16:9, colour, stereo sound
Size (h x w)
4min 14sec
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012
Accession no
C2012/1/21
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Automated Colour Field (Variation 1)
Automated Colour Field (Variation 1)

Rebecca Baumann

Production date
2013
Medium
28 flip clocks, laser-cut paper, batteries
Size (h x w)
900 x 1430 x 90 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2013
Accession no
C2013/1/26/2.1-28
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Clutter Bag (Cracked white) II
Clutter Bag (Cracked white) II

Angela de la Cruz

Production date
2004
Medium
oil and canvas, wood
Size (h x w)
1720 x 780 x 360 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2013
Accession no
C2013/1/29
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Bullet Drawing 1-10
Bullet Drawing 1-10

Cornelia Parker

Production date
2010
Medium
lead from a bullet drawn into a wire
Size (h x w)
655 x 655 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2010
Accession no
C2010/1/15
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Bâche
Bâche

Pip Culbert

Production date
1992
Medium
French army tent
Size (h x w)
1680 x 1510 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2013
Accession no
C2013/1/39/5
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vestige of now: 7

Tomislav Nikolic

Production date
2015
Medium
acrylic, marble dust and 9.6 carat white gold leaf on linen and wood
Size (h x w)
635 x 735 x 60 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2015
Accession no
C2016/1/8
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Grande Boca
Grande Boca

María Nepomuceno

Production date
2013
Medium
ropes, beads, fibreglass, resin, plates, wooden paint brushes, acrylic, ceramic
Size (h x w)
6000 x 5000 x 7200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2016
Accession no
2016/28
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Destination 1
Destination 1

Judith Wright

Production date
2013
Medium
tin bath, mannequin, nylon wings, resin halo, toy frogs, wooden base, plywood cloud
Size (h x w)
1200 x 935 x 1085 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012
Accession no
C2013/1/7/1
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Spectra V
Spectra V

Ross Manning

Production date
2012
Medium
wood, metal, florescent tubes, oscillating fans, power boards, power cords
Size (h x w)
66kg
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012
Accession no
C2012/1/41
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Destination 2
Destination 2

Judith Wright

Production date
2013
Medium
wooden pew, bamboo, stone, 2 x wooden masks, synthetic wig, steel sword, book, mannequin, synthetic skirt, nylon wings and plywood clouds
Size (h x w)
2000 x 1400 x 1300 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012
Accession no
C2013/1/7/2
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Destination 4
Destination 4

Judith Wright

Production date
2013
Medium
sheep form, cloth mannequin, wooden base, cowhide, wooden mask, horsetail hair, bamboo, steel, plywood cloud
Size (h x w)
2130 x 1800 x 840 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012
Accession no
C2013/1/7/3
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Foreigners Everywhere (If you were to live here...)
Foreigners Everywhere (If you were to live here...)

Claire Fontaine

Production date
2013
Medium
six suspended neons, framework, transformer, cables
Credit line
The Auckland Triennial Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Elise Mourant Bequest, 2014
Accession no
2014/18.1-6
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Untitled
Untitled

Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Production date
1995
Medium
acrylic polymer on canvas
Size (h x w)
1370 x 5565 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997
Accession no
C1997/1/4
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Proposition: Desire
Proposition: Desire

Judith Wright

Production date
2010
Medium
acrylic paint on japanese paper
Size (h x w)
1991 x 1989 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Graeme Maunsell Trust, 2018
Accession no
2018/3/1
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Garnkiny Ngarranggarni
Garnkiny Ngarranggarni

Mabel Juli

Production date
2010
Medium
natural ochre and pigments on canvas
Size (h x w)
1200 x 1800 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2015
Accession no
C2015/1/20/1