This month 250 Gallery is featuring three artists whose works explore minimalism in art.
What Would Donald Judd Do? After his death in 1994 the future of the ‘Godfather of Minimalism’ Donald Judd’s estate was thrown into question. As the legal battle ensued (and continues to this day) many residents of his adopted home in Marfa, Texas, responded to the controversy with t-shirts and bumper stickers on their cars and in shop fronts reading ‘WWDJD?’ (What Would Donald Judd Do?). Inspired by this story and taking the question as a more literal starting point, the artists in this exhibition have questioned the influence and importance of Minimalism in their individual art practices.
Sean Whittaker is an Australian born artist, currently living and working in Auckland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2015 and has exhibited across Australia in both solo and group exhibitions. His multidisciplinary practice focuses largely on human ambition and draws inspiration from literature, popular culture and art history.
Sarah Oostendorp attended Elam School of Fine Art and is an emerging contemporary artist from Southland, Aotearoa currently living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. Her art practice focuses on states of mind achieved while creating labour-intensive drawings of repeated circular movements using paint. Viewers are provoked to create their own narrative as figures, landscapes and textures begin to appear in her work.
Hamish Haldane is an Auckland based artist who has exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions. Motivated by philosophy and art history, the content of his practice has become increasingly minimalist in content over time while also considering the deeper than simply conscious possibilities of forms. The work deliberately involves the viewer in this exploration through highly reflective acrylic surfaces.
31 January – 24 February, Wednesday to Saturday 10am– 5pm
Opening event: 5pm – 8pm, Thursday 1 February
PLAYBACK THEATRE
This month we will be hosting the Auckland Playback Theatre on Friday 16 February 7-8.30pm gold coin koha.
Next door to Mumbaiwala. Free off street parking outside.
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Published: February 2024