Auckland Art Gallery - Whizz Bang Pop

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Auckland Art Gallery - I saw some marvellous things: (Most in the 'Whizz Bang Pop' exhibit)Unsure of the artist of these two images.Jessica Stockholder - Untitled (2003)Ed Ruscha - Love Chief (1986) writing something massive on a canvas, especially something like 'Love Chief', how self-affirming.Luc Piere - Environment III. Spent a while in this mirror-box. Reflections going on forever, stuck in a time-warp, can't find the door. Shame is smelt of feet!Rosalie Gasgoine - Web / Piece Work / Foreign Affairs (1994) 'choosing to work with materials that "have had sun on them"' grids of weathered woods. order and repetition.Tony Cragg - Clear Glass Stack (1999) assembelage, interlockedThank you Auckland Art Gallery, so much variation, and I never usually find much that I really am inspired by, so this was a nice hi-light of my trip.

Beach Submission to Things Organized Neatly.

Things Organized Neatly is a blog curated by Austin Radcliffe. The blog has been written about in New York Times Magazine and The Guardian (who wrote this: "Austin Radcliffe whose interest in right angles led him to curate a collection of reassuringly ordered images. Radcliffe denies having obsessive compulsive tendencies, but his site may please those who do.") The Twitter is pretty exciting too.I've been watching for a long time, and I was delighted when I was featured last year, with my Apple circle installation: 'Sense'. You can see it on the TON Tumblr.Time to submit some things I've created whilst in New Zealand. Items found at the beach, 1, 2 and 3. Made in collaboration with Eleanor Gannon EDIT:'other things we found at the beach' was featured December 2011. See it here.

Auckland Zoo

Light bulb guinea pigBig rhinoMore in a slideshow here:[slideshow]

Snuck up on by an Elephant

Burma, Auckland zoo's only elephant. I was lounging on the bench during the 5 hour zoo trip, very relaxed. Heard a noise and looked to my right to find a massive elephant trunk. The elephant keepers walk Burma daily around the zoo.

Lunar Landscapes at Wai-O-Tapu

I visited the Geothermal wonderland that is Wai-O-Tapu whilst here in New Zealand. It's just outside of Rotorua. It was incredible to see such a unique landscape. I felt like I was on the moon.  Here's some of the textures, landscapes, colors and patterns I found

Another submission to Things Organized Neatly

Time to submit again to Things Organized Neatly, that wonderful blog curated by Austin Radcliffe. 

Have a look at the Twitter too.

Here is something I created whilst in New Zealand last year. Amazing coloured shells, found on the beach. Made in collaboration with Eleanor Gannon.