MARTES, EL DIECESEIS DE JUNIO, DOS MIL NUEVE
SATURDAY NIGHT, JUST BEEN, WAS A PAULNACHE PROJECT IN WELLINGTON, HELD AT ROB MCLEOD'S PLACE. EXHIBITED WERE A GROUP OF WORKS BY REPRESENTED ARTISTS VAL BOS, JAMES ORMSBY, JOHN WALSH, SANJAY THEODORE, PETER ADSETT, JOHNNY TURNER, HELM RUIFROK, BRIAN CAMPBELL, MYSELF, WILLIAM S. PETERS, ROB MCLEOD AND ROBERT JAHNKE. (AND DANNI IN THE BOTTOM PHOTO!)

LUNES, EL QUINCE DE JUNIO, DOS MIL NUEVE
THESE ARE PRE-EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT CRAWLSPACE, WHERE I AM AT PRESENT IN A GROUP SHOW WITH SANJAY THEODORE, MATT MORIARTY AND NATHAN GOLDSWORTHY. THE INAUGURAL OPENING WAS LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. MUCH OF THIS WORK WAS SHOWN IN MY WANGANUI EXHIBITION, THE MUSEUM OF INHERENT VICE, AT THE SARJEANT GALLERY IN 2007.

DOMINGO DE INFLUENCIAS, EL CATORCE DE JUNIO, DOS MIL NUEVE
HAVE JUST GOT BACK FROM WELLINGTON AND THREE EXHIBITION OPENINGS...TOTALLY EXHAUSTED. HERE'S A PHOTO OF A PAINTING I'VE COPIED A COUPLE OF TIMES - ONCE FOR A PAINTING CALLED CONTEMPORARY SKULLDUGGERY AND NOW FOR A BIG DOUBLE-SIDED PAINTING THAT IS PART OF A LARGE INSTALLATION FOR AN UPCOMING SHOW. THE PAINTING'S BY ANDRES LOPEZ AND DEPICTS SAINT TERESA OF AVILA, 1786. THIS PAINTING IS PART OF A SERIES OF SAINTS. THIS ONE INTERESTS ME BECAUSE OF THE DIAGONAL CROPPING, THE STRETCHER MUST HAVE BEEN CUSTOM-MADE TO FIT INTO A SPECIFIC AREA OF THE CHURCH ALTAR

SABATO, EL TRECE DE JUNIO, DOS MIL NUEVE
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT I GAVE A TALK , ALONG WITH TONY LANE, ABOUT MY WORK, SPANISH COLONIAL PAINTING AND THE GROUP OF EX-VOTOS AND RETABLOS THAT I'VE BEEN COLLECTING. ALONG WITH THE TALK, FLAMENCO GUITARIST CHRIS HILL (WE WERE AT SCHOOL TOGETHER AT HNHS) PLAYED TWO FANTASTIC SESSIONS AT MARK HUTCHINS GALLERY.
(PHOTOS BY J.K.)