Group show

Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph

curated by Geoffrey Batchen and Deidra Sullivan

05 October – 20 December 2018

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi. Foreground: Yvonne Todd, Peter, 2014, chromogenic photograph, commissioned from the artist in 2014, Collection of Peter McLeavey.

Foreground: Yvonne Todd, Peter, 2014, chromogenic photograph, commissioned from the artist in 2014, Collection of Peter McLeavey. Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Yvonne Todd, Peter, 2014, chromogenic photograph, commissioned from the artist in 2014, Collection of Peter McLeavey.

Yvonne Todd, Peter, 2014, chromogenic photograph, commissioned from the artist in 2014. Collection of Peter McLeavey

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Peter Black, Untitled no 13. From the portfolio 2 Brooklyn Terrace, 1986, gelatin silver photograph, commissioned from the artist in 1986, Collection of Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa.

Peter Black, Untitled no 13. From the portfolio 2 Brooklyn Terrace, 1986, gelatin silver photograph, commissioned from the artist in 1986. Collection of Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa

Andrew Ross, First floor landing, 147 Cuba St (with the original sign), 20/10/2001, 2001 gold-toned gelatin silver photograph (contact printed on printing-out paper), Collection of Peter McLeavey.

Andrew Ross, First floor landing, 147 Cuba St (with the original sign), 20/10/2001, 2001, gold-toned gelatin silver photograph (contact printed on printing-out paper). Collection of Peter McLeavey

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Clifford. Charles Clifford, Sevilla: The Alcazar, 7 May 1862, 1862, albumen photograph from a glass negative, Collection of Peter McLeavey.

Charles Clifford, Sevilla: The Alcazar, 7 May 1862, 1862, albumen photograph from a glass negative. Collection of Peter McLeavey

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Francis Frith, Pyramids of Dahshoor from the east, 1858, albumen photograph from mammoth-plate glass negative, Collection of Peter McLeavey.

Francis Frith, Pyramids of Dahshoor from the east, 1858, albumen photograph from mammoth-plate glass negative. Collection of Peter McLeavey

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Emilio Beauchy, Sevilla, Interior del Dormitorio des los Reyes Moros, Alcazar, circa 1875, albumen photograph, Collection Peter McLeavey.

Emilio Beauchy, Sevilla, Interior del Dormitorio des los Reyes Moros, Alcazar, circa 1875, albumen photograph. Collection Peter McLeavey. Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of The Man in the Hat (2009), digital video, 6mins (excerpts), Director: Luit Bieringa, Producer: Jan Bieringa, Cinematographer: Leon Narbey, Produced by BWX Productions.

The Man in the Hat (2009), digital video, 6mins (excerpts), director: Luit Bieringa, producer: Jan Bieringa, cinematographer: Leon Narbey, produced by BWX Productions. Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (We will no longer be seen and not heard), 1985, nine individual framed photolithographs, Collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (We will no longer be seen and not heard), 1985, nine individual framed photolithographs, Collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Laurence Aberhart, Taranaki (The heavens declare the glory of God), New Plymouth, May 14, 1986, 1986, gelatin silver photograph; Christ-child-king. Hato Hohera Catholic Mission, Waitaruke, Northland, May 24, 1982, 1982, gelatin silver photograph; Lodge Concord #39, Papanui, Christchurch, December 1981, 1981, gelatin silver photograph; Untitled (Files at the old Cosmopolitan Club, Wanganui), 1986, gelatin silver photograph. All works collection of Peter McLeavey.

Laurence Aberhart, Taranaki (The heavens declare the glory of God), New Plymouth, May 14, 1986, 1986, gelatin silver photograph; Christ-child-king. Hato Hohera Catholic Mission, Waitaruke, Northland, May 24, 1982, 1982, gelatin silver photograph; Lodge Concord #39, Papanui, Christchurch, December 1981, 1981, gelatin silver photograph; Untitled (Files at the old Cosmopolitan Club, Wanganui), 1986, gelatin silver photograph. All works collection of Peter McLeavey. Installation view, Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews