Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances)

Turumeke Harrington

Yolunda Hickman

Sonya Lacey

Rozana Lee

Grant Lingard

Vivian Lynn

Allan McDonald

Emma McIntyre

Next Spring

Layla Rudneva-Mackay

Richard Shepherd

James Tapsell-Kururangi

curated by Christina Barton, Millie Riddell, and Sophie Thorn

18 June – 22 August 2021

A large patchwork banner of fluoro yellow, pink and orange squares, hanging in a white walled, black floored gallery

Turumeke Harrington, Longer than I can remember, 2020. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

A large patchwork banner of fluoro yellow, pink and orange squares, hanging in a white walled, black floored gallery

Turumeke Harrington, Longer than I can remember, 2020. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

A flat brown and white artwork on a low black bench table on a wooden floor.

Vivian Lynn, Threshold, 1983/1996. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

A flat brown and white book-like artwork on a low black bench table.

Vivian Lynn, Threshold, 1983/1996. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

A wider view of the gallery, with a flat brown and white artwork on a low black bench table in the foreground and images on the walls.

Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Wide shot of upper and lower chartwell gallery with square images on the walls

Upstairs: Allan McDonald, Here and Now, 2010–20; and Sonya Lacey, Obstructions, 2020. Downstairs: Emma McIntyre, The cove, 2020. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

a row of framed black and white photographs of shop fronts with newspaper on their windows

Allan McDonald, Here and Now, 2010–20. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

two framed black and white photographs of shop fronts with newspaper on their windows

Allan McDonald, Sunday Star Times, 22.04.2018 – 15.07.2018, Grey Lynn and Wairarapa Times-Age, 21.4.2018 – 24.12.2018, Featherston. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

a large square TV screen on a white wall, with black and blue geometric patterns on them.

Sonya Lacey, Obstructions, 2020. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

purple and orange fabric panels in a dim gallery space

Rozana Lee, Dwelling: Being in Time and Place,2018, Moonlit Night,2020, Waiting for Spring,2020-2021, Sunrise Repaints the Picture of Rebirth 2021. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

purple and orange fabric panels in a dim gallery space

Rozana Lee, Dwelling: Being in Time and Place,2018, Moonlit Night,2020, Waiting for Spring,2020-2021, Sunrise Repaints the Picture of Rebirth 2021. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitakerd Whitaker.

A painting of 4 colourful smudgy faces, mounted on a white wall

Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Glazed bunch, 2018. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

a square painting with dark smudgey colours and a yellow outline of a circe and joyful turquoise eyes and mouth, mounted on a white wall

Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Dark moon, 2017. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

a dark room with black walls, with blocks of small white text spot-lit on the walls. A desk and chair sit in the middle of the room.

Next Spring, On Distance, 2020. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

a black wall, with a small white paper booklet mounted on metal pegs. The booklet cover reads "on distance"

Next Spring, On Distance, 2020. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

A white block of text on a black wall

Next Spring, On Distance, 2020. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Philip Scheffner, Havarie

Philip Scheffner, Havarie, 2016. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

a projection of blue water and a floating black object, with a small subtitle reading "That's good"

Philip Scheffner, Havarie, 2016. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Philip Scheffner, Havarie

Philip Scheffner, Havarie, 2016. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Yolunda Hickman, Clearings

Yolunda Hickman, Clearings, 2019. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Yolunda Hickman, Clearings

Yolunda Hickman, Clearings, 2019. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Crossings

Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Richard Shepherd, Crisis meeting

Richard Shepherd, Crisis meeting, 2017. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Richard Shepherd, Crisis meeting

Richard Shepherd, Crisis meeting (detail), 2017. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Grant Lingard, Swan song

Grant Lingard, Swan song, 1995-6; Emma McIntyre, The cove, 2020. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Grant Lingard, Swan song

Grant Lingard, Swan song (detail), 1995-6. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Emma McIntyre, Veils

Emma McIntyre, Veils, 2020; and The cove, 2020. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Emma McIntyre, The cove

Emma McIntyre, The cove, 2020; and Love in a time of iridescence, 2020. Installation view, Crossings (a group show about intimacies and distances), Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 2021. Photo: Ted Whitaker