Gangland 1996Jingle Jangle Morning at the City Gallery
Just popped into the City Gallery yesterday to check out the fabulous new Bill Hammond survey, Jingle Jangle Morning. Curated by Jennifer Hay, the exhibition contains rooms and rooms full of the engimatic Lyttleton-based artist's work, from the '80s to the present. For a self-admitted Hammond fan, this is a real treat and way more than can be consumed in a single visit. Especially enjoyed the works in hushed lighting. Great to see the art world embracing the dark. Also showing at the gallery are two video works, Doomed (2007) and Love (2003), by Australian artist Tracy Moffatt. Probably agreed with Over the Net that second was stronger than the first, with Doomed perhaps reveling a bit much in the spectacular to truly be a critique of it. But Love is a saavy look into the underflying violence and strict patterns of behaviour perpetuated and enforced in our popular culture. Will look forward to checking this work out again.
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