New New Zealand Art
ISBN 0-476-00550-7

Available from Canary Gallery
Contact Paula Booker paulaATcanarygallery.com
Cost $79.95 (Includes postage within NZ)
ISBN 0-476-00550-7

This limited edition, 138-page book, published by Canary Gallery in June 2004, incorporates an anthology of page-works by 60 artists and the catalogue to the exhibition New New Zealand art. It is introduced by the curator and editor, Ben Curnow.

The invited artists were encouraged to approach the page as a ‘work’ (rather than an illustration) and to use whatever methods lay within their means to produce 150 copies. Artists used an astonishing range of production styles, from high-tech to hand-made (in fact, no two copies of the book are the same).

The artists include: Eve Armstrong/ Dan Arps/ Nick Austin/ Andrew Barber/ David Bennewith/ Lisa Benson/ Paula Booker/ Steve Carr/ Kah-Bee Chow/ Tim Coster/ Lisa Crowley/ Chris Cudby/ Toby Curnow/ Julian Dashper/ Julien Dyne/ Kylie Duncan/ Matt Ellwood/ Nicola Farquhar/ Alicia Frankovich/ Catherine Garet/ Andrea Gaskin/ Gretchen Geraets/ Fiona Gillmore/ Vaughan Gunson/ Bjorn Houtman/ William Hsu/ Simon Ingram/ Anna Jackson/ Monique Jansen/ Marcus Joyce/ Daif King/ Pritika Lal/ Suza Lawrence/ Finn McCahon Jones/ Kate McGee/ Gaelen Macdonald/ Daniel Malone/ Howard Matil/ Dane Mitchell/ Simon Morris/ Victoria Munro/ Kate Newby/ Patrick O’Rourke/ Jade Pardy/ Nurhan Qehaja/ Mat Riot/ Anna Russell/ Fleur Sandbrook/ Jeena Shin/ Shriwhana Spong/ Nicholas Spratt/ Yuk King Tan/ Eimi Tamua/ Ben Tankard/ Amy Taylor/ Claire van der Plas/ Erica van Zon/ J. A. Wallace/ Lauren Winstone/ Norito Yamamoto.

The publication was launched in Auckland June 1st, and in Sydney 8 days later with the opening of the exhibition at MOP Projects.
The exhibition, opening in the first week of the Biennale of Sydney,
included: Kah-Bee Chow/ Gretchen Geraets/ Bjorn Houtman/ Simon Ingram/ Daniel Malone/ Dane Mitchell/ Fleur Sandbrook/ Jeena Shin/ Nicholas Spratt/ Lauren Winstone.

The Curator Ben Curnow writes
"Put forward in an ‘international’ context without the institutional backing and patronage that usually accompanies presentations of art from New Zealand overseas, New New Zealand art draws upon the energetic commitment and resourcefulness of artists, and the ways of working that characterise artists’ initiatives, here and now."