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12 May 2007 —
01 July 2007

Richard Killeen:
Something old something new

Richard Killeen, Op Shop, 2006. Unique print on archival photo paper. Courtesy of the artist & Ivan Anthony Gallery.
Richard Killeen, Joe Build, 2006. Unique print on archival photo paper. Courtesy of the artist & Ivan Anthony Gallery.
Richard Killeen, Something old something new, 2007 (installation view). Courtesy of the artist & Ivan Anthony Gallery.
Richard Killeen, Something old something new, 2007 (installation view). Courtesy of the artist & Ivan Anthony Gallery.

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Fifteen years after his first survey exhibition at Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, then the Fisher Gallery, this exhibition profiles selected works from Auckland artist Richard Killeen’s recent digital collages, alongside two significant early paintings. Something old something new builds on the artists oeuvre as a prolific gatherer and manipulator of signs and images.

Killeen’s extensive body of work incorporating computer graphics culminates here in prints which explore a pseudo-futuristic world. Joe Build is a personage constructed from children’s toy blocks and city buildings complete with pāua shell eyes. The objects in the work are sculpted by a uniform light, yet all illusions of shadows are superseded by an attraction to surface, and playful twists on pictorial conventions. The frame of Joe Build is integrated into the composition of the print and is ornamented with icons of Egyptian dogs rendered in Killeen’s signature style. Op Shop similarly presents a floating battleship recalling surrealist dream worlds. Curtains ripple above like biomorphic blobs, suspending the rules of perspective to sew a rich tapestry of art historical echoes.

All exhibitions are currently offsite due to disruptions caused by the Pakuranga Eastern Busway construction. The building remains open for classes and other activities. 21 William Roberts Road, Pakuranga, is the best address to enter into navigation apps to guide you to the free parking at our door.

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