Divine Timing
Gary Silipa Kenese Mangere Arts Centre Nga Tohu o Uenuku 21 February–4 April
As I write this, Aotearoa New Zealand sits in lockdown. We are all nestled behind our closed doors only allowed to venture outside for walks, supermarket visits and to access other essential services such as pharmacies. Our galleries and museums slowly closed one by one as they complied with government instructions; when the lockdown commenced at 11.59pm on Wednesday 25 March they had all shut their doors. With us unable to see art in real life until further notice, it surely feels like both an end and a start of something. What exactly? We have no idea just yet.
Much like the art which serendipitously was exhibited when at Mangere Arts Centre Nga Tohu o Uenuku.
