Objectspace

Objectspace
Established 2004 (2004)
Location Auckland
Type Art gallery
Director Kim Paton
Website www.objectspace.org.nz

Objectspace is a public art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. It opened in 2004 and is dedicated to the fields of craft, applied arts and design.[1]

Organisation

Objectspace's founding chair was jeweller Warwick Freeman.[2] The gallery's founding director was Philip Clarke (2004 - 2015). Kim Paton was appointed as the current director in 2015.[3]

Administered by the Objectspace charitable trust, the gallery receives support from Creative New Zealand and The Friends of Objectspace.[4][5]

The 2017 trustees are:

  • Andrew Barrie
  • Ben Corban (Chair)
  • Kristin D’Agostino
  • Tommy Honey
  • Kim Smith
  • Kimina Styche
  • Pauline Ray
  • Deborah Crowe
  • Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai
  • Cathy Veninga.

The trustees have appointed Octavia Cook, Marianne Hargreaves, Justine Olsen and Areta Wilkinson as special advisors.[4]

Master of Craft series

The Objectspace Masters of Craft exhibition series highlights a New Zealand practitioner and is accompanied by a publication. Former chair Warwick Freeman writes 'A Master of Craft is someone who has acquired a deep understanding around a particular making practice. They make work that is honed by the experience of doing something very well for a very long time'.[6] Artists who have been recognized in this series include:

  • industrial designer Peter Haythornthwaite (2018)[7]
  • graphic designer Mark Cleverley (2014)[8]
  • interior designer Nanette Cameron (2013)[9]
  • jeweller Kobi Bosshard (2012)
  • potter Richard Parker (2011)[10]

2017 relocation and extension of mission

In 2017 Objectspace moved from its original premises to new premises at 13 Rose Road in Ponsonby, Auckland.[11] The new gallery has increased space for exhibitions.[12] The move was driven by an increase in Objectspace's funding from Creative NewZealand, to include the disciplines of architecture and design alongside craft and applied art.[12] The opening exhibitions included an installation in the new courtyard space by Warwick Freeman, an exhibition of a collaboration between typographer Kris Sowersby and design agency Alt Group, and FutureIslands, a restaging of the New Zealand presentation at the 2016 Venice Biennale of Architecture.[12] The new gallery opened on 27 July 2017.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Craft and applied arts". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and heritage. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Three new Governors". The Arts Foundation. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Objectspace announces new Director". Creative New Zealand. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Objectspace About us". Objectspace. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Arts Leadership Investment". Creative New Zealand. Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Masters of Craft". Objectspace. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Design Generation". Objectspace. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Valentine, Jonty (2014). Mark Cleverley: designer. Auckland: David Bateman. ISBN 9781869538699.
  9. ↑ Cameron, Kirsty; Lockhart, Katie; Stone, Vivienne (2013). Nanette Cameron: Interior design legend. Auckland: Objectspace. OCLC 871006704.
  10. ↑ Fahey, Richard (2011). Richard Parker: masters of craft. Auckland: Objectspace. ISBN 9780987650207.
  11. 1 2 "Twelve questions with Objectspace director Kim Paton". New Zealand Herald. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  12. 1 2 3 Barratt, Michael. "Objectspace gallery reinvents itself as an architecture and design destination". Noted. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

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