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Jono Rotman

JONO ROTMAN

Mongrel Mob Portraits Gow Langsford Gallery 23 March–16 April 2016 Auckland City
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Rotman extracts his subjects from tell-tale markers of time and place in order to establish an encounter with another human being, rather than with a stereotype or a caricature. Rotman’s portraits force the acknowledgement that these men exist.

By refusing to situate his subjects inside either real or imagined worlds, Rotman heightens the difficulty of this encounter. The photographs are not ‘almost void of any context’. Instead, they purposely refute context, and the escape that it can offer the viewer.

Aaron Lister, City Gallery exhibition catalogue 2015

This exhibition of photographs provides a second look at Jono Rotman’s controversial Mongrel Mob Portraits exhibited at Gow Langsford Gallery in 2014. First shown at City Gallery Wellington, the five works in this grouping move away from the singular traditional portrait composition of their predecessors and provide a broader context for his subjects.


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About the Artist

Jono Rotman was born in New Zealand and raised in a rural valley near Wellington. Rotman studied printmaking at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina and photography at Wellington Polytechnic. Rotman’s work is represented in collections in the USA and Australasia. His work has been exhibited in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. He lives in San Francisco, where he is married to a neuroscientist and has two small children.

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Gow Langsford is a commercial art space committed to fostering and promoting the best contemporary art from New Zealand and abroad. Located directly opposite the Auckland Art Gallery, Gow Langsford Gallery represents over thirty established New Zealand and international artists. Gow Langsford is one of the country’s most established galleries and is widely regarded as its most influential dealer gallery. Alongside a regular and varied exhibition schedule, Gow Langsford is a market leader in works on the secondary market.

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28-36 Wellesley Street East
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Auckland 28-36 Wellesley Street East
Gow Langsford Gallery contemporary art gallery in Auckland City New Zealand
Gow Langsford Gallery
28-36 Wellesley Street East, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 303 9395
http://www.gowlangsfordgallery.com

Opening hours
Monday – Friday, 10 am–5 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm
Closed Sunday
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