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Alex Monteith

ALEX MONTEITH

Shadow V Gow Langsford Gallery 15 June–2 July 2016 Auckland City
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In August 1979 an IRA bomb was detonated aboard the 30ft fishing boat Shadow V over the reefs of the Mullaghmore coast, Co. Sligo, Ireland. The blast claimed the lives of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (aged 79), Doreen (dowager) Lady Brabourne (83), Nicholas Knatchbull (14), and Paul Maxwell (15).

Since 1979, Mary Hornsey, mother of Paul Maxwell, a schoolboy who was working as a boat-hand aboard Shadow V when he was killed in the blast in the North Atlantic ocean; has written poems in memory of her only son.

The images for this exhibition were made at Mullaghmore by Alex Monteith during the most powerful storms in the winter of 2014-2015. Poetic text by Mary Hornsey is provided in consideration of these images.

Alex Monteith (b. 1977, Belfast, Ireland/NZ) has been making on-going series’ of artworks in both Ireland and Aotearoa concerned with political and personal fissures associated with claims to territory and land.

Mary Hornsey’s (formerly Maxwell) son Paul was killed in the Shadow V bombing. In her grief she wrote a series of poems. Monteith worked with Hornsey and selected the text components that contribute to this exhibition.

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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
Auckland
New Zealand
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Monday – Friday, 10 am–5 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm
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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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