Starkwhite is located in Auckland, a multi-cultural city with a rapidly changing demographic, where the mix of European, Maori and Pacific Island cultures is being enriched by new New Zealanders, notably from Asia.
In 1991 little more than 5 percent of Aucklanders were Asian. In 2006, the figure was 19%, rising to 25% this year, and it is likely to be around 30% by 2020 - an extraordinary level of growth. Asian communities are easily the city's fastest-growing.
Signals responds to changing face of Auckland, bringing together works by Asian artists who show with Starkwhite, along with others in the stable making work that is dialogue with contemporary art from Asia - work that speaks to the Auckland's Asian communities who form a growing audience for contemporary art with the potential to expand the art market.
Artists in the exhibition include: Billy Apple (NZ/US), Stella Brennan (NZ), Trenton Garratt (NZ), Jin Jiangbo (CN), Li Xiaofei (CN), Seung Yul Oh (NZ/KR), John Reynolds (NZ), Layla Rudneva-Mackay (NZ) and Yuk King Tan (HK).
Starkwhite is a contemporary art gallery with locations in Auckland and Queenstown, New Zealand, specialising in the presentation of interdisciplinary visual art exhibitions with an international focus. Starkwhite is committed to a strong art fair programme engaging with the best of contemporary art practice.
In 2022 Starkwhite partnered with 1301PE (Los Angeles) to open 1301SW in Melbourne, Australia. 1301SW opened its second space in Sydney in October 2024. www.1301SW.com.
