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Megan Jenkinson

MEGAN JENKINSON

Drift Two Rooms 19 May–17 June 2011 Auckland
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There are two strands of meaning to the word drift. One is of a slow, and usually deep, accumulation of particles that eventually buries or hides an object. The other is of a gradual, irresistible, and frequently directionless movement. Both carry a sense that something has changed, in the end often drastically, but at such a leisurely, almost imperceptible pace, that the resulting loss or potential menace is not immediately realized. In fact it is often so gradual, or even graceful, that it is even seductively pleasurable. Such, that the final realization can come as an awakening panic. The works in DRIFT explore the duality of this disquieting reverie, as it plays out over time in the Sahara, between Nature and Humanity.

About the Artist

Megan Jenkinson is an Associate Professor at the Elam School of Fine Arts, the University of Auckland, New Zealand. As an artist she works primarily with the medium of photography and has exhibited her work over a thirty year period, both nationally and internationally, at major art events such as the Esslingen Photo Triennale, 1989, the Sydney Biennale, 1990, and the Sharjah Biennale in 1999, and in significant exhibitions such as Photography Now, 1989 at the Victoria and Albert Museum (to commemorate the first 150 years of Photography).

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Two Rooms is a contemporary art exhibition venue located in a converted warehouse in Central Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in August 2006, Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects by leading International and New Zealand contemporary artists. The building houses two exhibition spaces, the Project Room and the Long Room.

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16 Putiki Street
Newton
Auckland
New Zealand
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Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
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Auckland 16 Putiki Street, Newton
Two Rooms contemporary art gallery in Auckland New Zealand
Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 360 5900
http://www.tworooms.co.nz

Opening hours
Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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