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Judy Darragh

JUDY DARRAGH

Chorus Two Rooms 5 May–3 June 2023 Auckland
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Judy Darragh’s curiousity about everyday and discarded things is to the fore once more in her installation Chorus. The mix of utilitarian and decorative objects from households, opportunity shops and $2 stores display their cultural, historical, ecological and socio-political baggage. Such found objects are re-mixed and reconsidered through the processes of Darragh’s critical and inquisitive hand crafting. The work is wilfully low tech, with machine made objects that are upended, stuffed, skewered and twisted, hanging and propped against walls.

Chorus celebrates and explores hand making with artificially produced materials, an oxymoron of sorts. The artist’s skills are evident but there are also aspects of improvisational construction. Aesthetic refinement is deeply present in the work yet the gaudy and unsophisticated are welcomed in ways that are remarkably polished. Darragh’s processes of assemblage take the source material, mainly plastic, far from its original simple function, to an elaborate installation with potent affect.

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Judy Darragh is a prolific New Zealand artist renowned for her brightly coloured sculptural assemblages of found objects, recycled items, industrial materials, collage, photography, video, and poster art.

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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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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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