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Judy Darragh

JUDY DARRAGH

Pool Two Rooms 17 July–22 August 2026 Auckland
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The works with one-word titles join forces and become a plastic chain of imperatives; like a set of shouted instructions for a rehearsal or drill. Or maybe there is to be no more practice: it’s go-time—performance, action, protest or improvised battle. All the components of the works here have had lives before this. I wonder if they will be content to live now as parts of these assemblages; and play their part in the tidal submission-domination ritual of human desire, the drama of human waste. If one was to read this work as an oracle, the message is to at all costs resist the language-idea of ‘investing’ in your practice.

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Exhibition view: Judy Darragh, Pool, Two Rooms, Auckland (17 July–22 August 2026). Courtesy Two Rooms.
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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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Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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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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