Robert Hood, Chris Kraus and Isabel Nolan: New Works

Artspace is pleased to present exhibitions of work by three artists:
Robert Hood - Cyclical Adjustment Vacuum Idle Manifold
Chris Kraus - Plastic Is Leather, F**k You: Films and Videos 1983-1995
Isabel Nolan - The Trance of Inaction

Robert Hood is a Christchurch based artist. Hood’s work evokes a post-apocalyptic tone embracing diverse influences from the paranormal to stock markets. Hood utilises a range of media from photography and installation to video and found objects. He was the recipient of the Olivia Spencer-Bower residency in 2007.

Chris Kraus is a Wellington born, L.A. based filmmaker and author.Vast in scope and both visually and textually experimental her film and video works span from 1983-1995. This is the first time her film and video works can be viewed in their entirety in New Zealand. As an independent filmmaker working in New York in the early 1980s Kraus’s interests range from; the myth of literary figures such as Antonin Artaud and Frank O’Hara to crime scene photography, sadomasochism and meditions upon memory, nostalgia and longing. Kraus is also known as a writer.

Isabel Nolan is a Dublin based artist. Drawing is central to Nolan’s art practice; she describes it as catching a thought, a way to begin: “Drawing is a great way of describing anything - an object, an idea or a feeling. Aesthetically I like its variability, it can be hard, soft, cold, warm, really conceptual or very emotive, often it is, or at least it appears, very direct and personal – the human touch.” During her stay in Auckland Nolan will be undertaking research at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

The exhibitions open Thursday 11th September at 6pm.