Auckland Art Fair 2019 | teamLab

Name: Auckland Art Fair 2019
Start: 2019-05-01
End: 2019-05-05
Location: The Cloud

Auckland Art Fair 2019

PAST EXHIBITION

May 01 - May 05, 2019The Cloud, Queens Wharf, Auckland

Auckland Art Fair 2019

PAST EXHIBITION

May 01 - May 05, 2019The Cloud, Queens Wharf, Auckland

Artworks

Enso - Cold Light

Enso is the Zen practice of drawing a circle with a single brushstroke. This artwork depicts enso drawn as Spatial Calligraphy. The brushstroke is suspended in space, but there are moments when its circular shape is revealed as the brushstroke rotates and shifts the viewpoint.
Spatial Calligraphy is a form of calligraphy drawn in space that teamLab has been exploring since it was founded. The artwork reconstructs calligraphy in three-dimensional space to express the depth, speed, and power of the brushstroke, and that calligraphy is then flattened using the logical structure of space teamLab calls Ultrasubjective Space. The calligraphy shifts between two and three dimensions.
Back in ancient times, enso was drawn in space using sticks, to symbolize the concepts of enlightenment, truth, the universe, and equality, in a figurative manner. The circle is also a reflection of the viewer’s inner self, thus its interpretation depends on the viewer.

Artworks

Impermanent Life, at the Confluence of Spacetime New Space and Time is Born

In the background, cherry blossoms bloom and scatter, the cycle of life and death repeats itself.From the countless background points, at a certain rhythm and interval, a circle is born that grows and spreads out radially. The circle born transforms only the light and darkness of the background world.

About teamLab

teamLab (f. 2001) is an international art collective. Their collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world. Through art, the interdisciplinary group of specialists, including artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians, and architects, aims to explore the relationship between the self and the world, and new forms of perception.

In order to understand the world around them, people separate it into independent entities with perceived boundaries between them. teamLab seeks to transcend these boundaries in our perceptions of the world, of the relationship between the self and the world, and of the continuity of time. Everything exists in a long, fragile yet miraculous, borderless continuity.

teamLab’s works are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra;  Amos Rex, Helsinki; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Borusan Contemporary Art Collection, Istanbul; and Asia Society Museum, New York, among others.

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Biographical Documents

teamLab is represented by Pace Gallery, Martin Browne Contemporary and Ikkan Art.

Venue Details

Auckland Art Fair 2019

Term

May 01 - May 05, 2019

Hours

PUBLIC DAYS
Thursday, May 02 11:00 - 17:00
Friday, May 03 11:00 - 17:00
Saturday, May 04 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday, May 05 10:00 - 17:00

OPENING NIGHT
Wednesday, May 1 17:00 - 21:00

ART PARTY
Friday, May 3 17:00 - 21:00

Admission Fee

General Entry
Adult $30
Student / Senior $26
12-18 years $15
Children under 12 years free with accompanying adult

General Entry (Early Bird)
Adult $25
Student / Senior $25

Premier Art Pass
$150
Get full access to the Fair including the VIP Preview from 11am on Wednesday 1 May, Opening Night, Friday night Art Party as well as during General Entry hours. Plus, you’ll be invited to a full programme of exclusive events taking place around Auckland from Thursday - Saturday. To see the Fair first, purchase a Premier Art Pass.

Opening Night
$90
Be among the first to see the Fair from 5pm - 9pm on Wednesday 1 May. This ticket gives you the chance to join collectors and curators from all over New Zealand and beyond for a fun and busy evening PLUS, you can return to the Fair as often as you want during the General Entry opening hours.

Art Party
$35
Gather your friends for late night access to the Fair combined with live DJ sets, and great food and drink options from pop up bars and eateries.

Access

Address

The Cloud, Queens Wharf
89 Quay St, Auckland, 1010

Map