Acting Out

Jack Body

John Miller

Edward Bullmore

VALIE EXPORT

Sarah Lucas

Sarah Lucas

Sarah Munro

Glen Otto

Pipilotti Rist

Signe Rose

Sorawit Songsataya

curated by Stephen Cleland

05 May – 09 July 2017

Glenn Otto, An honest means to a dishonest living, 2017, acrylic on wall, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Glenn Otto, An honest means to a dishonest living, 2017, acrylic on wall. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Glenn Otto, An honest means to a dishonest living, 2017, acrylic on wall; Sorawit Songsataya, Sad, 2017, 3D printed plastic, log; on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Glenn Otto, An honest means to a dishonest living, 2017, acrylic on wall; Sorawit Songsataya, Sad, 2017, 3D printed plastic, log. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sorawit Songsataya, Sad, 2017, 3D printed plastic, log, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sorawit Songsataya, Sad, 2017, 3D printed plastic, log. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sorawit Songsataya, Sad, 2017, 3D printed plastic, log, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sorawit Songsataya, Sad, 2017, 3D printed plastic, log. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sorawit Songsataya, Good Kissers, 2017, 3D printed plastic, wool covered custom stand, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sorawit Songsataya, Good Kissers, 2017, 3D printed plastic, wool covered custom stand. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sorawit Songsataya, Good Kissers (detail), 2017, 3D printed plastic, wool covered custom stand, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sorawit Songsataya, Good Kissers (detail), 2017, 3D printed plastic, wool covered custom stand. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sorawit Songsataya, detail of Hugging, 2017, 3D printed plastic, acrylic, rope, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sorawit Songsataya, detail of Hugging, 2017, 3D printed plastic, acrylic, rope. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Munro, Surface Detail – Grey Scale, 2012, automotive paint over custom made fibreglass support. Courtesy of Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Munro, Surface Detail – Grey Scale, 2012, automotive paint over custom made fibreglass support. Courtesy of Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Munro, Surface Detail – Gloss Red, 2012, automotive paint over custom made fibreglass support. Courtesy of Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Munro, Surface Detail – Gloss Red, 2012, automotive paint over custom made fibreglass support. Courtesy of Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Munro, Surface Detail – Gloss Red, 2012, automotive paint over custom made fibreglass support. Courtesy of Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Munro, Surface Detail – Gloss Red, 2012, automotive paint over custom made fibreglass support. Courtesy of Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Munro, Surface Detail – Gloss Red, 2012, automotive paint over custom made fibreglass support. Courtesy of Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Munro, Surface Detail – Gloss Red, 2012, automotive paint over custom made fibreglass support. Courtesy of Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, Bondage Jewel 2016 and Bondage Egg 2015, gold leaf, leather, chain, jewellery findings. Courtesy of the artist, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, Bondage Jewel 2016 and Bondage Egg 2015, gold leaf, leather, chain, jewellery findings. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, Bondage Jewel 2016 and Bondage Egg 2015, gold leaf, leather, chain, jewellery findings. Courtesy of the artist, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, Bondage Jewel 2016 and Bondage Egg 2015, gold leaf, leather, chain, jewellery findings. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, Bondage Egg (detail), 2015, gold leaf, leather, chain, jewellery findings. Courtesy of the artist, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, Bondage Egg (detail), 2015, gold leaf, leather, chain, jewellery findings. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, installation view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Pipilotti Rist, Pickleporno, 1992, single-channel video, 12min 0 sec, Courtesy of videoart.ch, Zofingen, Switzerland, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Pipilotti Rist, Pickleporno, 1992, single-channel video, 12min 0 sec, Courtesy of videoart.ch, Zofingen, Switzerland. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Pipilotti Rist, Pickleporno, 1992, single-channel video, 12min 0 sec, Courtesy of videoart.ch, Zofingen, Switzerland, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Pipilotti Rist, Pickleporno, 1992, single-channel video, 12min 0 sec, Courtesy of videoart.ch, Zofingen, Switzerland. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, installation view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, installation view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, Belladonna (detail), 2017, gold leaf, boiled leather, chain, crystal beads, jewellery findings. Courtesy of the artist, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Signe Rose, Belladonna (detail), 2017, gold leaf, boiled leather, chain, crystal beads, jewellery findings. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Jack Body, Sexus, 1971-72, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Jack Body, Sexus, 1971-72. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Jack Body, Sexus, 1971-72, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Jack Body, Sexus, 1971-72. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Jack Body, Sexus, 1971-72, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Jack Body, Sexus, 1971-72. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Jack Body, Sexus (still), 1971-72, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi

Jack Body, Sexus (still), 1971-72.

Jack Body, Sexus (still), 1971-72, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi

Jack Body, Sexus (still), 1971-72.

Installation view of Jack Body, Sexus, 1971-72, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Jack Body, Sexus, 1971-72. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Jack Body, Sexus (performance still), 1972 mixed media performance, Old Māori Hall and Mercury Theatre, Auckland, 1972, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi

Jack Body, Sexus (performance still), 1972 mixed media performance, Old Māori Hall and Mercury Theatre, Auckland, 1972.

Jack Body, Sexus (performance still), 1972 mixed media performance, Old Māori Hall and Mercury Theatre, Auckland, 1972, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi

Jack Body, Sexus (performance still), 1972 mixed media performance, Old Māori Hall and Mercury Theatre, Auckland, 1972.

Edward Bullmore, installation view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Edward Bullmore, installation view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Edward Bullmore, Astroform Descending, 1967, painted canvas on fibreglass, wood, metal, Collection of Tauranga Art Gallery Toi Tauranga, Gift of Jacqueline Anne Bullmore, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi

Edward Bullmore, Astroform Descending, 1967, painted canvas on fibreglass, wood, metal, Collection of Tauranga Art Gallery Toi Tauranga, Gift of Jacqueline Anne Bullmore. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Edward Bullmore, Astroform 12, c.1974, mixed media, canvas, fibreglass construction, Collection of Tauranga Art Gallery Toi Tauranga, Gift of Jacqueline Anne Bullmore, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi

Edward Bullmore, Astroform 12, c.1974, mixed media, canvas, fibreglass construction, Collection of Tauranga Art Gallery Toi Tauranga, Gift of Jacqueline Anne Bullmore. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Edward Bullmore, installation view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Lucas, installation view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Lucas, NUD CYCLADIC 1, 2009, tights, fluff, wire, concrete blocks, MDF, Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Purchase enabled by a gift from Andrew and Jenny Smith, made in response to the generosity of Sarah Lucas, Sadie Coles, London and Two Rooms, Auckland to the people of Christchurch on the occasion of the Canterbury Earthquake, February 2011, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Lucas, NUD CYCLADIC 1, 2009, tights, fluff, wire, concrete blocks, MDF, Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Purchase enabled by a gift from Andrew and Jenny Smith, made in response to the generosity of Sarah Lucas, Sadie Coles, London and Two Rooms, Auckland to the people of Christchurch on the occasion of the Canterbury Earthquake, February 2011. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Lucas, Chicken knickers, 2017, PVC-free wallpaper print, Courtesy of Sadie Coles HQ, London, on view in Acting Out at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, photo: Shaun Matthews

Sarah Lucas, Chicken knickers, 2017, PVC-free wallpaper print, Courtesy of Sadie Coles HQ, London. Installation view, Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2017. Photo: Shaun Matthews