Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection

Fiona Connor

Phil Dadson

Richard Frater

Simon Ingram

Daniel Malone

Dane Mitchell

curated by Sophie Thorn

05 October – 20 December 2018

Installation view of Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Dane Mitchell, Structural Formula, Water Molecule, 2015, brass, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2018, in the exhibition Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Dane Mitchell, Structural Formula, Water Molecule, 2015, brass, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2018. Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Dane Mitchell, Structural Formula, Water Molecule, 2015, brass, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2018, in the exhibition Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Dane Mitchell, Structural Formula, Water Molecule, 2015, brass, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2018. Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Dane Mitchell, Meander Collection, 2015, c-print, framed, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2018, in the exhibition Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Dane Mitchell, Meander Collection, 2015, c-print, framed, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2018. Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Dane Mitchell, Meander Collection, 2015, c-print, framed, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2018. Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Simon Ingram, Aldra Island, 2011, oil on canvas, and Ebino, 2011, oil on canvas, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2018, partial gift of the artist and Gow Langsford Gallery; and Dane Mitchell, Structural Formula, Water Molecule, 2015, brass, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2018, in the exhibition Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Richard Frater, Not Titled, 2017, unique ambrotype (collodian positive print on glass), edition of 2, Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2017, in the exhibition Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view of Fiona Connor, A Letter to the Unwritten Future July 10, 2009 –, A4 text page, website, www.alettertotheunwrittenfuture.org, Considered item Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, proposal pending 2018. In the exhibition Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, 6 October – 20 December 2018, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.

Fiona Connor, A Letter to the Unwritten Future July 10, 2009 –, A4 text page, website. Considered item Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, proposal pending 2018. Installation view, Solid State: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews