Celebration? Real life
An exhibition by Ruth Buchanan with:
John Baxter & J.C. Sturm
Benjamin Buchanan
Anne Boyer
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Maya Schweizer
29 April - 28 May 2022
** extended until 4 June 2022

Celebration? Real life, 2022
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

RUTH BUCHANAN
Worlds, Bodies, Worlds, 2022
hand embroidery on linen
frame, 500 x 400mm

RUTH BUCHANAN
Worlds, Bodies, Worlds (detail), 2022
hand embroidery on linen
frame, 500 x 400mm

Celebration? Real life, 2022
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

J.C. STURM
Selected poems and handwritten by John Baxter, from Dedications (Wellington: Steele Roberts, 1996) and Postscripts (Wellington: Steele Roberts, 2000)
dimensions variable

J.C. STURM
Selected poems and handwritten by John Baxter, from Dedications (Wellington: Steele Roberts, 1996) and Postscripts (Wellington: Steele Roberts, 2000)
dimensions variable

JOHN BAXTER
The House of the Talking Cat, stories by J.C. Sturm, 1983
poster facsimile of first edition (Wellington: Spiral, 1983) with original artwork by John Baxter, 860 x 610mm

RUTH BUCHANAN
Electrified Grid with Spiral (detail), 2022
hand embroidery on linen, framed, 320 x 300mm

Celebration? Real life, 2022
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

MARC CAMILLE CHAIMOWICZ
Cafe du Reve, 1985
Annotated artist book (Paris: Editions du Regard-Galerie de France, 1985), 265 x 220 x 25mm

MARC CAMILLE CHAIMOWICZ
Cafe du Reve, 1985
Annotated artist book (Paris: Editions du Regard-Galerie de France, 1985), 265 x 220 x 25mm

MAYA SCHWEIZER
Voice/Shells (still), 2020
HD video, colour, duration 18:20 min, looped

MAYA SCHWEIZER
Voice/Shells (still), 2020
HD video, colour, duration 18:20 min, looped

MAYA SCHWEIZER
Voice/Shells (still), 2020
HD video, colour, duration 18:20 min, looped

MAYA SCHWEIZER
Voice/Shells (still), 2020
HD video, colour, duration 18:20 min, looped

Celebration? Real life, 2022
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

RUTH BUCHANAN
Primary Museum, 2022
hand embroidery on linen, framed, 570 x 420mm

RUTH BUCHANAN
It's the light and the dark that make the whole, 2021
wild pongee silk-chiffon, metal fittings, rope, 2550 x 395mm, variable

RUTH BUCHANAN
Cut Ups, 2019
hand latch-hooked rug, 1250 x 1050mm

BENJAMIN BUCHANAN
Glass Grapes / Post Ceramic, 2022
flashe and acrylic on canvas, 610 x 510mm

BENJAMIN BUCHANAN
Glass Grapes / Post Ceramic, 2022
flashe and acrylic on canvas, 610 x 510mm

Celebration? Real life, 2022
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

BENJAMIN BUCHANAN
Glass Grapes / Post Ceramic, 2022
flashe and acrylic on canvas, 760 x 605mm

BENJAMIN BUCHANAN
Glass Grapes / Post Ceramic, 2022
flashe and acrylic on canvas, 505 x 405mm

Celebration? Real life, 2022
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Celebration? Real life, 2022
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Celebration? Real life, 2022
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland