Spinning Phillip Lai, Peter Robinson

19 May – 23 Jun 2018 Auckland

Phillip Lai, Peter Robinson
Spinning, 2018
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland

Phillip Lai
Untitled, 2018
aluminium, paint
740 x 1259 x 150 mm

Peter Robinson
Fools, gold, swarf, and silver gimp, 2018
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland

Peter Robinson
Swarf, 2018
aluminium 
500 x 1000 x 1000mm

Peter Robinson
Constellation, 2018
pins, magnets
50 x 40 x 50mm

Peter Robinson
Spinners, 2018
electrical wire
230 x 260 x 100mm

Peter Robinson
Gimp, 2018 (detail)
gimp
2210 x 2 x 2mm

Peter Robinson
Fools, gold, swarf, and silver gimp, 2018
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland

Peter Robinson
Back Bone, 2018
pins, magnets
130 x 35 x 50mm

Peter Robinson
Hanger, 2018
pins, magnet
750 x 50 x 2mm

Peter Robinson
Fools, gold, swarf, and silver gimp, 2018
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland

Peter Robinson
Poor Man’s Slinky, 2018
wire
110 x 110 x 230mm

Peter Robinson
Squiggle, 2018
electrical wiring
330 x 340 x 180mm

Peter Robinson
Pinky, 2018
anodised aluminium
2200 x 40 x 40mm

Hopkinson Mossman is pleased to present Spinning, a two-person exhibition of new sculpture by Phillip Lai and Peter Robinson.

Phillip Lai (born Kuala Lumpur, 1969) lives and works in London. Lai has exhibited extensively at international venues including: Camden Arts Centre, London (2014); Tate Modern, London (2010); Transmission, Glasgow (2009); Drawing Room, London (2005); Hayward Gallery, London (1999); MOMA, New York (1998); and ICA, London (1995). Earlier this year, Lai was nominated for the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture. Lai is represented by Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London; Edouard Malingue, Hong Kong; and Galleria Franco Noero, Turin.

Peter Robinson (born Ashburton, 1966) lives and works in Auckland. Robinson’s work has been exhibited extensively in New Zealand and internationally: he was New Zealand’s representative at the 49th Venice Biennale (2001), participated in the 5th Auckland Triennial (2013), 13th Istanbul Biennale (2013), 11th and 18th Biennale of Sydney (1998/2012), and the 8th Baltic Triennale of International Art, Vilnius (2002). Robinson was nominated for the Walters Prize in 2006 for The Humours at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, and again in 2008 when he won for his exhibition ACK at Artspace, Auckland.

For further enquiries, please contact the gallery.

image: Peter Robinson, Fieldwork, 2018, anodised aluminium wire, 300 x 300 x 200mm approx.