Ruth Buchanan Never Not a Body

Ruth Buchanan
Brain Building Body, 2015
wind resistant geo-mesh, rope, suspension connections,
alu-pole, outdoor spray paint coated steel
2400 x 3393mm

Ruth Buchanan
Never Not a Body, 2016
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland

Ruth Buchanan
24Hr Body, 2016
HD 1080p24, 16: 9, colour/no sound, 38'41” loop
edition 2

Ruth Buchanan
Can tame anything, tables, tables, doors, blinds, bodies, 2016
hand latch-hooked rug, powder coated steel table
900 x 900 x 1200mm

Ruth Buchanan
Staunch, 2016
hand latch-hooked rug, powder coated steel table
600 x 900 x 900mm

Ruth Buchanan
Never Not a Body, 2016
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland

Ruth Buchanan
A wavy line is drawn across the middle of the original plans, 2016
spray paint on wall
dimensions variable
unlimited edition

Ruth Buchanan
Never Not a Body, 2016
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland
Ruth Buchanan
Never Not a Body
06 Oct – 12 Nov 2016
Auckland
Hopkinson Mossman is pleased to present Never Not a Body, a solo exhibition of new work by Ruth Buchanan.
Ruth Buchanan was born in 1980 in New Plymouth (Te Ati Awa/Taranaki) and now lives and works in Berlin. She gained her BFA from the Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, in 2002 and her MA (Fine Art) from the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, in 2007. From 2008-2009 she was a researcher at the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. Buchanan’s work has been exhibited extensively in Europe and in New Zealand. Recent projects include: Or, a camera, Or, a building, Or, a screen, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg (2015); Or a building, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (2015), and in 2014 Buchanan made a solo presentation at Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, as part of A–Z. The Marzona Collection. In recent months, Buchanan has staged two major exhibitions at New Zealand institutions: BAD VISUAL SYSTEMS, with Judith Hopf and Marianne Wex, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington (2016); and The actual and its document, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth (2016), as well as participating in The 8th Climate, 11th Gwangju Biennale. Buchanan initiates and contributes to various forms of publishing, most recently releasing an artists record, Or, a camera Or, a building Or, a screen, published by Apparent Extent and Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof. Never Not a Body is Buchanan’s fourth exhibition at Hopkinson Mossman preceded by Furniture, Plan, Rival Brain (2011), On or within a scenario (2013), and a two person exhibition with Ayse Erkmen in 2014.