Whizz Bang Pop
Let your eyes grow wide, your hearing sharpen and your nerves tingle as sculpture, painting, photographs, videos and prints bring your senses roaring to life. From the eye-watering op art of Bridget Riley's Nineteen Greys to the mind-bending, interactive installation of Luc Peire's Environment III, this exhibition fizzes with emotion.
Covering the period from the 1960s to the present day, Whizz Bang Pop includes new acquisitions, such as Song Dong's atmospheric photographs, A Pot of Boiling Water, alongside well-known favourites, including Ed Ruscha's hypnotic acrylic on canvas, Love Chief.
Watch as moving images flicker, lights glow fluorescent, sculptures burst into motion, artworks lift off walls, and colours explode and retreat.
Until 6 May 2012
Level 1
Free entry
Bill Culbert, Flat Out, 2009
wood, glass, fluorescent tubes and electrical cable
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T?maki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2009
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Corner Kitchener and Wellesley Streets
Auckland Central
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Auckland Art GalleryAuckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
History, heritage and culture are brought to life at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Founded in 1888, it remains New Zealand’s largest visual arts experience, with a collection numbering over 15,000 works. The main gallery building is now open after a comprehensive heritage restoration and expansion.
Explore a treasure trove of historic, modern and contemporary New Zealand art, as well as work by Māori and Pacific Island artists. International painting, sculpture and print collections range from 1376 to the present day.
The Gallery offers a lively calendar of talks, performances, film screenings and children's activities. Visit our website to see what’s on.
Choose from a range of free guided tours - organised group tours available by arrangement.
• Open daily 10am – 5pm (except Christmas Day)
• In the heart of Auckland City
• Wheelchair accessible. Wheelchairs available free of charge
• Café and espresso bar
• Gallery shop offers quality souvenirs, books and unique art-inspired gifts
