Liquidity

A while back we made a list of who owned what in New Zealand art. Killeen owns cutouts, Pick owns dreams, Mrkusich owns corners, et al. owns grey, Harrison owns cats, that sort of thing. Now we would add to that list Maddie Leach owns water. This weekend we went up to look at the MA candidates’ submissions at Massey where Leach teaches and of the 10 or so presentations four featured water (including one massive moving image taking up the full wall of a large lecture hall). Then yesterday we received an invitation to a talk at Massey by German artist Rainer Junghanns with an image that is so close to Leach’s Walters Prize newspaper spread as to be uncanny. Well forget it Rainer. Maddie Leach owns water.

Images: top, Leach and bottom, Junghanns

Dibs

Years ago, Richard Killeen suggested to us that in New Zealand there could be only one of everything. The other day, we saw a very funny international list based on this idea at the Dugway Proving Ground (always worth a look for great pics and thoughts) and couldn’t help ourselves.

DRIVER OWNS SACKS
MCCAHON OWNS WORDS
KILLEEN OWNS CUTOUTS
BINNEY OWNS BIRDS
ALBRECHT OWNS HEMISPHERES
HOTERE OWNS BLACK
ROBINSON OWNS CHAINS
MRKUSICH OWNS CORNERS
DARRAGH OWNS KITCH
VAN HOUT OWNS MODELS
PICK OWNS DREAMS
ET AL OWNS GREY
SCOTT OWNS LATTICES
WALTERS OWNS KORUS
HARRIS OWNS ANGST
DASHPER OWNS DRUMS
SMITHER OWNS ROCKS
HARRISON OWNS CATS
MADDOX OWNS CROSSES
PATTERSON OWNS GLITTER
PAREKOWHAI OWNS RABBITS

Image: Don’s