In Swirling Dream-Wreck Chung and Thomas look at the concept of fantasy with equally diverse approaches, using their shared medium of painting to expand and evolve elements of a shared unknown.
Past Exhibition
Wenerei 2 -
Hātarei 26
Ākuhata
Wednesday 2 -
Saturday 26
August
2017
Sam Thomas, 'Venus' (left), Fu-On Chung, 'Tomorrow Days' (right), 2017.
Swirling Dream-Wreck is the second iteration of an ongoing collaboration between Auckland-based painters, Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas. The first collaborative exhibition, Nets (GLOVEBOX, October 2016), saw the artists focus on tennis—their contrasting practices, abstraction and figuration, each describing different angles on the game.
Click here to download room sheet
Click here to read accompanying text, What lies beneath by Francis McWhannell
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, exhibition view, 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, exhibition view, 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, exhibition view, 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Saxophonist', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Saxophonist', 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Spoken Out of Turn', 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Spoken Out of Turn', 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'From Above', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Venus', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Venus', 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Fish Tanker', 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Alien', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Alien', 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, exhibition view, 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Of their own volition', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Braid 1' (left), 'Braid 2' (right), 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, exhibition view, 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'This is in the heart', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Magpies', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Magpies', 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'The Assailant', 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, exhibition view, 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, exhibition view, 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, exhibition view, 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Saxophonist', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Saxophonist', 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Spoken Out of Turn', 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Spoken Out of Turn', 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'From Above', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Venus', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Venus', 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Fish Tanker', 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Alien', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Alien', 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, exhibition view, 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Of their own volition', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Braid 1' (left), 'Braid 2' (right), 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, exhibition view, 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'This is in the heart', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Magpies', 2017.
Sam Thomas, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'Magpies', 2017.
Fu-On Chung, Swirling Dream-Wreck, 'The Assailant', 2017.
Fu-On Chung and Sam Thomas
Fu-On Chung (1991) is a painter and founding member of GLOVEBOX. Recent exhibitions include: Hoardings of Fury with Philippa Emery, Play_station, Wellington (2017); Nets with Sam Thomas, GLOVEBOX, Auckland, (2016); Painting: A Transitive Space, curated by Simon McIntyre, ST PAUL St Gallery Three, Auckland (2016); Drawing Rehearsals, Two Rooms, Auckland (2016).