Kennedy, A. (2007) Lost in Space. Exhibition catalogue (self-published), 'Lost in Space', at the Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin, New Zealand. Also included essay by Prof. Leoni Schmidt. ISBN 978-0-908846-39-9, 8-26 May 2007, 12 pages.
Kennedy, A. (2006) Anachronic. Full conference paper: Art Assn of Australia & NZ (AAANZ) International Conference: Reinventing the Medium, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash Uni., Melbourne, AU., 7-9 Dec, 2006. Paper addressed the position of painting in a post-media age, locating it within the framework of the ‘amodern’ as posited by M. Serres & B. LaTour, identifying the manner in which much contemporary painting is engaged with methodologies which cannot be accounted for within established critical frameworks. The ‘amodern’ method is heterogeneous and metonymical & neither diachronic nor synchronic, but rather ‘anachronic’ & thereby engages with the discourse of the death of painting. A philosophical position offering an alternative to the endgame of painting, addressing the teleological demise of painting & arguing for its continuing relevance. A critical framework for my practice. http://www.artdes.monash.edu.au/aaanzconference/AAANZ-abstracts.pdf
Kennedy, A. (2003) Group Show, McPherson Gallery, Auckland. Six works exhibited.
Kennedy, A. (2001) Making Pictures Conference paper presented at ANZAAE national conference, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Kennedy, Alexandra (2002) Look this Way: 125th Anniversary Show, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand. Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Kennedy, A. (2009) Preview 2009: Contemporary South Island Artists. Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand (COCA). Curated by Warren Feeney. An exhibition of selected works by artists from the South Island whose work is considered to be deserving of wider exposure. National touring exhibition: Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch (3rd -17th September 2009), Temple Gallery, Dunedin (26th September - 15th October 2009), Webb's Gallery, Auckland (4th - 13th November 2009). Exhibition catalogue published by COCA Gallery, August, 2009.
http://www.webbs.co.nz/auction/preview-a-survey-exhibition-emerging-south-island-artists.
http://alxkennedy.co.nz/index.php?/pictures-of-nothing-2009/
Kennedy, A., and Parkes, M. (2009) I Love You To Distraction (new takes on abstraction). Gallery 33, Wanaka, New Zealand. 23 October - 17 November 2009. 8 new works exhibited, 2 weeks duration. http://www.gallery33.co.nz/artists.php. Group Show with Miranda Parkes (William Hodges Fellowship, Southland, 2006). Gallery 33 is an established dealer gallery representing contemporary New Zealand artists including: Maryrose Crook (Wallace Art Award, Development Award 2006), Simon Kaan, Dick Frizzell, Peter Cleverley, Bing Dawe, Don Binney, Jason Greig, Michael Smither, Michel Tuffery. http://alxkennedy.co.nz/index.php?/i-love-you-to-distraction-/
Kennedy, A. (2009) Pictures of Nothing. Dunedin School of Art Gallery, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, 26 March - 3 April, 2009. 12 paintings, 2 weeks (duration of exhibition). An exhibition of abstract paintings which appear as random marks & erasures on a field which forms part of a larger, potentially limitless, field. Suggestive of digital junk, void and empy spaces, they can be 'read' as being in the middle of something, as process, as becoming. The practice therefore is positioned as self-reflexive - that is, it makes reference to a form of criticality of the medium being worked within, and as such stands outside of notions of progress and linear development in painting. It falls within the context of the conceptual and post-conceptual.
http://www.alxkennedy.co.nz
Kennedy, A. (2009) Pictures of Nothing. Master of Fine Arts dissertation, Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, NZ. Robertson Library, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand. March 2009. Supervised by Prof. Leoni Schmidt & Michele Beevors. Examined by John Hurrell (former curator, Govett Brewster Art Gallery & Waikato Museum of Art and History & author of catalogue essays on the work of Tom Kreisler & Julia Morison) & Simon Morris (painter & senior lecturer, College of Creative Arts, Massey University). Abstract: 'Pictures of Nothing' are 'paintings about painting'. As such, the project is located within a context which engages with the 'zero gesture' in painting, one which addresses the critical relevance of painting and its ability to reflect upon & engage with its own histories. Thesis published alongside "Pictures of Nothing", MFA graduation exhibition, 26 March - 3 April, 2009. 120-page text. 12 substantial works.
Kennedy, A. (2010) Particles in Space. Argument Vertoningstruimte Art Project Space, Tilburg, The Netherlands. Exhibition dates: 7-14th Feb 2010. Solo show of a large-scale wall work. Dimensions: approx. 5.20m (end), 6.63m (front), length 11.17m (l), 11.22m (r), height 2.96m. ARGUMENT is an established (1993) Art Project Space which exhibits Dutch & international artists & receives Dutch government support via regional cultural funding. Selected artists are given financial support to realize a project experimental in nature in terms of the artist's practice. Six artist proposals a year are accepted for a period of work/residency in the gallery for realization of a project concluding with exhibition. ARGUMENT participates at SUPERMARKET: Stockholm Independent Art Fair - an international art fair. ARGUMENT: http://www.argument-tilburg.nl/ SUPERMARKET:http://supermarketartfair.com/
EXHIBITION: http://www.alxkennedy.co.nz/index.php?/particles-in-space-after-len-lye-2010/
Kennedy, A. (2007) Black Hole (2). 16th Wallace Art Award, 2007. National Art Award with work in Exhibition of Winners & Finalists, 3 Sept - 1 Oct 2007, Aotea Centre Gallery, Aotea Centre, Auckland. The Wallace Art Award, administered by the James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, are the longest surviving & richest annual art awards of their kind in Australasia (total prize pool $165,000). Paramount winner awarded 6 month residency in New York at International Studio & Curatorial Program; the Wallace Arts Trust Development Award winner receives a residency at Vermont Studio Centre, Kaipara; the Foundation Wallace Award winner receives a residency at Altes Spital in Solothurn, Switzerland. Winner of Fulbright Wallace Arts Trust Award receives a three-month residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Beyond this, the Trust financially supports many other arts organizations.
http://www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz/the-wallace-arts-trust-and-its-collection/
Kennedy, A. (2008) Projects of Infinity. International Committee of the History of Art (CIHA), 13 - 18th January 2008. http://www.cihamelbourne2008.com.au/.
It is well understood that the rise of conceptual art in the late 1960s and early 1970s has been associated in critical discourse with a two-fold decline in painting. Painting not only lost favour as a method at this time, but also its position as a pre-eminent field of practice was challenged. This presentation considers the manner in which the practice of painting has responded to challenges to its ongoing validity as a site for critical practice through an engagement with the theme of the death, or endgame, of painting & is relevant for my practice as it identifies the theme of meta-painting.
Kennedy, A. (2008) Anachronic. LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies. University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Volume 14, June 2008. Pages 12-18 (7 pages). LIMINA is a refereed academic journal of historical and cultural studies based in the Discipline of history at The University of Western Australia. LIMINA aims to provide an environment in which diverse work can be published. The journal promotes resistance to traditional disciplinary boundaries, and at the same time demands a rigorous approach to issues of research, context and theoretical debates. In 2005 Limina received the Matilda Award for Cultural Excellence in the field of new media publication.
http://limina.arts.uwa.edu.au. http://www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/previous/vol11to15/vol14
Kennedy, A. (2004) Group Show. McPherson Gallery, Auckland. six works exhibited
Kennedy, A. (2006) Painting Methodologies. Published in SCOPE: Contemporary Research Topics. art: 1 2006. ISSN (hardcopy): 1177-5653; ISSN (online): 1177-5661 November, 2006. pgs 100-109. SCOPE is a blind peer-reviewed academic journal with an international editorial board and is published on the EBSCO database. EBSCO is a leading international research database.
The article charts the territory of the 'death of painting' historically and represents my early thinking on the manner in which much contemporary painting, arguably a reinvigoration of the medium, cannot be accounted for within established critical frameworks. The ideas presented here were the theoretical foundation for further writing which was published as 'Anachronic' in LIMINA (University of Western Australia) (NRO No. 4) which subsequently received an award.
