Exhibition

Your Friend the Enemy

27 Nov 2015 – 7 Feb 2016

New Zealand and Australian artists commemorate the ANZAC legend 100 years after it was forged in Gallipoli.

Guy Maestri, Signaller Walker, shot in the mouth, 2014 oil on linen, 61 x 51cm

About the exhibition

During April and May 2014 artists from Australia and New Zealand travelled to Turkey on a painting and research trip, coinciding with the lead-up to the centenary year of the Gallipoli campaign. Stanley Palmer, John Walsh, Michael Shepherd and Euan MacLeod made up the New Zealand contingent.


The resulting exhibition includes paintings produced during the trip as well as later studio works inspired by first-hand experiences of the battle sites.

Pātaka Art + Museum will be the first New Zealand venue for the Your Friend the Enemy exhibition, which has been touring venues in Australia since April 2015.

Your Friend the Enemy Logos

Michael Shepherd A brief history of Malone 2014 Euan Macleod Fire At Night, 2014 oil on polyester, 84 x 100cm. Courtesy of the artist and Watters Gallery Sydney, and Niagara Galleries, Melbourne Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015_3 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015_2 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW28 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW27 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_2 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_3 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_21 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_23 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_25 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW26 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW13 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW18 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW11 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW19 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW17 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW16 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW8 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW12 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW4 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW7 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_14 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_15 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_22 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_BW9 Pataka summer exhibitions opening Nov 29 2015. Your Friend the Enemy Photo by Simon Neale_1 YFTE_24 YFTE_2 YFTE_3 YFTE_6 YFTE_5 YFTE_12 YFTE_John Walsh_4 YFTE_John Walsh_5 YFTE_Michael Shepherd_8 YFTE_Michael Shepherd_22 YFTE_Leo Robba_18 YFTE_Stanley Palmer_23 YFTE_Michael Shepherd_9 YFTE_John Walsh_17 YFTE_Steve Lopes_10 YFTE_Idris Murphy_25 YFTE_Idris Murphy_26 YFTE_Euan MacLeod_7 YFTE_Euan MacLeod_13 YFTE_Deirdre Bean_19

Photography by Simon Neale and Pātaka.

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