(Re)Visioning the Real (installation view) (1996)
In 1996, while the Director of Lopdell House Gallery (now Te Uru Waitakere), Auckland, New Zealand, I curated an exhibition that examined new trends in realism. The exhibition, entitled (Re)Visioning the Real, toured New Zealand, and included works by major New Zealand artists including Mary McIntyre, Joanna Braithwaite, Peter Siddell, Michael Smither, Greer Twiss, and more. The exhibition was accompanied by a fully-illustrated catalogue.
Paul Cullen, Gravity
In 1998, in the small gallery at Lopdell House, I curated an installation project by the late Paul Cullen (1949 - 2017).
The Lure of Language (1998)
In 1998, while Director of Lopdell House Gallery, I curated an exhibition that critically interrogated the role of language in the visual arts. It included works by Billy Apple, John Baldessari, Bruce Barber, Wystan Curnow, and Lawrence Weiner, among others.
The Lure of Language (1998)
Performance View, El Dorado (Tales of Gold), Billy Apple and Wystan Curnow, Lopdell House Gallery - project curated by Brett M. Levine
Brad Buckley — The Slaughterhouse Project: The Light on the Hill
Installation view of one component of Brad Buckley’s multi-part installation project “The Slaughterhouse Project: The Light on the Hill”, at the UAB Visual Arts Gallery, 2002.
Brad Buckley, The Slaughterhouse Project (installation view)
Brad Buckley, The Slaughterhouse Project (installation view)
Brad Buckley, The Slaughterhouse Project (installation view)
Justine Cooper, Rapt 1
I invited Australian-born, New York-based installation and time-based media artist Justine Cooper to install Rapt 1 and Rapt 2, a multi-part installation and video project that spanned both spaces at the UAB Visual Arts Gallery.
Tokyo Boogie (in process)
In-process image of Carlos Rolon/Dzine’s work Tokyo Boogie, installed as part of my curated project on Contemporary Latin American Art at the UAB Visual Arts Gallery, 2003.
Carlos Rolon/Dzine, Tokyo Boogie (2003)
In-process shot of the final version of Tokyo Boogie, installed on-site at the UAB Visual Arts Gallery, 2003. Project curated by Brett M. Levine
Ross T Smith, Stations of the Cross
I worked with New Zealand artist and photographer Ross T Smith to curate an exhibition of three series drawn from his larger body of work. For his exhibition at the UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Smith presented his Hemi Tuwharerangi Paraha, Stations of the Cross, and Pinholes series.
Push: Design for People (2010)
In 2010, I worked with Push Product Design to curate an exhibition examining their contributions to innovations in contemporary design.
Push: Design for People (installation view) (2010)
Installation view with Patient Transport Chair that had received its patents the day of the exhibition opening, making it available for public viewing and display.
Push: Design for People (installation view) (2010)
Push: Design for People (installation view) (2010)
Melissa Dadourian, Alison in the Water (installation view) (2007)
In 2007, I curated an exhibition entitled Double X: Women Representing Women, which critically interrogated the ways in which women were representing themselves and each other in contemporary art. Melissa Dadourian created this large-scale, site-specific string drawing critiquing the culture of pin-up photography and the male gaze. The work measures 15 x 10 feet.
Blank/Decks (2009) (installation view)
In 2009, I conceived of and developed a gallery fundraiser that involved artists and designers creating unique works of art using either blank skateboard decks or a blank vinyl Munny toy that was provided.
Each work was then made available, via silent auction, beginning at the same price. A total of twenty skateboards and twenty vinyl toys were created as part of this limited-edition fundraiser.
Jurgen Tarrasch: Artifacts (installation view) (2010)
In 2010, I curated a large-scale, site-specific solo installation project by Jurgen Tarrasch. Installed over the course of a month, Tarrasch interrogated the natural environment through an extension of our understandings of the normal constraints of painting.
Jurgen Tarrasch: Artifacts (installation view) (2010)
Jurgen Tarrasch: Artifacts (installation view) (2010)