As part of the A Chronological Manor project | RM, Auckland | In three parts, July to August 2010

Akiko Diegel | Gabrielle Amodeo | Jill Sorensen | Matt Molloy | Nell Nutsford | Rabdeep Singh | Ryuzo Nishida

Part One: 29 July to 31 July
Part Two: 5 August to 7 August
Part Three: 12 August to 14 August

Drawer in a Chronological Manor nods towards all that can be interpreted as fleeting and speculative in drawing by using the structure of an exhibition as a proposition of ongoing ideas, as opposed to an end-point.

Inhabiting RM during closing hours in a sort of co-opted residency, the seven artists will undertake a disjointed collaboration using the distortable theme of drawing. Think exquisite corpse played by invited squatters.

Instead of being in stasis after installation, Drawer in a Chronological Manor will be in a state of flux until the closing event. The result will be an exhibition in three parts, each week constituting a different iteration of ideas around drawing.

For the viewer there is the possibility of following the artists thinking over a series of encounters, positioning art as an ongoing process of observation, reflection and questioning.