VIEWSHAFT
VIEWSHAFT
Allan McDonald
Anna Miles Gallery
10/30 Upper Queen Street, Auckland
06 April - 02 May 2024
Opening and book launch Saturday 6 April 3-5pm
Artist talk Saturday 13 April at 12pm
Allan McDonald describes VIEWSHAFT as a geo-linguistic drift, from North to South, through the volcanic fields of Tāmaki Makaurau.
The book and exhibition include photographs of mountains still to be seen and others that exist only via the photographs and words of those who felt a need to describe them at the time. These words and images come into play through the writings of geologists, Firth, Searle and Hayward, and through the influence of two small but notable publications, Auckland’s Unique Heritage: 63 wonderful volcanic cones and craters: an appeal to save them (1928) and Auckland Volcanic Cones: A Report on their Condition and a Plea for their Preservation (1957). Both volumes were attempts to preserve Auckland’s volcanic features at a time when they were being rapidly consumed by twentieth century demands.
VIEWSHAFT, the book, published by Rim Books, contains 37 photographs by Allan McDonald with an essay by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho. Design by Jonty Valentine. Signed and numbered in an edition of 200. Copies will be available at the book launch. Cash Sales only. $60.
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