Things are, they do not happen

Adrienne Martyn, Sam Norton

Curated by Jess Clifford

Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Gate 3, Kelburn Parade, Wellington

12 April – 15 June 2025

Part of Focus on Photography

Adrienne Martyn, Nick, Auckland, 1987

Sam Norton, Untitled from the series ‘As Long as Someone’s Watching’, 2025

This exhibition presents the work of Adrienne Martyn and Sam Norton, two artists of different generations who draw on the conventions of photography to both order and destabilise the representation of subjective experience. Through their lens, the portrait becomes a site of negotiation, of enclosure as well as resistance. Exploring the tension between what is immutable and what extends beyond the frame, their works sit at the boundary of the camera’s momentary precision and the continuous flow of lived experience.