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.