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Opening Tuesday next week (6/10) is a painting and poetry exhibition 'Theory of Everything' by 2026 Writing resident @annekewestraa_ and poet @jrtmccarthy
Come and celebrate this exciting exhibition and keep your eyes peeled as we will be announcing an exciting event to accompany!
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Theory of Memory brings together new poems by Jackson McCarthy and new paintings by Anneke Westra. The built environment of the city brushes up against the organic form of the body, and the discord between perception and reality, fantasy and memory, is encircled but never resolved. Less like a poem with illustrations or paintings with ekphrasis, these are two individual streams of making — but with common tributaries, seeping into one eventual room.
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Anneke Westra is a visual artist currently working out of Meanwhile Gallery as a resident art writer. Her visual practice is driven by an interest in intangible phenomena and memories, and an urgent culmination of that interest with ecological realities and thought. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literatures and Art History, and works as a bookseller in central Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

Jackson McCarthy is a poet based in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. He is of Lebanese, Māori, and Pākehā descent. His poetry has been published widely in Aotearoa literary journals, including Landfall Tauraka, Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems, The Spinoff, Starling, and Sweet Mammalian. His first book, Portrait, is out now with Auckland University Press.
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Poster designed by the fabulous @elakalman.art taken in MEANWHILE by @meanwhile_gallery

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20 days ago

Mainly thinking about caves by @meanwhile_gallery

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21 days ago

reminiscing on Vespertine lately,, i offer this up 2 u

‘dusting’
oil and charcoal on unstretched canvas with grommets and tī kōuka cordage. 505 x 395mm. 2026

For @play_station.space in April
📷 @be.li.n.da by @meanwhile_gallery

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3 months ago

Took my greebles for a walk & discovered their matching tendancies by @meanwhile_gallery

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4 months ago

Creation of Adam by @meanwhile_gallery

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5 months ago

Anneke Westra features in our current group exhibition Vespertine.

Anneke Westra is a visual artist and writer based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara currently working out of Meanwhile. Her interests lie in intangible watery phenomena and the architectural shape of memory, and she is curious about how to entangle her practice with ecological
realities and eco-feminist thought. She primarily works with oil and charcoal, and enjoys playing with binaries of translucency and redactive negative spaces to ephemeral, atmospheric effect.

Image 1) Anneke Westra, daylighting, oil and charcoal on stretched canvas. 450 x 600mm. 2026

Image 2) Anneke Westra, mother skein, charcoal on unstretched canvas with grommets and tī kōuka
cordage. 680 x 960mm. 2026

Image 3) Anneke Westra, dusting, oil and charcoal on unstretched canvas with grommets and tī kōuka cordage. 505 x 395mm. 2026

Photography by @be.li.n.da by @meanwhile_gallery

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6 months ago

Ōtautahi with lover last month & lyall bay many nights ago.. by @meanwhile_gallery

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8 months ago

Bye by @meanwhile_gallery

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8 months ago

Some beautiful works featured in 'The Tipping / Of An Object' by Anneke Westra. Be sure to pop by the gallery this week to see the rest!

This exhibition continues until Sunday 6 July. Gallery open 11-2PM Weekdays / 11-4PM Weekends.

DM or email us to enquire (meanwhile.wgtn@gmail.com)

Paintings @annekewestraa
Photos @emily.jane.scott
Curation @twigsandsuch @graceblla by @meanwhile_gallery

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Some piccies from opening night of The Tipping / Of An Object on Tuesday 💌 photos by the magnificent @emily.jane.scott ,,, thank u everyone for cominggg & making it such a special evening. Huge grateful emotions to the whole team @meanwhile_gallery and to @wiggle.wiggle.inc for endless inspiration & giggles. More 2 come 🦆 taken in MEANWHILE by @meanwhile_gallery

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a year ago

me & Ela celebrating Cal’s 23rd birthday on Saturday night !! I ❤️ u guys by @meanwhile_gallery

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a year ago

on tour #naarm #livepost by @meanwhile_gallery

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2 years ago