Tyne Gordon
Desert Rose
13 Jun — 02 Aug
Research image for Desert Rose, Hocken Collections - Uare Taoka o Hākena MS-3821/3537
Tyne Gordon
Desert Rose
Mihi whakatau and opening: Friday 12 June at 5.30pm
Exhibition period: 13 June–2 August 2026
Desert Rose is a solo exhibition by Tyne Gordon that has developed from research into disused municipal buildings. Through patterns, objects and narratives contained in sites like racecourses and hospitals, Gordon produces new surfaces that reveal the social values embedded in such places. Following architectural and material cues, Desert Rose alters the gallery as speculation on the psychic afterlife of civic infrastructure.
This exhibition will be accompanied by a new three-part sonic composition by Maxine Funke, At Hilltop House.
Tyne Gordon is an artist living in Ōtautahi. She graduated with a BFA (Honours) from Ilam School of Fine Arts, Canterbury University in 2015. Recent exhibitions include Spring Time is Heart-break: Contemporary Art in Aotearoa (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2023-24); Silo (Jonathan Smart Gallery, 2023), Sourdust (Jhana Millers Gallery, 2022) and Visitor (CoCA Toi Moroki, 2019). Tyne was the recipient of the Olivia Spencer Bower residency in 2018.
Maxine Funke is a minimal folk/experimental artist. She spends most of her life working as a security guard in Ōtepoti. When she has spare time she writes and records albums, a project spanning over twenty years. She has four cats and is chipping away at a degree in theology. She has released albums on Naarm labels Brierfield Flood Press and A Colourful Storm as well as Disciples and World of Echo abroad.