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Carolyn Milbank is an artist who develops ideas through a sculptural practice using a diverse range of media; resin, wax, plaster, wood, slip cast clay, fabric, paper, photography and drawing. We have a small selection of her resin and cast porcelain works here at the gallery now, such as Retreat pictured below.

This just in, new work by Tony Lane. Currently upstairs at the gallery we have two new pieces by Tony, they'll be appearing in the next instalment of The General Sales. We also have some work from Tony's show in March ‘We Must Inhabit This Place’. Tony is currently finishing up pieces for an exhibition in Spain, which we hope to preview here at Black Asterisk in August.

To celebrate this year's Auckland Festival of Photography Black Asterisk is staging a small photography exhibition in the main room. The works within The Natural Selection are connected through the theme of nature, with contributions from five photographers associated with the gallery. Tammy Williams' fearsome handprint 'Et Tu Brutus?' is shown below.

Jim Gaunt’s paintings are made up of collection of narrative elements taken from his own experience, or as he terms it ‘looking out on the world from Franklin Road’.