Head 2 Head comprises the huge, full-on, full face bold portraiture of Martin Ball. Featuring artists and friends, the bigger than lifesize images of Stanley Palmer, Dick Frizzell, and Max Gimblett are hung alongside Neil Finn, with a really amazing portrait of Ralph Hotere dominant.
Mary McIntyre, now 80 displays what is essentially her first retrospective exhibition with her quirky, satirical and ironic images and her eye for the absurd - Peter McLeavey, dressed as a nun; Hamish Keith as The Incredible Hulk; and her self- portraits as 6 Pale Nuns, and as Muscleman and Watties Fruit Salad. She too has painted a number of artist friends. It's a lively, lovely exhibition with lots of talking points.
Curated by Richard Wolfe