Facing Time: 50 Years, National Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 2023, installation view. Courtesy: the artists and NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns.

The exhibition will be anchored by an iteration of, Facing Time: Portraits of Geoff by Euan Macleod – an allegory on isolation, loss, technology and most importantly friendship created during the Covid-19 lockdown.

These works are taken from an ongoing series of portraits (currently 320 and counting) which depict artists and friends Macleod and Geoff Dixon’s daily communication on FaceTime, a godsend for so many isolated by the onset of the pandemic.

Facing Time: 50 Years will be complemented by other portraits by Macleod, as well as recent works by Dixon, representing their connection and friendship, transcending time and place.

Opening Event: Friday 2 February, 3.30 -7.30pm,  with Artists Talks Saturday 3 February, 10am – 12pm.