Dale Frank, Surely it is too much, you cannot see the drama, you cannot see past the smile in order to see the primary school teacher’s eyes that look to you full of morphines, while only seeing a turtle on its back., 2023. Pigment and easycast, epoxyglass, on perspex. 200 x 180cm. Courtesy: the artist and Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland.

Gow Langsford Gallery has built a reputation for bringing some of the finest art from Aotearoa to Sydney Contemporary. This year, the Auckland-based gallery will present new work by four of its represented artists: Grace Wright, Aiko Robinson, Chris Heaphy and Dale Frank.

In addition to this, a grouping of small works will be presented by sculptors including Virginia Leonard, Pablo Picasso, Tony Cragg, Paul Dibble and Lisa Roet. Perth-based Robinson is the most recent addition to the gallery’s roster of represented artists. Her work is playfully explicit, delicately balancing historic influences with a contemporary aesthetic. Sydney Contemporary will be Gow Langsford’s first significant showing of her nuanced and striking artwork.