A review by John Hurrell, 14 October 2016, of Four Large Paintings; an exhibition by Alberto Garcia-Alvarez held at Tim Melville Gallery 27 September – 22 October 2016.

Eva Radich interviews Alberto Garcia-Alvarez on the occasion of his exhibition at City Gallery Wellington; Upbeat – Radio NZ, at 12:15 pm on 2 April 2015.

The T-shape, cross formation here is ubiquitous, sometimes with spiderlike radiating rods, or hanging clusters of parallel strips. As twisting or emerging beams, or swinging bars, they have a latent energy that usually restlessly rotates around a static centre – a fixed core. As activating (traversing) vectors in space they are energised by a thin organic paint application, and by the work’s negative spaces and shadows on the wall.

Tim Melville is pleased to present The Crossings; an exhibition of rediscovered artworks from as early as the 1970s alongside a suite of dazzling new paintings from 2014.

ln the first of a new artist mentor series, Linda Tyler talks to Alberto Garcia-Alvarez and the students – among them Judy Millar and Stephen Bambury – who were so profoundly influenced by his intellectual rigour, philosophical curiosity and commitment to living the life of an artist in a culture more steeped in rugby than art.

Leonhard Emmerling interviews Alberto Garcia-Alvarez about his practice, in a panel discussion in which P.Mule and Judy Milar also participated; 7 August 2009.

Exhibition at St Paul Street Gallery by Alberto Garcia-Alvarez; curated by Leonard Emmerling and Alan Joy; 16 July – 11 August 2009