Rack 17A, Rack 22A, Rack 26A presents artworks from The Arts House Trust Collection at the Morrinsville Gallery.

Rack 17A, Rack 22A, Rack 26A presents artworks from The Arts House Trust Collection, taken directly from these racks in the storeroom at Auckland’s Pah Homestead. The three racks were chosen to highlight the breadth of the collection. Senior well-known artists are included, along with those who are (or were) mid-career or emerging.

The artworks in the collection are not stored in a particular order on the racks. They were placed as space allowed and their location is then recorded in the Trust’s database. The works in Rack 17A, Rack 22A, Rack 26A are displayed in a similarly jumbled manner. This sense of ‘disorder’ often forms part of our daily lived and online experience. We may encounter many things simultaneously like images appearing from all directions. It can be a jarring experience. But over-saturation can result from actions we make and be positive and personal. Our consumption of music is such an instance. In times past we made mix tapes, set our iPods on shuffle and now we have streaming services such as Spotify.