03/08/2026
OPENING THIS WEDNESDAY
5 AUGUST 6–8PM
We are delighted to present solo exhibitions by J Davies, Ayman Kaake and Kyle Archie Knight opening this Wednesday, at MARS until September 5th.
J Davies’ Evolving explores q***r and trans existence, reimagining kinship and reshaping intimacy to create a space where care, pleasure, humour and joy can flourish. J’s photographs are housed within a constellation of pre-loved frames gathered from friends, whānau, op shops, and roadside discoveries. Ornate, sentimental, kitsch, elegant, and occasionally absurd, they arrive carrying their own histories. Together they create an installation that feels less like a gallery and more like a home.
Ayman Kaake’s, ‘Stone Will Remain Stones’ draws from lived experience within patriarchal systems across the SWANA region, examining the social, religious, and political forces that shape q***r existence. The works reflect on the pressures placed upon q***r bodies to perform socially sanctioned roles, where acceptance is often conditional and authenticity carries profound personal consequences.
Kyle Archie Knight’s second solo exhibition at MARS, ‘It Felt Like My Body Was a Weapon (I Couldn’t Help It)’, aims to examine the gay male gaze, while catering to it, performing it, and questioning it. The exhibition is a culmination of gay experience, particularly within gay internet culture, whereby salacious imagery is often mistakenly interpreted as a warrant for sexual advancement. Objects of lust, the act of cruising, and the tension between wanting to be desired, while not expressly handing it over are explored within the subsequent works.
Contact [email protected] for a copy of the exhibition catalogues. We hope to see you there!
