Exactly forty years after first showing Stephen Bambury and Alberto Garcia-Alvarez, and with Alberto celebrating his 97th birthday during the exhibition, I am delighted that Trish Clark Gallery will present Judy Millar's curatorial view of the longstanding relationship between the three still-practising artists and their works, titled Three Angles.

Millar says: "Intersections. Points of meeting, exchange, divergence. There are people in our lives who seem bound to our own life travels. Drawn together by circumstance, interests, and an unspoken friendship arising from respect; we meet, go on our way and circle back together in a changed but shared commonality. Alberto Garcia-Alvarez arrived in Auckland from the United States in the early 1970’s as a Guest Lecturer at the Elam School of Fine Arts. Both Stephen and I had the fortune of encountering his lively presence and deep knowledge of artistic exploration, as students at the school. We both share a gratitude for his influence on us as a mentor and fellow artist. Four years ago, Alberto Garcia Alvarez, Stephen Bambury and I got together to compare notes and form an exhibition. In that instance Stephen took up the role of curator. Now four years later we are meeting again. This time Alberto’s work will encounter Stephen’s. I have assumed the role of curator and have taken up the job of selecting aspects of each artist’s extensive oeuvre to coexist with and confront the work of the other.