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Saskia Bunce-Rath, I turn him into shadows, 2018, Embroidery thread on calico fabric (framed), 195 X 140 mm

Bunce-Rath Tapestries

CITY ART DEPOT

Christchurch

 

Saskia Bunce-Rath
I am near the forest, but never in it

 

4 September - 24 September 2018

Compellingly intimate

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Suspended from ceiling: Bing Dawe, Downstream under Aoraki -- Tuna with Barrier, 2018

Mid-Canterbury Water Issues

ASHBURTON ART GALLERY

Ashburton

 

Thirteen invited artists
The Water Project

 

12 April - 22 June 2018

Thirteen artists comment

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Peter Robinson, Fieldwork, 2018, Artist’s studio materials, including wood, wire, paper, metal, nails and magnets.  Courtesy of Peter Robinson, CoCA and Daniela Aebli

Robinson’s Fieldwork

CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOI MOROKI

Christchurch

 

Peter Robinson
Fieldwork

 

3 March - 13 May 2018

Latest architectural explorations


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Martin Poppelwell, Jerusalem III, 2018, paint on linen, 2000 mm x 1750 mm

Poppelwell in Christchurch

THE CENTRAL

Christchurch

 

Martin Poppelwell
 EFG

 

1 February - 4 March, 2018

First South Island show

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Your Hotel Brain, installation image, courtesy of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.

It Was Twenty Years Ago Today….

CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY TE PUNA O WAIWHETU

Christchurch

 

Group exhibition
Your Hotel Brain


13 May 2017 - 8 July 2018

‘Pencil-case school’ revisited?

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Tony de Lautour, Modern Letters 7, 2017, oil & acrylic on canvas, 2500 x 1900 mm, courtesy of the artist and Nadene Milne Gallery

De Lautour at Milne

NADENE MILNE GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Tony de Lautour
Letters of Intent

 

23 September - 14 October

 

Larger ‘letters’ now


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Aaron Beehre and Jon Campbell, Afternoon Delight, 2017, wall painting, canvas and musical performance at Ilam Campus Gallery

Jon Campbell Installation and Book

ILAM CAMPUS GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Jon Campbell
Afternoon Delight

 

13 September - 5 October 2017,

Exploiting text, letter-shape and colour

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Michael Parekowhai, Chapman's Homer, 2011. Bronze, stainless steel. Courtesy of the artist and Michael Lett Gallery

Five “Significant” Works For Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY TE PUNA O WAIWHETU

Five “Significant” Works of Art over Five years.

Looking at their selection and fundraising

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Riff Raff, Fffuture Fffocused Art Prize (exhibition entrance), 2017. Image: Daegan Wells.

Walters Prize Send Up

THE PHYSICS ROOM

Christchurch

 

Riff Raff
Fffuture Fffocused Art Prize

 

17 June - 16 July 2017

Riff Raff in Christchurch


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Don Peebles, Relief construction: yellow and black, 1966. Painted wood on panel. Collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1966

Don Peebles’ Constructions

CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY TE PUNA O WAIWHETU

Christchurch

 

Don Peebles
Don Peebles: Relief Constructions

 

8 April - 3 September 2017

A developmental phase?

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Moss and Drayton at The Physics Room

THE PHYSICS ROOM

Christchurch

 

Reuben Moss,
Monuments and Other Reminders

 

30 March - 30 April 2017

A survey in a refitted space

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The Social, Mayfield Residence.  Hana Aoake, Lucy Matthews, Sandrine Castel and Audrey Baldwin

Op Shop Paradise

ASHBURTON ART GALLERY

Ashburton Art Gallery

 

The Social 
Mayfield Residence

 


26 February- 19 March 2017

The Social in Ashburton


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Kirstin Carlin, Through the Trees (One), 2016, oil on board, 380 x 300mm.  Courtesy of the artist and Melanie Roger Gallery

Carlin and Hodgkins

DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY

Dunedin

 

Kirstin Carlin and Frances Hodgkins
Through the Trees

 

30 September 2016 - 22 January 2017

Paintings about paintings

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Staff install John Gibb’s Clearing up after rain, foot of Otira Gorge, 1887, oil on canvas. Purchased, 1964. Photograph by John Collie, Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetu

The Build Up to Today’s CAG Opening

EyeContact Essay #12

Looking at its promotion

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Dan Nash, Whether10we.3want1it0or5no… installation view. Photo: Daegen Wells

Te Kani, Webby and Nash in Christchurch

NORTH PROJECTS

Christchurch

 

Samuel Te Kani, Timothy Webby / Dan Nash
Fire in a Fennel Stalk / Whether1Owe.3want1it0or5no...

 

20 November - 6 December 2015

Two Riggir–curated shows


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Megan Jenkinson's Other Spaces as installed at Jonathan Smart Gallery.

Extending the Gallery Space

JONATHAN SMART GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Megan Jenkinson
Other Space

 

6 November - 28 November, 2015

Photographs as windows or doorways

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Antony Gormley, STAY, 2015.  Commissioned by the Christchurch City Council Public Art Advisory Group. Photo by Bridgit Anderson.

SCAPE 8 in Christchurch

SCAPE 8

Christchurch’s public art walkway



Atkins, Gormley, Jack, Kidd, Millar, Pohio, Rhodes

New Intimacies 

 

3 October - 15 November 2015.

Assessing its outcomes

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Brown Council, This is Barbara Cleveland, 2013, single channel HD video, sound (16:42). Photo: Daegan Wells

Performance and Documentation

THE PHYSICS ROOM

Christchurch

 

Brown Council, Emma Fitts, Alex Martinis Roe, and Newspaper Reading Club
Embodying the Archive

5 September - 10 October 2015

The difficult relationship between the two


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Simon Morris, Black Water Colour Painting 2015, Photograph by Mitchell Bright

Simon Morris’ Wrap Around Painting Installation

ILAM CAMPUS GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Simon Morris
Black Water Colour Painting 2015

 

2 June - 25 June 2015

Immersive and intimate

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Hill and Pedraglio in Christchurch

THE PHYSICS ROOM

Christchurch

 

Christopher L. G. Hill & Francesco Pedraglio
Hardboiled city


13 June - 18 July 2015

Installation and film converse

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Mark Braunias' Anti-Groovy at Jonathan Smart Gallery

Braunias Friezes (on Paper and Wall) in Christchurch

JONATHAN SMART GALLERY

Christchurch

 

Mark Braunias
 Anti-Groovy

 

12 May - 30 May 2015

Intoxicating lunacy