23 July – 5 August
Welcome to this fortnight's eNewsletter of Christchurch Art Gallery. A number of great events feature at the Gallery in the coming weeks. Visit on the weekend of 2nd and 3rd August to see a lively performance by The Queen City Big Band and to view the Sunday Cinema Classic film, La Dolce Vita. Also, don't miss Laurence Aberhart and Daniel Crooks: everywhere instantly, now on show at the Gallery.
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The double-opening of Daniel Crooks: everywhere instantly and Laurence Aberhart was celebrated on Thursday 17th July. Crooks' extraordinary 'timeslice' videos and Aberhart's slow-release photographs combine to create a 'time-travelling' season at the Gallery. Make sure you pay a visit in the coming weeks to view the unique works of these artists.
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Daniel Crooks: everywhere instantly
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Laurence Aberhart
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Weekend Events
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La Dolce Vita |
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Sat 2 August
1 pm, foyer, free
Enjoy a lively concert by this 17-piece band from Auckland as part of the Big Band Festival, playing a mixture of swing and jazz.
Sun 3 August
2 pm, 175 minutes, PG rated, free
Banned by the church in many countries, Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960) follows a society journalist through the nightmarish world in which emotions have been destroyed by surface realities, moral conventions and unresolved guilt.
Film generously provided by Alice in Videoland.
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Events held in the Philip Carter Family Auditorium unless otherwise stated
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Dr Te Huirangi Waikerepuru |
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Wed 23 July
6 pm, Sutton Gallery, free
One of Te Reo Māori's most persuasive and successful advocates, Dr Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, speaks about the role of Māori language in his life, and discusses his efforts to have Te Reo Māori recognised as taonga under the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Wed 23 July
7 pm, free
Contemporary artist, James Ormsby, in whose detailed works, motifs and imagery from Māori culture are firmly placed, will discuss his practice and specific works.
Please note change of event from visitor programme.
Wed 30 July
6 pm, free
The traditional wooden view camera is often still used by fine art photographers today. Local photographer Tony Gardiner discusses the beginnings of photography and demonstrates the printing process using the original salt bath technique discovered in the mid 1830s.
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Coming Soon
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Opens 9 August
Outstanding examples of printmaking by eight leading Australian artists, working with a variety of techniques. Highlights include energised woodcuts by John Nixon and confrontational etchings by Mike Parr, two of Australia's foremost contemporary artists, and Jenny Watson's evocative Bottled Memories series.
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John Nixon, Self Portrait (Purple), 1988. Woodcut. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery. Purchased 1990.
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Christchurch Art Gallery
Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch. Admission Free.
Open 10am to 5pm daily. Late night Wednesday until 9pm.
Email info@christchurchartgallery.org.nz
Tel (03) 941 7300, Fax (03) 941 7301
www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz
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