Event Highlights: 21 January – 3 February
Welcome to Christchurch Art Gallery's eNewsletter. This fortnight we have some rare treats to offer, including a presentation by renowned collector John Perry and the opportunity to see some of the weird, wonderful and curious collections held behind the scenes at the Canterbury Museum. Both of these events tie in with our popular Wunderbox exhibition, which, along with Fiona Hall: Force Field and Te Huringa / Turning Points, is now entering its final weeks. Make sure you see it while you can!
Tues 27 January
6pm, Bird Hall, Canterbury Museum, free
A rare opportunity to see some of the weird, wonderful and curious collections held behind the scenes at the Museum. Presented by Sarah Whitehead, curator of Canterbury Social History, this talk ties in with Christchurch Art Gallery's Wunderbox exhibition.
Last chance to see
Until 15 February 2009
Wunderbox brings together secretive spaces, model worlds and eccentric collections from some of New Zealand's best-known contemporary artists, including Judy Darragh, Andrew Drummond, Bill Hammond, Neil Pardington, Francis Upritchard, Terry Urbahn and Ronnie van Hout.
Russell Clark Hokianga Crossroads 1954. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Fletcher Trust Collection
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Pākehā Colonisation and Māori Empowerment
Until 15 February 2009
An exhibition of paintings from the collections of the Fletcher Trust and Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui, Te Huringa / Turning Points charts a journey from early European contact and colonisation through to work by present-day New Zealand artists reflecting contemporary concerns.
Until 15 February 2009
Renowned Australian artist Fiona Hall explores the intersection of nature and culture, transforming ordinary objects such as sardine tins, videotapes and paper money into complex and evocative works of art. This spectacular survey includes works from the 1970s through to new works created especially for the exhibition.
Exhibition organised and toured by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia and City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand.
Until 8 March 2009
This exhibition presents new work by six emerging New Zealand artists. These recent graduates unravel conventions and show us new aspects of contemporary art practice.
Generously supported by Coffey Projects.
Eileen Mayo White Heron 1976. Gouache and coloured pencil. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, purchased 2005. Reproduced courtesy of Dr Jillian Cassidy
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Until October 2009
Keeping younger audiences in mind, and including a number of new works by contemporary artists, White on White is an exhibition brimming with the imaginative possibilities of white.
Generously supported by Chartwell Trust.
Some of the objects in John Perry’s suitcase of wonders
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Wed 21 January
6pm, Philip Carter Family Auditorium, free
Renowned collector John Perry from the Regent Theatre in Helensville, opens his suitcase of wonders and talks about his lifelong experience of collecting.
Sponsored by The Press.
Wed 28 January
5.15pm, meet at the front desk, free
Shredded American banknotes are tenderly reconstituted as birds' nests. Nicci Best charts the overlapping territories of power, politics and the environment in Hall's work.
Fiona Hall When my boat comes in (detail) 2002. Gouache on banknotes. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
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Wed 28 January
6pm, Philip Carter Family Auditorium, free
Banknotes are the most handled texts of any society. Fiona Hall uses money in her artwork to create new and often provocative narratives. Professor Lydia Wevers, director of the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University, takes a closer look at what we display on our money and wonders if this says something about the society in which we live.
Sponsored by The Press.
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