Event
Highlights: 13 – 26 May
Welcome to Christchurch Art Gallery's
eNewsletter. This fortnight's film screenings include two more
works by Polish artist and filmmaker Lech Majewski
and Lovely Rita: A Painter's Life directed by Gaylene
Preston. Don’t forget to check out two of our exhibitions in their
last days Subjects to hand: Joanna Margaret Paul
Drawing and JS.02.03: "The Hedge".
Don't
Miss...
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Peter Harrison Photograph of Joanna
Margaret Paul 2003.
Photograph.
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Until 17 May
This exhibition examines the
artist's drawings in depth, demonstrating her exquisite graphic
touch and ardent observation of the visual world.
Exhibition developed by Mahara
Gallery Waikanae in association with the Joanna Margaret Paul Family
Trust. Toured by Exhibition Services Ltd.
Until 17 May
This intriguing projection of
stylised leaves by Christchurch artists Hannah and Aaron Beehre
responds to voice or footsteps by falling in unexpected
patterns.
Until 14 June
Celebrating the achievements of
leading New Zealand architect Sir Miles Warren, this exhibition
reveals his contribution to modernist architecture and his success
as a watercolourist and gardener.
Major supporters: The Warren
Trust; Pyne Gould Corporation; Luneys
Exhibition supporters: HOME
NZ Magazine; Warren and Mahoney; University of Canterbury; Vbase;
Holmes Consulting; Winegrowers of ARA
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Rita Angus A Goddess of
Mercy 1945-47. Oil on canvas on board. Collection of
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, purchased 1957.
Reproduced courtesy of the Rita Angus
Estate
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Until 5 July
Rita Angus is widely regarded as
one of the leading New Zealand artists of the twentieth century.
Rita Angus: Life & Vision features 143 works drawn from public
and private collections throughout New Zealand. The exhibition
reveals the full scope of Angus's work throughout her career.
Developed and toured by: Te
Papa; Principal touring partner: Pelorus Trust; Major sponsor:
Singapore Airlines; Christchurch exhibition: Generously supported by
Gabrielle Tasman, University of Canterbury Foundation, Winegrowers
of ARA
Until 26 July
Nature's Own Voice
focuses on plein-air painters – artists who work outdoors
in an attempt to record the varying effects of differing light and
weather conditions through direct observation.
Until October
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
6pm, free
Peter Shaw, art writer and curator
of the Fletcher Trust Collection, explores Rita Angus's powerful
pacifist convictions, her isolated position as a conscientious
objector, and the ways in which this influenced her art.
Sponsored by The Press
5.30pm, 90 mins, entry by
koha
An autobiographical film opera with
music, libretto and direction by Lech Majewski. Within their
apartment, a father, mother and son bear the dulling yoke of an
ordinary urban life. His mind and heart borne aloft by the cycle of
the seasons and the images and music within him, the son transforms
his cloistered existence into a richly poetic, emotional utopia.
Directed by Lech
Majewski
8.30am, Alchemy, Friends $20,
public $30, book by 14 May
Breakfast and talk about
Nature's Own Voice with curator Peter Vangioni and
a guest artist.
Organised by the Friends of
Christchurch Art Gallery
10.30am, Friends $2, public $5,
tea and coffee in Alchemy from 10am: $3
The Press arts editor Christopher
Moore. Has your newspaper's arts section been hijacked by the public
relations companies and seduced by the curatorial mafia?
Organised by the Friends of
Christchurch Art Gallery
6pm, free
Rita Angus stood uncompromisingly
alone among those in her generation. This film, directed by Gaylene
Preston, tells Rita Angus's story – a life previously surrounded by
secrecy.
Sponsored by The Press
5.30pm, 90 mins, entry by
koha
A feature about Rafa3 Wojaczek – a
rebellious poet who died prematurely. Fuelled by his
self-destructive life, his poetry made a lasting impression on
generations of Poles.
Directed by Lech
Majewski
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Soon
10 am – 7 pm
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