GALLERY HIGHLIGHTS: 22 JULY - 4 AUGUST
Always wanted to write a short
story? Now is your chance to have a go, with our one-day short story
competition on 2 August. Great prizes up for grabs.
The upstairs collection galleries
will be closing soon to prepare for a brand new look. Don't miss the
opportunity to see the city's impressive art collection before the
doors close on 26 July. While closed, a fresh new hang entitled
Brought to Light will be created within reconfigured spaces
- all of which will be revealed in November.
During the re-hang, there is still
plenty to see, including two new high-profile exhibitions that open
this week: Séraphine Pick and et al. that's
obvious! that's right! that's true!
6pm / 50 mins / free
A stimulating look at works held by
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Sponsored by The Press
8.30am / Alchemy / Friends $20
/ public $30 / book by 22 July
Following breakfast in Alchemy,
Séraphine Pick leads a tour through her exhibition.
1pm / meet in the foyer /
free
Join Séraphine Pick for an
artist-led floortalk of her self-titled exhibition.
6pm / free
Ruakere Hond (Taranaki, Ngāti
Ruanui, Te Ati Awa) reflects on Māori language as the living,
natural language of New Zealand. Part of Māori Language Week Te Wiki
o Te Reo Māori.
9.30am - 4.30pm / free
Judged by Kate De Goldi, Gavin
Bishop and Sally Blundell, this story-writing competition is open to
two age-groups: 13-17 years and 18+ years. Winners announced on
Wednesday 19 August.
For more information click
here or tel: (03) 941 7342
23 July - 22 November
The collective et al. has exhibited
widely both nationally and internationally to great acclaim. This
exhibition continues their exploration of 'superfiction' by
combining words, industrial furniture and video projections to
create artworks that mirror political structures.
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Séraphine Pick
Untitled (Blue) 1999-2006. Oil on canvas.
Private collection, Wellington. Reproduced courtesy of the
artist |
23 July - 22 November
Séraphine Pick's original and
imaginative practice has made her one of New Zealand's most highly
regarded painters. From the spectral dresses, leaky baths and
teetering suitcases of the 1990s to the psychologically charged
dreamscapes of more recent years, this large-scale survey will bring
together more than a hundred works made between 1994 and 2009.
Until 26 July
Nigerian sculptures meet paintings
by 1950s and 1960s New Zealand modernists. Ron O'Reilly -
Christchurch city librarian from 1951 to 1968 - is recognised as a
significant champion of the arts.
Proudly supported by
Christchurch City Libraries as it celebrates 150 years
Until 18 October
Well-known for his funny and
haunting variations on the self-portrait, Ronnie van Hout's brand of
absurdist sculpture unfolds here in a twisting journey past failed
robots, doll-sized portraits of the artist, shadowy rooms of memory
and something strange from Antarctica.
Until 26 July
An exhibition of plein-air
painters - artists who work outdoors in an attempt to record the
varying effects of differing light and weather conditions through
direct observation.
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Gary Hill Wall
Piece 2000. Single-channel video/sound installation.
Video projector, strobe light and strobe controller with steel
floor mount, two speakers, one DVD player and one DVD (colour;
stereo sound). Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Donald
Young Gallery, Chicago |
Until 23 August
Gary Hill is world-renowned for his
bold experiments with moving images. In this exhibition he explores
the paradoxes and difficulties of the human attempt to communicate.
The best known of the works on show, Wall Piece is a
high-impact fusion of light, language and body language.
Presented with support from The
Arts Centre, Christchurch, in association with the St Paul St
Gallery, Auckland
Until 14 November
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
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