EVENT
HIGHLIGHTS: 16 - 29 SEPTEMBER
The Body Festival starts this
fortnight so put on your dancing shoes and come to the Gallery for a range
of dance workshops. Plenty of different styles means there's
something for everyone! Find
out more.
Be sure to check out the latest
addition to the Gallery's foyer Sean Kerr's Digitus
Impudicus is a
bright-pink inflatable finger that rises to a height of seven metres
and regularly deflates as people walk by. This monumentally cheeky
gesture will occupy the foyer until the end of October.
Win a copy of the Gallery's new
publication Séraphine Pick by completing an online
survey about our website. Be in quick as it closes 22 September. Find
out more.
10.30am / Friends $3 / public
$6 / students with ID free / tea and coffee in Alchemy from 10am:
$4
Curator Terri Elder delves into the
unusual stories behind the development of the University of
Canterbury's art collection.
6pm / free
Directed by Stuart Page, this film
tells the story of Jewish-American photographer Larence Shustak - a
larger-than-life character who relocated to New Zealand in the
1970s. Winner of Best New Zealand Feature Documentary and Best
Emerging New Zealand Filmmaker at DOCNZ 2009.
Screened in conjunction with the
Larence Shustak exhibition at SOFA Gallery until 3
October.
Sponsored by The
Press
7pm / refreshments provided /
foyer / free
Live performances, poetry readings
and music feature in this showcase of arts projects funded by
Creative New Zealand, Creative Communities and Christchurch
Community Arts Council.
6pm / free
How to extend the life-expectancy
of family heritage or art collection images is revealed by Mark
Strange, senior conservator of photographs at the Alexander Turnbull
Library, National Library of New Zealand.
Sponsored by The Press
Hip Hop: 10.30am - 12 noon /
Locking: 12.15 - 1.45pm / Breakdance: 2 - 3.30pm / foyer / entry by
koha
Three different styles with one of
the city's leading urban dance tutors.
10.30am - 12 noon / foyer /
entry by koha
With more than 15 years of rock 'n'
roll dancing experience behind them, tutors Callum and Samantha
Butcher will teach you the basic six steps plus a few simple
moves.
12.15 - 1.45pm / foyer / entry
by koha
Ceroc® partner dancing is great for
any occasion - from nightclubs to weddings. This beginners' workshop is suitable for
all ages.
2 - 3.30pm / foyer / entry by
koha
Join Hepcat Swing to learn the
1920s-based, high-energy Charleston.
Until 18 October
Best 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.
William A. Sutton and
Ravenscar Galleries
Exhibition Supporter:
ImageLab
Until 15 November
In late November, a new exhibition
featuring hundreds of works from the Gallery's collection will go on
show in refreshed and reshaped galleries. In the meantime, keep in touch with
some favourites in Gembox, a show of ten gems
from the collection.
Read more about the new collection
exhibition Brought
to Light or visit the blog.
Tait Electronics
Gallery
Until 15 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.
Burdon Family
Gallery
Generously supported by
Chartwell Trust
Until 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 brings
together more than a hundred works made between 1994 and 2009.
Touring A, C and Borg
Henry Galleries
Touring Sponsor: Ernst &
Young
Until 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 works of art that mirror political structures.
Touring Gallery
B
Until 29 November
Strange dreams, imaginary
landscapes, celestial structures and the outside world are themes
central to the practices of these nine contemporary New Zealand
artists. Exploring new
directions in contemporary painting techniques, the exhibition
shimmers with colour and form and explores the potential for art to
transport us to other realms.
Monica Richards
Gallery
Exhibition Support: Coffey
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