GALLERY HIGHLIGHTS: 14 - 27 OCTOBER
This Friday marks the start of Beca
Heritage Week 2009. Titled Doves and Defences it explores
how Christchurch has been shaped by peace and conflict. At the
Gallery we're marking the week with a series of great films and
talks exploring the theme.
This weekend is also your last
change to peek inside the weird inner workings of Ronnie van Hout's
mind. Be sure to visit the Gallery before 18 October, as we're now
into the final days of his popular and quirky exhibition
Ronnie van Hout: Who goes there.
Need a little help to remember
those dates? The Friends of Christchurch Art Gallery's 2010 calendar is now available, featuring
artists including Olivia Spencer Bower, Sir Toss Woollaston, Bill
Hammond and Tony de Lautour. It may not help with this fortnight's
engagements, but at just $20 it's the perfect Christmas gift!
8.30am / Alchemy / Friends $20
/ public $30 / book by 14 October
Auckland artist Fiona Jack
discusses the mural she painted on the Gallery's carpark bunker – a
colourful response to views on politics and protest from Gallery
visitors.
2pm / Philip Carter Family
Auditorium / contains graphic images / free
Directed by Zoe Roland, From
Memory explores the reality of jungle warfare from the
perspective of New Zealand's Vietnam veterans. Film footage, stills
and interviews are woven together to give an evocative and candid
account of the conflict.
From Memory has screened
at international film festivals in the Netherlands, Germany, New
Zealand and the United States. In 2002 it was a finalist at the New
Zealand Media Peace Awards.
3pm / Philip Carter Family
Auditorium / free
Auckland artist Fiona Jack
discusses the significance and history of war memorial halls, as
well as their function and status today.
In association with the
Historic Places Trust
10.30am / Philip Carter Family
Auditorium / Friends $3 / public $6 / students with ID free / tea
and coffee in Alchemy from 10am: $4
The role of the New Zealand
Historic Places Trust is discussed by Southern Regional Manager
Malcolm Duff.
6pm / Philip Carter Family
Auditorium / free
Archival film clips from 1900 to
the 1970s portraying the experience of New Zealanders at war. This
rare footage is presented in collaboration with the New Zealand
Broadcasting Service mobile unit, which recorded thousands of
greetings from soldiers and nurses overseas – later broadcast at
home.
Sourced from the New Zealand Film
Archive and Radio New Zealand Sound Archives.
Sponsored by The Press
12.30pm / foyer / free
Hear original big band works by
Doug Caldwell and Stu Buchanan, icons of New Zealand's jazz
scene.
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
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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 |
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 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 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
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Installation view:
et al.: that's obvious! that's right! that's
true! July 2009
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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
Projects | 
