Exhibitions Archive 1999
Pauline
Rhodes In-between
3 December 1999 - 16 January 2000
McDougall Contemporary Art Annex
Rhodes' work is perceptual and experimental, often involving materials
that reveal the weathering of the years to indicate the passing
of time. This installation has been created specifically for the
Annex space.
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Sculpture
in the Gardens
7 December 1999 - 5 April 2000
A collaboration between the Botanic Gardens and the Robert McDougall
Art Gallery, this event was initiated to celebrate the diversity
of New Zealand sculptural practice. The three artists chosen to
participate in this year's exhibition, Stuart Griffiths, Paul Cullen
and Fiona Gunn, have created works which play on and reveal the
environmental, spatial and historical resonances of their chosen
garden sites.
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Kaz
- The Photography of Frank Kazukaitis 1942-1998
12 November 1999 - 28 January 2000
133 documentary photographs, in colour and black and white, by a
US Naval photographer now resident in New Zealand. The exhibition
includes images from China, Turkey, Russia, Italy, Spain, Egypt,
United States, Antarctica and New Zealand, with an emphasis on the
photographer's coverage of the Korean War.
Forever
Buck Nin
15 October - 28 November 1999
McDougall Contemporary Art Annex
A major retrospective exhibition celebrates the life and work of
Dr Buck Nin, an artist and teacher, and a committed advocate for
contemporary Maori Art. Nin died in 1996.
The
Best of the Montana New Zealand Wearable Art Awards
19 November 1999 - 27 February 2000
A unique exhibition features the best of the incredible creations
from the Montana New Zealand Wearable Art Awards since its inception
- a multimedia extravaganza of sound and light. Admission charge
applies.
Heaven
and Blood - Alan Pearson
24 August - 31 October 1999
This is the first major retrospective of Pearson's work and presents
a powerful selection of figurative paintings and drawings produced
over the past three decades
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Luise
Fong - Universe
3 September - 10 October 1999
McDougall Contemporary Art Annex
Fong specialises in elegant and enigmatic abstract paintings which
often suggest the organic, or traces of a human presence.
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On the Move
27 August - 24 October 1999
This exhibition features artworks by Primary and Intermediate children
from the Christchurch area, responding through painting, drawing
or construction, to the theme On the Move.
Bing
Dawe - Acts of Enquiry
4 June - 8 August 1999
Survey exhibition of work by Canterbury sculptor supported by a
selection of prints and drawings.
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Edwyn
Temple: Artist
15 April - 13 June 1999
Forgotten Canterbury Landscape Artist rediscovered.
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Hiko!
New Energies in Maori Art
28 May - 18 July 1999
A group exhibition featuring seven emerging Maori artists from Christchurch and around
New Zealand.
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Cranleigh
Barton Drawing Award
29 June - 8 August 1999
Artists from around the country were recently invited to submit
drawings (in any graphic medium on paper no larger than A1 size)
for the biennial Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award.
Peter
Robinson - Installation
23 July - 29 August 1999
German-based artist Peter Robinson returns to Christchurch to create
a new work which will convey a sense of dislocation and alienation,
featuring imagery drawn from diverse sources.
McDougall Contemporary Art Annex
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Recent
Acquisitions Exhibition
2 July - 1 August 1999
Showcasing a selection of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery's recent
acquisitions, this exhibition includes work by some of New Zealand's
most prominent contemporary artists in a variety of media.
Durer
and German Renaissance Printmaking
19 March - 16 May 1999
Exhibition of famous German printmakers comes exclusively to Christchurch.
Gruesome
3 April - 23 May 1999
An exhibition curated by Warren Feeney in association with the Robert McDougall Art
Gallery, Gruesome! explores the dynamics of high and low art through the impact of the
comic book on the world of fine art. Artists include Dick Frizzell, Violet Faigan, Mark Braunias, Tom Kreisler, Paul Radford, Tony de Lautour, Nicola Jackson, James Robinson, Jimmy Cooper, Saskia Leek, Peter Robinson, Bill Hammond, Jason Greig and Gavin Chilcott
McDougall Contemporary Art Annex
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Goldie
December 12th 1998 - March 7th 1999
An Auckland Art Gallery Toi Tamaki touring exhibition
Tsui
Life in the Emperor's Tomb
The T.T.Tsui collection of Chinese Art in the National Gallery of
Australia
4 February - 5 April 1999
Driftnet
4 December 1998 - 31 January 1999
Works by Australian artist Judy Watson
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