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Exhibitions Archive 2007

Toi Maori: The Eternal Thread

Toi Maori: The Eternal Thread
16 February - 27 May 2007
William A. Sutton and Ravenscar Galleries

The Gallery is privileged to host the homecoming of this major international touring exhibition celebrating the changing art of Maori weaving, featuring traditional and contemporary work by more than forty leading Maori weavers.
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Reboot

Reboot: The Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection
17 March - 1 July 2007
Touring Exhibition A, C & Borg Henry Galleries
An energetic multimedia exhibition of contemporary art from the Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection, showcasing acclaimed young New Zealand artists alongside international luminaries.
A  Dunedin Public Art Gallery Touring Exhibition.
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Sister Cities Young Artists Competition

Sister Cities Young Artists Competition
20 March - 15 April 2007
Balconies

An annual exhibition of work by young Christchurch artists organised by the International Christchurch Youth group.
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kelcytaratoa: myspace

kelcytaratoa: myspace
23 March - 24 June 2007
Touring Exhibition B Gallery
Populated with self-portraits, action toys and superheroes, the large-scale urban scapes of Kelcy Taratoa introduce an arresting new presence in New Zealand art.
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Stella Brennan: White Wall / Black Hole

Stella Brennan: White Wall / Black Hole
21 April - 5 August 2007
Tait Electronics Antarctica Gallery
Stella Brennan’s evocative audiovisual work explores the 1979 Erebus disaster, drawing from original film taken onboard the plane minutes before it crashed.
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Picturing the Peninsula

Picturing the Peninsula
21 April - 5 August 2007
Burdon Family Gallery
A selection of works by some of New Zealand’s most significant historical and contemporary artists responding to the unique landscapes of Banks Peninsula Te Pataka o Rakaihautu.
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Collect: New Acquisitions

Collect: New Acquisitions
8 June - 1 July 2007
William A. Sutton and Ravenscar Galleries
An eclectic mix of new additions to the Gallery's collections including paintings, sculptures, photography, prints, glass and ceramics.
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Neil Pardington Rehutai #1 2005/2006. Photograph. Courtesy of the Artist and McNamara Gallery Photography.

Neil Pardington: Rehutai series
27 June - 19 July 2007
Balconies

In conjunction with Picturing the Peninsula, the large scale colour photographs by Neil Pardington, depict the interiors of two significant buildings on Banks Peninsula evoking a sense of absence and past memories.
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Ans Westra Newspaper boy, Royal Oak tavern, Wellington 1960.

Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs
13 July - 4 November 2007
William A. Sutton and Ravenscar Galleries
Best known for her portrayal of Maori social, cultural and political life, this photographic journey captured by Ans Westra is a challenging and revealing record of the growth of our nation over nearly half a century of change.
Based on the Alexander Turnbull Library collections and organised by BWX (Blair Wakefield Exhibitions) in association with the National Library Gallery.
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Bill Hammond Jingle Jangle Morning 2006. Acrylic on linen. Collection of Chris Deutscher and Karen Woodbury, Melbourne, Australia.

Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning
20 July - 22 October 2007
Touring Exhibition A, B, C & Borg Henry Galleries
The long-awaited spectacular survey exhibition of more than two decades of work by one of New Zealand's leading contemporary painters.
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Julian Dashper Untitled (The Warriors) 1998. Courtesy of the artist, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland and Kaliman Gallery, Sydney. Photo by Ashley Barber.

Julian Dashper: To the Unknown New Zealander
10 August - 14 October 2007
Burdon Family Gallery
An exhibition by one of New Zealand's leading contemporary artists.
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Phil Dadson: Aerial Farm

Phil Dadson: Aerial Farm
10 August - 14 October 2007
Tait Electronics Antarctica Gallery

Video and audio material recorded in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica explore an environment through sound and image.
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Painters as Printmakers

Painters as Printmakers
19 October 2007 - 6 February 2008
Burdon Family Gallery
Painters as Printmakers is an exhibition of prints produced by leading New Zealand painters over the past 50 years. Using a selection of prints from the Gallery's Collection, Painters as Printmakers will illustrate the importance of prints in many painters' careers, focusing in particular on their collaborations with printmakers.
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Grahame Sydney: Photographs of Antarctica

Grahame Sydney: Photographs of Antarctica
19 October - 2 December 2007
Tait Electronics Antarctica Gallery
A collection of eight images, Grahame Sydney: Photographs of Antarctica portray Sydney's unmistakable interpretation of the landscape, capturing the vast horizon, barren environment and the sense of human impermanence.
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Art School 125

Art School 125
125 Years of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury

9 November 2007 - 17 February 2008
Touring Exhibition A, B, C and Borg Henry Galleries
The University of Canterbury's School of Fine Arts celebrates 125 years in 2007 and the Gallery's major summer exhibition will survey selected highlights from the history of the School's artistic and cultural achievements.
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Of Deities or Mortals

Of Deities or Mortals
16 November 2007 - 10 February 2008
William A. Sutton Gallery
This exhibition takes eight objects from the University of Canterbury's James Logie Memorial Collection and invites eight contemporary New Zealand artists to respond to the works.
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Another Destination

Another Destination
16 November 2007 - 16 March 2008
Ravenscar Gallery
This Exhibition will profile five artists - Francesca Heinz, Simon Lawrence, James Oram, Rachel Brunton and Zina Swanson - who will offer a fresh viewing experience that will surprise and challenge.
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I See Red

I See Red
5 December 2007 - 23 November 2008
Monica Richards Gallery
Through a selection of eclectic, mainly contemporary artworks for the Gallery's collection, this interactive children's exhibition explores some of the strong meanings and ideas associated with the colour red.
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Fossil Cairn: The Weight of Destiny

Fossil Cairn: The Weight of Destiny
7 December 2007 - 16 March 2008
Tait Electronics Antarctica Gallery
The fossils collected by Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated polar party on their return journey from the South Pole are a catalyst for consideration of human endeavour in this exhibition by Megan Jenkinson.
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aboutface

aboutface
10 December 2007 - 6 January 2008
aboutface is a photographic portrait project about identity and the search for a place among the faces of strangers.
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