Reboot: The Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection
17 March – 1 July 2007
Touring Exhibition A, C & Borg Henry Galleries
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An energetic multimedia exhibition of contemporary art from the Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection, showcasing acclaimed young New Zealand artists alongside international luminaries.
For Jim Barr and Mary Barr, collecting art is an activity that ought to be 'partisan, passionate and political'. Ten years ago the well-known art collectors and commentators placed more than 120 New Zealand artworks on long-term loan at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, and in 2006 gifted thirty works to the gallery. This new exhibition 'reboots' the loan collection by connecting well-known artworks with an array of vivid and idiosyncratic recent purchases.
Reboot: The Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection features work by Hany Armanious, Stephen Birch, Olaf Breuning, Marizio Cattelan, Ali Subonick, Massimiliano Gioni, Rob Cherry, Julian Dashper, Neil Dawson, Simon Denny, Don Driver, Mikala Dwyer, et al., Warwick Freeman, Jeffrey Harris, Michael Harrison, Glen Hayward, Jae Hoon Lee, Giovanni Intra, Richard Killeen, Eileen Leung, Colin McCahon, Paul McCarthy, Dane Mitchell, Kyoko Murase, Yuko Murata, N.I.C.J.O.B., Rose Nolan, Michael Parekowhai, John Parker, Don Peebles, Peter Peryer, Patrick Pound, Peter Robinson, Marie Shannon, Michael Stevenson, Axel Stockburger, Ricky Swallow, Francis Upritchard, Ronnie van Hout, Lachlan Warner, Rohan Wealleans, Gillian Wearing and Lawrence Weiner.
Jim Barr and Mary Barr rotate their extensive collection throughout their Wellington apartment. Much of the work not on display is loaned to other galleries, as the couple wish "as many people to share the pleasures we get from works in our collection".
A Dunedin Public Art Gallery Touring Exhibition.
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Cosmo Michael Parekowhai 2006 Woven nylon substrate pigment; Untitled [Ape and Computer] Ricky Swallow 2001 Watercolour on paper, Jim Barr and Mary Barr loan collection, Dunedin Public Art Gallery; Breaker N.I.C.J.O.B. 2002 Digital video; PSX Warriors: Gran Turismo Axel Stockburger 2004 DVD; Planets in the Detrimental Signs [detail] Francis Upritchard 2004 Mixed media; Sorry, I am Out of Order Ronnie van Hout 2003 Embroidery thread on cotton duck, Collection of Jim Barr and Mary Barr; I Guess I Lose Ronnie van Hout 2003 Mixed media, Collection of Jim Barr and Mary Barr; Ed Brown Michael Parekowhai 2001 C-Type photographic print, Jim Barr and Mary Barr loan collection, Dunedin Public Art Gallery; Picture a Screaming Sculpture Ricky Swallow 2003 Piezo pigment print on hahnemuhle rag paper, Collection of Jim Barr and Mary Barr; Untitled Eileen Leung 2005 Acrylic on card, Collection of Jim Barr and Mary Barr.
