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Hey Mona

Behind the scenes

Here's the work of Aranui barber Matt Brown.

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It's pretty impressive really - I can't even control the clippers enough to get the bits around my ears tidy, and he can create the Mona Lisa...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8316536/Barber-pushes-clippers-to-the-max

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8316536/Barber-pushes-clippers-to-the-max

I found myself wondering what I'd shave into the back of my head from the Gallery's collection. Maybe a Madame Delcour?

Laurent Joseph Olivier Portrait of Madame Justine Delcour 1840. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1971  

Laurent Joseph Olivier Portrait of Madame Justine Delcour 1840. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1971

 

Philip Clairmont?

Philip Clairmont Self portrait at 33 1983. Linocut. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2003. © courtesy of Rachel Power

Philip Clairmont Self portrait at 33 1983. Linocut. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2003. © courtesy of Rachel Power

Michael Smither's mother?

Michael Smither Portrait Of My Mother 1972. Oil on board. Collection of CHristchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1981. Reproduced courtesy of M.D. Smither

Michael Smither Portrait Of My Mother 1972. Oil on board. Collection of CHristchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1981. Reproduced courtesy of M.D. Smither

This fellow?

Alan Pearson Integrated at last 1992. Oil on board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gifted to the Gallery by Alan R. Pearson 2003. Reproduced courtesy of the artist

Alan Pearson Integrated at last 1992. Oil on board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gifted to the Gallery by Alan R. Pearson 2003. Reproduced courtesy of the artist

Maybe it could become an event for our birthday celebrations. We could take votes, and the winner could get the portrait of their choice shaved into the head of the curator of their choice, live on stage. 

I wonder what Matt's up to on 10 May?