
Louisa Afoa Blue Clam 2018. Photograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2021

Sriwhana Spong The painter-tailor (still) 2019. 16mm film transferred to HD video and HD video shown as single-channel video, colour, sound, duration 32 min 10 sec. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2021

Angela Tiatia Heels (still) 2014. Single channel HD video 16:9, colour, sound 1 min 50 sec. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2021

Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, installation view, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2022.

Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, installation view, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2022.

Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, installation view, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2022.

Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, installation view, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2022.

Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, installation view, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2022.
From 6 August 2022
Making room for fresh voices, untold narratives and disruptive ideas.
Art can tell stories about ourselves and the world around us. Conventional narratives allow only a narrow section of society to dominate our galleries – often male, Western and heterosexual. With a title that acknowledges the complexity of the task, Perilous considers the challenges and possibilities of making space for fresh voices, untold narratives and disruptive ideas. This expanded view of the collection combines many kinds of art-making and introduces exciting new acquisitions. Within it, artists draft relationships between our histories and future, creating new forms of seeing and communicating – and uncovering some unexpected, exhilarating ancestors along the way.
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Location:
Contemporary Collections Gallery -
Exhibition number:
1131