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Richard Aldworth Oliver The Māori Settlement, Purau Bay, Port Cooper 1850. Watercolour. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery, purchased with assistance from the Olive Stirrat Bequest 1983

From the collection The Maori Settlement, Purau Bay, Port Cooper

In 1850 the Māori fishing settlement at Purau Bay had only 10 inhabitants. The bay lies on the southern shore ...

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Shyness & Sculpture

Ron Mueck Mask II 2002. Polyester resin, fibreglass, steel, plywood, synthetic hair, second edition, artist's proof. Private collection.
© Ron Mueck courtesy Anthony d'Offay, London

Shyness & Sculpture

Reporters like to begin their stories about Ron Mueck by noting that he is famously media-shy. Since television and newspapers thrive on personality, celebrity and ‘direct access' to the stars, journalists clearly feel it necessary to explain to their audiences that they won't be hearing from the artist himself. Beyond this, however, not much more gets said about Mueck's reluctance to talk. It's treated as a minor difficulty, something to be mentioned in passing before moving on to the artworks. And for that reason, surely it's not the kind of thing I should be bringing up in an official essay...

But I have a suspicion there's more to it.

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Having the opportunity to spend over a week in New York recently to work closely with the artist Max Gimblett and his studio assistants in making a selection from Max's extensive collection of works on paper for a gift to Christchurch Art Gallery rates as one of the highlights of my job as a curator.

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