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Michael Parekowhai My Sister, My Self 2006. Fibreglass, mild steel, wood, automotive paint. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, purchased 2008. Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Michael Lett
My Sister My Self by Michael Parekowhai
This article first appeared with the headline Top-stair sculpture in The Press on 30 April 2008.
If you've done your first year art history, you're probably familiar with the story of How Sculpture Fell from Grace.
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Charles Herbert Eastlake Lingering Leaves 1901. Oil on canvas. Presented by the Canterbury Society of Arts, 1932
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Christchurch is at its most lovely in Autumn, and - despite the rubble, demolition equipment and ubiquitous, appropriately-toned road cones - this year is no exception.
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Dick Frizzell From Mickey to Tiki Tu Meke 1997. Lithograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, presented by Lady Issac 1998. Reproduced courtesy of Dick Frizzell
From Mickey to Tiki Tu Meke
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A Summer Idyll
This simple rural scene was painted in the Hutt Valley near Wellington, but James Nairn’s subject is really the study of light, atmosphere and colour. ...
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Joanna Braithwaite Ascension (detail) 2000. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, purchased 2001
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31 Mar 2012 – 22 Apr 2012
Listen to Felicity Milburn talk about local artist Sam Harrison's exhibition Render. Harrison's plaster and chicken wire works draw on ...
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Torlesse Supergroup consists of guitarists Roy Montgomery and Nick Guy, whose compositions often reflect and respond to specific geographical locations. Torlesse Transect maps the topographical ...