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Provocations: The work of Christine Webster
26 Mar 2010 – 07 Jun 2010
Complex, theatrical and fearless, Christine Webster's photography has long entranced and challenged audiences. This spectacular survey presents Webster's best-known works alongside an exciting new film project.
Christine Webster Black Carnival #18 1993. Cibachrome. Collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Reproduced courtesy of the artist
About this Exhibition
Complex, theatrical and fearless, the unsettling photography of renowned New Zealand/United Kingdom artist Christine Webster has long entranced and challenged audiences. This spectacular survey, curated by Anne Kirker, invites viewers to reassess their expectations of human behaviour, while considering questions of propriety and expression.
Featuring many of Webster's best-known series – such as Black Carnival and Circus of Angels – alongside a new film project developed especially for the exhibition, Provocations highlights many of Webster's key artistic concerns, including power relations, sexuality identity and representations of the body. The exhibition will be accompanied by a richly illustrated 60-page catalogue.
Some works of art in this exhibition depict nudity and are sexual in content.
Provocations is not suitable for all audiences – we advise discretion.
Current Exhibitions
Jae Hoon Lee Annapurna 2010. Digital photograph. Commissioned in 2010 for Springboard
Jae Hoon Lee: Annapurna
Nov 2010 – Sep 2012
Forecourt
Julia Morison Aibohphobia 2011. Acrylic paint
Julia Morison: Aibohphobia
Jun 2011 – Sep 2012
Forecourt
Wayne Youle I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour (detail) 2011. Reproduced courtesy of the artist
Wayne Youle: I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour
Ongoing