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Roger Boyce: The Illustrated History of Painting
13 Aug 2010 – 14 Nov 2010
In this ambitious new 100-work series, Christchurch artist Roger Boyce reimagines the history of painting as a tragicomedy packed with stunts, mishaps and wild endeavours.
Roger Boyce Great white (detail) 2008–10. Oil and water-based mediums on hardwood ply. Reproduced courtesy of the artist, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch and Suite, Wellington
Bulletin Article
Trouble Ahead: Roger Boyce and The Illustrated History of Painting
If you want to get some perspective on the art of today, a good but grim way of doing so is to imagine it from the future's point of view. When the archaeologists of the year 2195 pick their way across the ruins of the city of Christchurch, what traces of art and culture will they find amongst the rubble? And more to the point, what fragments would we want them to find-if we had the choice?
About this Exhibition
In most ‘Illustrated Histories', the story of art plays out as a succession of styles and art movements. But in this new series, Christchurch painter Roger Boyce reimagines the history of his chosen medium as a succession of outrageous stunts, tragicomic mishaps and wild endeavours. His Illustrated History takes satiric aim at everything from art criticism and abstract painting to the myth of the artist as hero.
Boyce's series – 100 paintings in total, each one exquisitely rendered in glowing oil paint – is a work of serious comic ambition.
Current Exhibitions
Jae Hoon Lee Annapurna 2010. Digital photograph. Commissioned in 2010 for Springboard
Jae Hoon Lee: Annapurna
Nov 2010 – May 2012
Forecourt
Julia Morison Aibohphobia 2011. Acrylic paint
Julia Morison: Aibohphobia
Jun 2011 – May 2012
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Matt Akehurst You are here 2011. Aluminium, steel, paint, vinyl. Courtesy of the artist
Matt Akehurst: You Are Here
Oct 2011 – Mar 2012
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