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Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
A selection of Pacific tāoga from the Canterbury Museum in conversation with contemporary artworks that highlight the continued strength in culture and traditional art forms.
Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua
A comprehensive survey spanning the artist's career.
Ana Iti: Ngahere Behind a Pile of Metal
An immersive installation considering the legacies of deforestation and significance of kauri trees.
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Francis A. Shurrock Spring
Like Roland Hipkins, Robert Field and William Allen, the sculptor Francis Shurrock studied at the Royal College of Art in London and immigrated to Aotearoa under the La Trobe scheme to take up a teaching position at one of the country’s art schools. Francis, or Shurrie as his students fondly called him, taught at the Canterbury College School of Art in Ōtautahi Christchurch, where he offered a contemporary, modern outlook on art that was in contrast to the conservative atmosphere of the school at that time. Francis owned a large collection of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints, which he made freely available to his students and friends. He began making linocuts in the late 1920s and wood-engravings in the early 1930s, encouraging many of his students to use these mediums in their practice.
Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era, 11 February – 28 May 2023
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Francis A. Shurrock Whither
Like Roland Hipkins, Robert Field and William Allen, the sculptor Francis Shurrock studied at the Royal College of Art in London and immigrated to Aotearoa under the La Trobe scheme to take up a teaching position at one of the country’s art schools. Francis, or Shurrie as his students fondly called him, taught at the Canterbury College School of Art in Ōtautahi Christchurch, where he offered a contemporary, modern outlook on art that was in contrast to the conservative atmosphere of the school at that time. Francis owned a large collection of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints, which he made freely available to his students and friends. He began making linocuts in the late 1920s and wood-engravings in the early 1930s, encouraging many of his students to use these mediums in their practice.
Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era, 11 February – 28 May 2023
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Rhondda Bosworth I don't play nice
Photographer Rhondda Bosworth is known for making work that is direct, disruptive and disarming. Her intimate images challenge the rules of photography and the male gaze. Mainly focusing on the body and portraiture, she uses contrast, movement, test strips and collage as strategies to create powerful images that retain ambiguity, mystery or elusive meaning. Narratives are suggested, but left for us to imagine. The artist also uses the camera and photographic devices to create distance from the emotional intensity of the content. She says: “Photographs are literally about light and dark. This provides an immediate metaphor for emotional light and dark, and for ambivalence and polarity. Images that work are about dual realities – the external physical world and the internal world of thought, feeling, fantasy and memory.”
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
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Rhondda Bosworth Prayer book
Photographer Rhondda Bosworth is known for her strikingly intimate photographs, which are direct, disruptive and disarming. Her works challenge the rules of photography, the decisive moment and the male gaze. Focusing on portraiture and the body, often her own, the artist uses deep contrast, movement, collage and re-photography as strategies to create powerful images that also retain ambiguity, mystery and elusive meanings. She uses the camera and photographic devices to create distance from the emotional intensity of the content.
She says: “Photographs are literally about light and dark. This provides an immediate metaphor for emotional light and dark, and for ambivalence and polarity. Images that work are about dual realities – the external physical world and the internal world of thought, feeling, fantasy and memory.”
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
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Rhondda Bosworth Harry's letter / needle
Photographer Rhondda Bosworth is known for making work that is direct, disruptive and disarming. Her intimate images challenge the rules of photography and the male gaze. Mainly focusing on the body and portraiture, she uses contrast, movement, test strips and collage as strategies to create powerful images that retain ambiguity, mystery or elusive meaning. Narratives are suggested, but left for us to imagine. The artist also uses the camera and photographic devices to create distance from the emotional intensity of the content. She says: “Photographs are literally about light and dark. This provides an immediate metaphor for emotional light and dark, and for ambivalence and polarity. Images that work are about dual realities – the external physical world and the internal world of thought, feeling, fantasy and memory.”
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
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Rhondda Bosworth Exposure / my double face
Photographer Rhondda Bosworth is known for her strikingly intimate photographs, which are direct, disruptive and disarming. Her works challenge the rules of photography, the decisive moment and the male gaze. Focusing on portraiture and the body, often her own, the artist uses deep contrast, movement, collage and re-photography as strategies to create powerful images that also retain ambiguity, mystery and elusive meanings. She uses the camera and photographic devices to create distance from the emotional intensity of the content.
She says: “Photographs are literally about light and dark. This provides an immediate metaphor for emotional light and dark, and for ambivalence and polarity. Images that work are about dual realities – the external physical world and the internal world of thought, feeling, fantasy and memory.”
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
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Rhondda Bosworth Memory Vista
Photographer Rhondda Bosworth is known for her strikingly intimate photographs, which are direct, disruptive and disarming. Her works challenge the rules of photography, the decisive moment and the male gaze. Focusing on portraiture and the body, often her own, the artist uses deep contrast, movement, collage and re-photography as strategies to create powerful images that also retain ambiguity, mystery and elusive meanings. She uses the camera and photographic devices to create distance from the emotional intensity of the content.
She says: “Photographs are literally about light and dark. This provides an immediate metaphor for emotional light and dark, and for ambivalence and polarity. Images that work are about dual realities – the external physical world and the internal world of thought, feeling, fantasy and memory.”
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
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Rhondda Bosworth Betty / 38 days
Photographer Rhondda Bosworth is known for making work that is direct, disruptive and disarming. Her intimate images challenge the rules of photography and the male gaze. Mainly focusing on the body and portraiture, she uses contrast, movement, test strips and collage as strategies to create powerful images that retain ambiguity, mystery or elusive meaning. Narratives are suggested, but left for us to imagine. The artist also uses the camera and photographic devices to create distance from the emotional intensity of the content. She says: “Photographs are literally about light and dark. This provides an immediate metaphor for emotional light and dark, and for ambivalence and polarity. Images that work are about dual realities – the external physical world and the internal world of thought, feeling, fantasy and memory.”
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
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Rhondda Bosworth With Rowley
Photographer Rhondda Bosworth is known for her strikingly intimate photographs, which are direct, disruptive and disarming. Her works challenge the rules of photography, the decisive moment and the male gaze. Focusing on portraiture and the body, often her own, the artist uses deep contrast, movement, collage and re-photography as strategies to create powerful images that also retain ambiguity, mystery and elusive meanings. She uses the camera and photographic devices to create distance from the emotional intensity of the content.
She says: “Photographs are literally about light and dark. This provides an immediate metaphor for emotional light and dark, and for ambivalence and polarity. Images that work are about dual realities – the external physical world and the internal world of thought, feeling, fantasy and memory.”
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )