Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist
A rare opportunity to view the work of one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most adventurous and experimental modernist artists.
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.
E tuwhera ana te wharetoi i kā rā e 7 o te wiki, 10am - 5pm
Ka tuwhera ki te 9pm i kā pō Wenerei
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Uruka utukore, ahokore utukore
Free entry, free wifi
Collection
Tony Fomison Captain Ahab, peg-legged hunter of the white whale
In Herman Melville’s famous 1851 novel Moby Dick, the troubled captain of a whaling ship becomes so obsessed with the whale that crushed his leg he spends all his time on deck, desperate to catch a glimpse, or even the scent, of his quarry. Ahab dominates our view in this brooding painting by Tony Fomison, bracing his whalebone leg against the ocean’s swell. Every line of Ahab’s body is focussed on the sea, but Moby Dick, the object of his “quenchless feud”, and the ultimate cause of his downfall, is nowhere to be seen.
(Absence, May 2023)
Exhibition
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Julia Morison: Head[case]
An installation of seven small hexagonal rooms and 100 ceramic heads, each distinctly different from the next, by one of Ōtautahi Christchurch’s most inventive artists
Notes
Tod Greift In Kinderschar by Käthe Kollwitz
This article first appeared as 'A compelling artist-advocate remembered' in The Press, 22 November 2017.
