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Raymond McIntyre: A Modernist View
Dynamic and progressive paintings and woodcuts from one of Aotearoa’s New Zealand foremost modernist artists.
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Whāia te Taniwha
Māori artists consider the enduring relevance of taniwha in Aotearoa.
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Archibald Nicoll A Canterbury landscape
Having lost his leg while fighting on the Somme during World War I, Archibald Nicoll was confined to painting landscapes in close proximity to where he was able to drive. This is why so many of his landscapes have roads as a central motif. Rather than a hindrance, however, Nicoll put his car to good use and revelled in the freedom it offered, driving all over Canterbury to paint. He would often combine painting excursions with family holidays. The scene in this work is thought to be Balcairn Downs inland from the town of Amberley in North Canterbury.
In the vast emptiness, 8 January - 21 August 2016
Notes
The Art of Marbling
The art of marbling is alive and well in Christchurch. Well, at least among the kids that have been coming to our holiday programme.
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South Island kōkako by Eileen Mayo
This article first appeared as 'Elusive grey ghost continues to evade' in The Press on 4 October 2013
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Roofs
Having lived in the CBD on and off since I was 18 years old (I spent 2 years in Auckland but otherwise within the four Aves), it breaks my heart to see what has been taken away culturally as architecture.
