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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.
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Collection
Evelyn Page Road through Arrowtown
Evelyn Page was part of the generation of painters that came through the Canterbury College School of Art in the 1920s and included Rita Angus, Olivia Spencer Bower, Rhona Haszard, and Ngaio Marsh. In 1927 Page was a founding member of the Group, located in Christchurch and one of New Zealand’s most progressive independent exhibiting bodies. By the 1940s Page had emerged as a leading New Zealand modernist painter, known for applying paint thickly with confidence and freedom. The Page family made regular holidays to central Otago, staying at Queenstown and exploring the surrounding region. Road Through Arrowtown was painted directly outdoors during one such holiday between December 1941 and January 1942. The tree lined streets of Arrowtown are one of the most photographed images of Central Otago, and little has changed since Page painted this streetscape – except perhaps the increased number of tourists and their mode of transportation.
(Turn, Turn, Turn: A Year in Art, 27 July 2019 – 8 March 2020)
Collection
Louise Henderson The Farmhouse in Cornwall
Paris-born Louise Henderson was one of the first Aotearoa New Zealand artists to address abstraction, and became interested in architectural forms during her two years living in the Middle East from 1956–58. Made after a visit to Britain, The Farmhouse in Cornwall shows her use of built structures as a starting point for generating complex and dynamic compositions. Here, an arrangement of hard-edged forms in earthy, subdued tones deftly leads the eye, never completely allowing it to rest in one place.
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
