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Hey Mona
Behind the scenes
Here's the work of Aranui barber Matt Brown.
It's pretty impressive really - I can't even control the clippers enough to get the bits around my ears tidy, and he can create the Mona Lisa...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8316536/Barber-pushes-clippers-to-the-max
I found myself wondering what I'd shave into the back of my head from the Gallery's collection. Maybe a Madame Delcour?
Laurent Joseph Olivier Portrait of Madame Justine Delcour 1840. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1971
Philip Clairmont?
Philip Clairmont Self portrait at 33 1983. Linocut. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2003. © courtesy of Rachel Power
Michael Smither's mother?
Michael Smither Portrait Of My Mother 1972. Oil on board. Collection of CHristchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1981. Reproduced courtesy of M.D. Smither
This fellow?
Alan Pearson Integrated at last 1992. Oil on board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gifted to the Gallery by Alan R. Pearson 2003. Reproduced courtesy of the artist
Maybe it could become an event for our birthday celebrations. We could take votes, and the winner could get the portrait of their choice shaved into the head of the curator of their choice, live on stage.
I wonder what Matt's up to on 10 May?