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Cotton (x2)

Cotton (x2)

Here are a few shots from our twin Cotton openings last Friday night.

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You're going the wrong way...

You're going the wrong way...

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Great Scot!

Great Scot!

The holy grail of dustjackets is a first edition of the Great Gatsby

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List, lists & more lists

List, lists & more lists

Last time I wrote we were busy making space and getting ready to move the collections back into storage. Since then we've been busy! While the team were installing the Shane Cotton: Baseland exhibition last week, I took stock of what we've done and what's still to do.

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Shane Cotton: Baseland

Shane Cotton: Baseland

Shane's show Baseland opens today at Christchurch Art Gallery's space at 209 Tuam Street and also at Ilam Campus Gallery at the School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury.

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Cotton On

Cotton On

Shane Cotton: Baseland opens at 209 Tuam Street and the Ilam Campus Gallery this Saturday

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Artist unknown, Classical Figures

Artist unknown, Classical Figures

This article first appeared as 'Artist unknown' in The Press on 6 June 2014.

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Lift of a gift

Lift of a gift

Staff here at the Gallery have enjoyed finally getting the opportunity to see Dust, Smoke and Rainbows (2013), a major new painting gifted by Shane Cotton, which was brought out of storage to be photographed recently.

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Slow-mo-tastic

Slow-mo-tastic

My friend's daughter visited our ArtBox show Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker (on till September 28!) on a school trip recently and was captivated by Steve Carr's Screen Shots videos, in which a paint-filled balloon bursts in super slow motion.

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Baseland

Baseland

Gallery staff are busy behind the scenes at the moment preparing for the installation of Shane Cotton's exhibition Baseland which opens at our Tuam street gallery and the Ilam Campus Gallery at the School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury on 7 June.

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