Exhibitions
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On display
Conor Clarke, Emma Fitts and Oliver Perkins in Touching Sight
Emma Fitts Boxy / Bias 2020. Acrylic and Flashe on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and The National, Christchurch. Photo: Sarah Rowlands
Oliver Perkins Untitled 2018. Size, acrylic, and ink on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Mossman Gallery, Wellington
Talk
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Meet at the front desk
Free
Join curator Melanie Oliver and Ōtautahi Christchurch-based artists Conor Clarke (Ngāi Tahu), Emma Fitts and Oliver Perkins for a floortalk and conversation about their projects in the exhibition Touching Sight.
Each of these summer-time projects show a playful relationship to materials and making processes. Their tactile work has a curious relationship to the body and to nature, and opens up traditional medium categories such as painting, photography, textile art and sculpture.
Come and explore the work with those who made it and other interesting members of the floor-talk party.
Related reading: Free event
Exhibition
Touching Sight: Conor Clarke, Emma Fitts, Oliver Perkins
21 February 2021
New photography, textiles and painting from three Ōtautahi artists.
Notes
Touching Sight: Conor Clarke, Emma Fitts, Oliver Perkins
Touching Sight showcases exciting new work from three contemporary Ōtautahi artists, with a twist – it also enables people with blindness or low vision to experience contemporary art at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū from Saturday 31 October.
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Hawkins by Rata Lovell-Smith
Join guide volunteer guide Susan Bidwell as she discusses Rata Lovell-Smith's Hawkins in From Here on the Ground on the first floor.
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Taranaki by Christopher Perkins
Join curator Ken Hall as he discusses Christopher Perkins's Taranaki in From Here on the Ground on the first floor.
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Sign Language Tours
Celebrate Sign Language Week and take a free guided tour of our exhibition highlights with one of our guides and a sign language interpreter.
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Oh Baby, It's Art!
A free, guided art tour especially for parents with babies. Buggies welcome.
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Art Safari
A chance for pre-schoolers to paint, glue, print, stamp and colour without making a mess at home. Art Safari is designed for our youngest budding artists between 2-4 years old.
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Late Night Tour
Take a free guided tour of our exhibition highlights with one of our friendly, knowledgeable guides.
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Introduction to the Gallery Tour
Take a free guided tour of our exhibition highlights with one of our friendly, knowledgeable guides.