Exhibitions
Events
On display
Frog Rock by Ivy Fife
Ivy Fife Frog Rock 1948 Gouache. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2019
Art Bite
Meet in the exhibition
Free
Join volunteer guide Pip Voller as she discusses Ivy Fife's Frog Rock on display in He Kapuka Oneone - A Handful of Soil on the first floor.
Art Bites are 30-minute lunchtime presentations on a single work on display, presented by our staff, guides and guest speakers.
There's a new Art Bite to enjoy each Friday at 12 noon (except during public and school holidays).
Related reading: Free event
Exhibition
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
From 24 August 2024
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
Collection
Ivy Fife Frog Rock
The unique limestone rock formation known locally as Frog Rock, near Weka Pass, is a memorable marker on the journey inland north of Ōtautahi Christchurch. This is limestone country, and the overhanging rocks in this area were used extensively by Māori for shelter while undertaking mahika kai trips inland. Many are adorned with exceptional examples of rock art drawings by ancestors of mana whenua. Ivy Fife has simplified the features of this landscape into flat blocks of colour with an almost graphic, poster-like quality.
mahika kai ~ food gathering
mana whenua ~ Māori with authority over particular land or territory
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil (from August 2024)
