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From Here on the Ground
Doris Lusk City Gasworks, Christchurch 1958. Oil on canvas board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gift of Martin Prior in memory of Ann, Mary and Arthur Prior, 2019
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Join curator Ken Hall for an introductory floor talk to the new exhibition, From Here on the Ground.
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From Here on the Ground
18 May – 17 November 2024
Populated places and cityscapes converge with backyards, factories and remote railway stops in this fascinating survey of twentieth-century Aotearoa New Zealand artists exploring urban, suburban and industrial landscapes.
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Doris Lusk City Gasworks, Christchurch
Doris Lusk consistently painted industrial landscapes from the mid-1930s on, focusing particularly on visually challenging sites. Drawn to mines and quarries, power stations, gasworks and pumphouses, jetties, bridges and demolitions across the decades, she created a body of works that appear as metaphors for the often unsettling impact of human activity and presence.Featuring the same Waltham landmark that Rita Angus had painted twenty-five years before, this work reveals Lusk’s ability to present complex industrial structures with a clearsighted, impassive tone. In this it also exemplifies the outlook of a painter who became an esteemed lecturer at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts from 1966 to 1981.
(From Here on the Ground, 18 May – 17 November 2024)