Exhibitions
Events
On display
Philip Clairmont's Fireplace
Philip Clairmont Fireplace 1971. Acrylic on unstretched hessian. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1972
Art Bite
Past event
Meet at the front desk
Free
Join senior curator Lara Strongman as she discusses Philip Clairmont's Fireplace in the exhibition No! That's wrong XXXXXX 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 12:30pm.
Related reading: Free event
Exhibition
No! That's wrong XXXXXX
25 June 2016 – 30 April 2017
Three paintings by Tony Fomison, Philip Clairmont and Allen Maddox.
Collection
Philip Clairmont Fireplace
Philip Clairmont’s Fireplace was originally part of a larger painting of an interior completed for a 1970s Christchurch's nightclub called ‘15 Jellies’. The painting survived a fire that closed the club and afterwards was separated into three works including Fireplace. In the late 1970s Clairmont stated: I started painting interiors in my honours year at art school because we lived in this cramped Clifford flat in Hereford Street and I spent a helluva lot of time at home there. … The house we lived in had such beautiful fireplaces surrounded by decorated tiles and things like that. … I have painting binges. Usually at night because I prefer artificial lighting. I like a lot of music because it makes me paint at different speeds. It’s almost like conducting with a paint brush. I like the gesture of painting… You’ve got to psych yourself into it. Into a state of attack really, because you've got something going on in your head.
(No! That’s wrong XXXXXX, 25 June 2016 – 30 April 2017)
