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Quasi by Ronnie van Hout
Ronnie van Hout Quasi 2016. Steel, polystyrene and resin. Commissioned by Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Courtesy of the artist
Art Bite
Past event
Meet at the front desk
Free
Join volunteer guide June Goldstein as she discusses Ronnie van Hout's Quasi. We will start by taking a look at the work from outside the building, before moving inside to the foyer for the talk.
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.
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Ronnie van Hout: Quasi
9 June 2016 – 25 February 2019
A giant new sculpture on the Gallery roof by Ronnie van Hout.
Exhibition
Ronnie van Hout: Comin’ Down
May 2013 – June 2015
Ronnie van Hout's mysterious sculptural figure stands on the roof of 209 Tuam Street and points skyward. Something is 'comin' down' here, but what?
Exhibition
Ronnie van Hout: who goes there
4 July – 18 October 2009
A twisting journey through the world of Ronnie van Hout, encompassing peepholes, failed robots, doll-sized portraits of the artist and something strange and new from Antarctica.
Interview
Not Quite Human
Lara Strongman: The title of your new work for the Gallery is Quasi. Why did you call it that?
Ronnie van Hout: Initially it was a working title. Because the work would be outside the Gallery, on the roof, I was thinking of Quasimodo, from Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. I was coming out of a show and research around the idea of the freak, the outsider and things that are rejected—thinking about how even things that are rejected have a relationship to whatever they’ve been rejected by. And I called it Quasi, because it’s a human form that’s not quite human as well. The idea of something that resembles a human but is not quite human.