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On display
The benediction of Goat Island our Saviour by Jacqueline Fraser
Installation image of Perilous, 2022
Art Bite
Past event
Meet in the exhibition
Join our Learning & Audience Engagement team leader Kirsty Glengarry as she discusses Jacqueline Fraser's The benediction of Goat Island our Saviour: A long view of our very blessed saviour from a distance (with goats rampant) on display in Perilous: Unheard Stories from our Collection 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
Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection
6 August 2022 – 21 July 2024
Making room for fresh voices, untold narratives and disruptive ideas.
Collection
Jacqueline Fraser The benediction of Goat Island our Saviour: A long view of our very blessed saviour from a distance (with goats rampant)
Mapoutahi – the bush-covered Goat Island in Pūrākaunui Bay, north of Ōtepoti Dunedin – was the site of an important Ngāi Tahu pā in the eighteenth century. It was returned by the government to the iwi as a cultural resource in 1997.
Jacqueline Fraser’s installation suggests a scene of ceremonial devotion to the island. Its starting point, like many of her works from the 1990s, is the history of her family marae and her ancestral heritage. She combines inexpensive everyday materials like wire and electric cable with luxurious chiffon silks and ribbons: “Gorgeous is an interest of mine”, she has stated of her work. The binding and tying recalls both customary Māori weaving practices and aspects of Jacqueline’s Scottish heritage.
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
