Exhibitions
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On display
Wayne Youle: Serious Play
Wayne Youle Scott, party of four (detail) 2017. Oil and acrylic on board. Collection of the artist. Reproduced courtesy of the artist
Friends
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
No booking required. Friends $5, non-members $8, students with ID free.
Humour has always played an important role in Wayne Youle’s art practice and his current exhibition, Look Mum No Hands, has it in spades.
With an exhibition title suggestive of a child-like enthusiasm for inventiveness and deception, Youle’s works tease viewers’ perceptions while at times addressing universal issues through (serious) play. Do take this opportunity to hear one of Canterbury’s most imaginative artists discuss his art practice.
Please note the change in time of these lectures to early evening.
Related reading: Wayne Youle, Friends
Exhibition
Wayne Youle: Look Mum No Hands
14 April – 3 September 2017
Full to the brim with high energy, sharp-witted artmaking
Artist Profile
Wayne Youle: Look Mum No Hands
He’s been called a cultural prankster, an agent provocateur and a bullshit artist (that last description came from his dad, but it was bestowed – he’s pretty sure – with love). While we’re at it, add ‘serial pun merchant’ to that list; in art, as in conversation, Wayne Youle can spot a good one-liner a mile off and has never knowingly left an entendre undoubled.
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Underworld 2 by Tony de Lautour
This article first appeared as 'Painting offers a multiverse of symbols' in The Press on 21 June 2017.
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The House of Wellbeing
On Saturday, I spoke at the launch of a major new work of art in public space—Wayne Youle's installation The House of Wellbeing ALL WELCOME, at the CPIT Aoraki campus on Madras Street.
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Walk the Beat
Volunteer guide Rod McKay talks about his life, being an art tourist, and guiding Gallery tours.
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The Art Whisperer
Christchurch Art Gallery volunteer guide Bella Boyd talks about her love of guiding, her favourite works in the Gallery collection and interpreting art with poetry.
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Viva Sydenham
It seems a lifetime ago that we combined with Gap Filler to launch the Gallery's first post-quake Outer Spaces project in Sydenham.
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Wayne’s workshop
Wayne Youle ran a two-day workshop for 25 teenagers over the weekend. Students from an array of local Christchurch secondary schools were challenged to keep up with Wayne's non-stop energy... and to learn creative and design skills.
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Where in the world is this year's first outer space?
So Wayne's wall is all done (and gloriously untagged) and Ronnie's peering out nightly over the Boulevard.
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Shine on you crazy public art diamond
Just one last weather report, before this blog starts looking like a franchise of metservice.com...
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LOVING THE BULLDOG
You could be forgiven for thinking that Wayne Youle is giving the French Bulldog a big hug.