Gavin Hipkins Romance: London (Tiger) 2004. C-type print. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū 2015
Eileen Mayo Cats in the Trees 1931. Linocut. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, presented by Mr Rex Nan Kivell, 1953, reproduced courtesy of Dr Jillian Cassidy
Francis Upritchard Wife 2006, and Husband 2006. Rabbit fur, tanned goat skin, modelling materials. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2008. Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry
Steve Carr A Shot in the Dark (Bear Rug) 2008. Kauri, stain, acrylic paint. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū 2008
Petrus van der Velden The Mouse-trap 1893. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū 2012
Yvonne Todd Anonymous Cat 2000. C-type print. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū 2014
This exhibition is now closed
A generous, multimedia selection of animal-themed works, both lively and thoughtful.
Human beings share this amazing planet with a vast array of other creatures. We’ve lived alongside animals for thousands of years, domesticating some for our benefit; others have been impossible to tame. Artists’ depictions of animals can offer interesting ways of seeing and thinking about the world. Many of these works reflect on the human condition, suggesting that people, perhaps, are among the cleverest, and the strangest, of the beasts.
Exhibition number 992
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Date:
18 December 2015 – 30 April 2017 -
Curator:
Ken Hall -
Exhibition number:
992
Collection works in this exhibition
Related reading: Beasts, Photography, exhibition-992
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Michel Tuffery Artbite
Visitor host supervisor Janet Abbott discusses MichelTuffery's Povi Christkeke. This talk was made at home during the Gallery's Covid-19 closure.
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Largest ever Fiona Pardington exhibition opens in Christchurch
Death, sex, flesh and the female gaze are among the many themes explored in the Gallery’s newest exhibition, Fiona Pardington: A Beautiful Hesitation.
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Zoology
I'm pretty sure the kids at my daughters pre-school haven't seen Cai Guo-Qiang's Heritage, which was commissioned for his show Falling Back To Earth at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane last year.
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The Mouse-trap by Petrus van der Velden
This article first appeared as 'Cleverly caught' in The Press on 14 February 2014.
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It's Showtime!
Today is Show Day here in Canterbury. Over at Canterbury Agricultural Park you can see thousands of animals being put through their paces or if you'd rather, you can look at some of these equally beautiful beasts from our collection.
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Eileen Mayo
It's 107 years since this multi-talented artist, described by art historian Kenneth Clark as 'outstandingly good', was born in Norwich, England.
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Lizard's Lounge
I stumbled into their lair on accident, and found myself in a madhouse of reptilian decree. I immediately froze, in a vain hope they had not noticed me in my peculiarity, but my attempts were feeble, I had been seen. I felt a cold sweat and a shiver ran down my spine as they glared at me with beady black eyes from a nebulous of smoke and dust that choked the room. I was their intruder. One of the lizards mockingly hissed a welcome, 'Please take a seat, you look weary.'
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Loads of bulls
Looking out of the library window at the Kings Manor here in York I can see a bronze calf.
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A Well Timed Care Package
One of the best-timed gifts my family and I have ever received arrived at our home on Mt Pleasant in May.
