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Beasts
18 December 2015 –
30 April 2017

Gavin Hipkins Romance: London (Tiger) 2004. C-type print. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū 2015
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.
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Curator:
Ken Hall
Exhibition number: 992