Gavin Hipkins Romance: New York (jellyfish) (detail) 2006. C-type print. Private collection, Christchurch. Reproduced courtesy of the artist, Hamish McKay Gallery and Starkwhite
Gavin Hipkins Romance: New York (jellyfish) (detail) 2006. C-type print. Private collection, Christchurch. Reproduced courtesy of the artist, Hamish McKay Gallery and Starkwhite
Reuben Paterson A Shadow Born from Three Dreams 2008-09. Glitter and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Christchurch. Reproduced courtesy of the artist
Installation view: Blue Planet November 2009
Installation view: Blue Planet November 2009
Gavin Hipkins Romance: New York (jellyfish) 2006. C-type print. Private collection, Christchurch. Reproduced courtesy of the artist, Hamish McKay Gallery and Starkwhite
This exhibition is now closed
Looking at the ways artists have used the colour blue, Blue Planet celebrates imaginative art making and thinking. Shaped with younger audiences in mind.
Blue is a feeling, a place to dream, an endless idea and the colour of our amazing planet as seen from space.
Looking at the ways artists have used the colour blue, Blue Planet celebrates imaginative art making and thinking, as well as different cultural and global perspectives.
Blue Planet is shaped with younger audiences in mind. It includes art by Reuben Paterson, Jae Hoon Lee, Helen Calder, Francis Upritchard, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Gavin Hipkins, Richard Maloy, Len Castle, Megan Jenkinson, Peter Madden, Rohan Wealleans, Max Gimblett, Shona Firman, Colin McCahon and Eileen Mayo, together with traditional Nigerian sculpture and Japanese prints.
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Date:
21 November 2009 – 20 February 2011 -
Curator:
Ken Hall -
Exhibition number:
835 -
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