This exhibition is now closed
Colin McCahon, perhaps the most controversial figure in New Zealand painting, presents us with paintings which have never been easy to come to terms with. While their power can be felt, their meaning and beauty must be struggled for. Speaking of his own painting McCahon tells us it is largely autobiographical; "it tells you where I am at any given time, where I am living and the direction I am pointing in.''
The paintings in this collection show the artist's diverse and individualistic portrayals of the New Zealand landscape and will include a series of illustrations of poems by John Caselberg.
('Colin McCahon', Bulletin, No.10, July/August 1980, p.2)
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Date:
22 August – 19 October 1980 -
Location:
Robert McDougall Art Gallery - main gallery -
Exhibition number:
246
Related reading: Colin McCahon
Bulletin 10
July/August 1980
Contents include:
p.1
The Gallery opens its Toy Box
Gallery Guides are ready now and looking for their customers
p.2
Once more out of darkness into the light - relocation of the bronze sculpture Ex Tenebris Lux
Colin McCahon exhibition August 22 - October 19
Toss Woollaston and Don Peebles Drawing exhibition August 9 - 24
p.3
Word and Image August 7 - October 5
p.4
Master Prints from the Collection August 9 - 24
A century of modern masters from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collction 11 November - 7 December
Exhibition sales stall
Gallery Concerts
Outreach Programme
Acquisitions May - June
Notes
Canterbury Landscape by Colin McCahon
In 2014 we purchased an important landscape work by Colin McCahon. Curator Peter Vangioni speaks about this new addition to Christchurch Art Gallery’s collection.
Notes
‘Where the picture stops and the world begins’
The way a work of art is framed affects our perception of the piece. A bad frame can detract and distract, a good frame enhances and even extends a work. While the Gallery has been closed we have updated frames for a number of works in the collection.
Notes
Kauri tree landscape by Colin McCahon
This article first appeared as 'Mighty kauris inspired McCahon' in The Press on 10 February 2015.
Notes
as there is a constant flow of light
On a recent printer's residency at the Otago University's Otakou Press Colin McCahon's huge mural painting Waterfall Theme and variations dominated proceedings.
Notes
Light Passing Into a dark landscape
Today is the centennial of the death of one of New Zealand's most treasured artists, Petrus van der Velden.
Notes
There is only one direction by Colin McCahon
This article appeared as 'Divine Innovation' in the The Press on 31 August 2012.
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As there is a constant flow of light we are born into the pure land
After many, many months in the 'Darkness' of the empty gallery, I can think of no better words than those of Colin McCahon to signify the opening of the new gallery shop at 40 Lichfield Street.
Drop in Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, 10am-4pm Weekends
See you all soon!
Notes
O'Reilly/McCahon: an Easter meditation
An Easter-themed excerpt from an article published in 2010 in The Journal of New Zealand Art History...
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Sutton high-fives McCahon
Nothing made it into a W.A. Sutton painting by accident, and the white line that rises diagonally through the sky in Plantation Series II is no exception.