
Ron Mueck chicken / man 2019. Mixed media. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2019 by Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation with assistance from Catherine and David Boyer, Friends of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Charlotte and Marcel Gray, Ben Gough Family Foundation, Jenny and Andrew Smith, Gabrielle Tasman and Ken Lawn, Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation’s London Club along with 514 other generous individuals and companies
This exhibition is now closed
Dummies & Doppelgängers
2 November 2024 –
23 March 2025
The unforgettable art of being someone else.
The unforgettable art of being someone else.
Full of humour, surprise and heart, this exhibition reveals how borrowed or re-imagined bodies can help us explore what it means to be human. Dummies & Doppelgängers combines sculpture, video, photography and more from the Gallery’s own collection and around Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, including captivating works by artists including Sarah Lucas, Yuki Kihara, Patricia Piccinini, Ah Xian, Michael Parekōwhai, Tony Oursler, Ron Mueck and Ronnie van Hout. It’s an exuberant and unexpectedly touching selection that will take you from the hyper-real to the surreal, and from the tender to the absurd.
This exhibition is styled as Dummies & Doppelgängers rather than Dummies and Doppelgängers.
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Curator:
Felicity Milburn
Location:
Borg Henry Gallery
Touring Gallery A
Touring Gallery B
Touring Gallery C
Exhibition number: 1091