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Jeffrey Harris: The Gift

1 October 2022 –
19 March 2023

An exhibition of paintings and drawings by one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most celebrated painters.

The exhibition includes the major painting Call It A Loan from 1981, as well as a number of stunning works made when artist Jeffrey Harris was living in Akaroa Harbour during the 1970s. Jeffrey Harris: The Gift showcases recent gifts from Patricia Bosshard-Browne and Kobi Bosshard and is a rare opportunity to see work by this important Te Waipounamu South Island artist, whose art is intrinsically linked to the Waitaha Canterbury and Ōtākou Otago regions.

Curator:
Peter Vangioni

Exhibition number: 1126

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Commentary
The Gift

The Gift

"I was born in Akaroa and grew up on Banks Peninsula. My parents have a farm there. I went to high school in Rangiora, then worked in Christchurch for three years before going to Dunedin. I grew up in a fairly isolated environment. In my three years in Christchurch nothing really happened to me. There were no outward changes in my life. I had no friends there. I was quite alone – and I started to paint."

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Jeffrey Harris Call It A Loan 1981. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gift of Patricia Bosshard-Browne, 2019

Jeffrey Harris Untitled from the Judith Series 1979. Conté and ink on paper. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gift of Patricia Bosshard-Browne, 2019