This exhibition is now closed
There has been much healthy controversy in the past few months about the work of Colin McCahon. Arising from this resurgence of local interest in one of the country's foremost painters, the gallery is showing a selection of works drawn from private collections in Canterbury, from the collection of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and from its own collection.
There will be a preview of this exhibition on Tuesday February 15 at 7.45 pm.
('McCahon: A Singular Vision', Bulletin, No.25, January/February 1983, p.2)
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Date:
16 February – 16 March 1983 -
Exhibition number:
290
Collection works in this exhibition
Related reading: Colin McCahon
Bulletin 25
January/February 1983
Contents include:
Trevor Moffitt acquisition
Colin McCahon exhibition
Camera and Dr Barnardo exhibition
Robert Jesson exhibition
Exhibition
Colin McCahon
8 March – 8 June 2008
Two decades after Colin McCahon's death, this touring focus exhibition brings together paintings and works on paper by one of the most widely acclaimed New Zealand artists.
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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.
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‘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.
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Kauri tree landscape by Colin McCahon
This article first appeared as 'Mighty kauris inspired McCahon' in The Press on 10 February 2015.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.