Sybil Andrews Racing 1934. Linocut. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gift of Rex Nan Kivell, 1953. © Estate of Sybil Andrews, Glenbow, Calgary, Alberta
7 December 2024 – 11 May 2025
Dynamic and vibrant prints from a fast-changing world.
The humble linocut was a remarkable development in contemporary printmaking when it emerged against the backdrop of the modern era of the 1920s and 1930s. Colourful and vibrant, it was the perfect medium for conveying the fast-changing world of speeding motor vehicles, industry, city life and sport, as well as more traditional pastoral subjects. One O’Clock Jump: British Linocuts from the Jazz Age brings together a selection of exceptional prints from the folio presented to Aotearoa New Zealand by Ōtautahi Christchurch-born Rex Nan Kivell in 1953.
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Location:
Burdon Family Gallery Monica Richards Gallery -
Curator:
Peter Vangioni -
Exhibition number:
1161
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An exquisite selection of etchings, lithographs, wood-engravings and linocuts made during one of the most dynamic periods in Aotearoa’s art history.
Commentary
For the Price of a Pint of Beer
One of the joys of working at a public art gallery is the opportunity to really get to know an institution’s collection. I still remember, as a newly appointed curator of works on paper at the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, coming across a cache of the brightest, most colourful and energetic prints I had ever seen among the Rex Nan Kivell collection of modern British prints. Given to the Gallery in 1953, the sheer breadth and depth of Nan Kivell’s incredibly comprehensive gift, especially when combined with the works he gave to Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Dunedin Public Art Gallery, makes this a collection of British linocuts to rival those in major collections throughout the world.