Séraphine Pick Untitled 1998. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Purchased 1998.
Séraphine Pick Untitled 1998. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Purchased 1998.
Installation view: Séraphine Pick: Tell Me More 2009
Installation view: Séraphine Pick: Tell Me More 2009
Installation view: Séraphine Pick: Tell Me More 2009
Séraphine Pick Untitled 1998. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Purchased 1998.
This exhibition is now closed
Séraphine Pick's original and imaginative practice has made her one of New Zealand's most highly regarded painters.
Séraphine Pick's original and imaginative practice has made her one of New Zealand's most highly regarded painters. From the spectral dresses, leaky baths and teetering suitcases of the 1990s to the psychologically-charged dreamscapes of more recent years, this large-scale survey will bring together more than 100 works made between 1994 and 2009.
Tracing the effects of Pick's ongoing interest in memory, identity, sexuality, and imagination, the exhibition will unveil several new paintings and be accompanied by a richly illustrated publication, featuring essays on relevant aspects of Pick's practice as well as responses to individual works by leading art writers.
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Date:
23 July – 22 November 2009 -
Curator:
Felicity Milburn -
Exhibition number:
833 -
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This article first appeared as 'Ghosts in sunglasses' in The Press on 8 October 2008