Neil Pardington Film Archive #4, The New Zealand Film Archive Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua (detail) 2006. Lambda / C-print. Reproduced courtesy of the artist
Neil Pardington Film Archive #4, The New Zealand Film Archive Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua (detail) 2006. Lambda / C-print. Reproduced courtesy of the artist
Installation View: The Vault: Neil Pardington 2009
Installation View: The Vault: Neil Pardington 2009
Installation View: The Vault: Neil Pardington 2009
Installation View: The Vault: Neil Pardington 2009
Installation View: The Vault: Neil Pardington 2009
This exhibition is now closed
Working behind the scenes in museums and galleries throughout New Zealand with his large-format camera, Neil Pardington brings to light the hidden collection storage spaces that are normally closed to the public.
Working behind the scenes in museums and galleries throughout New Zealand with his large-format camera, Neil Pardington brings to light the hidden collection storage spaces that are normally closed to the public.
His gathered results (here 35 large-scale framed photographic works) hold a strong natural fascination as storehouses of memory or places filled with mystifying treasure.
For Pardington (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Kāti Waewae, Pākehā) the works signify the 'collected culture and history of those things we deem important enough to keep, and what those things tell us about ourselves.' This exhibition represents a significant recent body of work by a leading contemporary artist photographer.
A Christchurch Art Gallery Touring Exhibition
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Date:
6 November 2009 – 14 March 2010 -
Curator:
Ken Hall -
Exhibition number:
836
Collection works in this exhibition
Related
Exhibition
Neil Pardington: Rehutai series
27 June – 19 July 2007
In conjunction with Picturing the Peninsula, the large-scale colour photographs by Neil Pardington depict the interiors of two significant buildings on Banks Peninsula evoking a sense of absence and past memories.