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Sarah Lucas Nud Cycladic 1 2009. Tights, fluff, wire, concrete blocks, MDF. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Purchase enabled by a gift from Andrew and Jenny Smith, made in response to the generosity of Sarah Lucas, Sadie Coles, London and Two Rooms, Auckland to the people of Christchurch on the occasion of the Canterbury Earthquake, February 2011
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Glen Hayward Yertle 2011. Wood (kauri, pine, puriri, rimu, totara) acrylic paint, wire. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū 2011
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Wayne Youle The Saviour 2012. Fibreglass, mahogany, leather,ply and electrical components. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū 2012
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Max Gimblett Self-Liberation by Knowing the Signs of Death 2010. Pencil, ink/Arches 555 lb rough watercolour paper France. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, The Max Gimblett and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Gift
This exhibition is now closed
A selection of exciting recent additions to Christchurch's public art collection.
Art collections don’t stand still. Each new acquisition connects us with an ever-changing present, recharging the works it brushes up against with altered contexts and expanded meanings. Unseen offers an invigorating and intriguing selection from the works that have been added to Christchurch’s public art collection by purchase or gift while we’ve been closed.