CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY



Morris & Co.

- The World of William Morris



Till 29 June 2008



William Morris - the man behind the firm Morris & Co. - remains a remarkable figure more than a century after his death. His work endures, with many of his designs for wallpapers, textiles and carpets still popular today. Artist, designer, socialist, poet, novelist and theorist: Morris's work is celebrated in this exquisite show.



Darryn George: Pulse



The walls themselves become the artwork in Darryn George's new project. Stretching more than fifty metres and reaching from floor to ceiling, Pulse is an engulfing fusion of customary Maori art and contemporary abstract painting. Using intricate patterns, chanting rhythms and an eye-popping palette of red, black and white, George fills the hushed white cube of the Sutton Gallery with a continual pulse of light, language and pattern.



I See Red



5 December 2007 - August 2008



Through a selection of eclectic, mainly contemporary artworks for the Gallery's collection, this interactive children's exhibition explores some of the strong meanings and ideas associated with the colour red.



Peter Peryer: Tecomanthe



To celebrate the Festival of Flowers, Peter Peryer's work Tecomanthe will hang in the Gallery foyer. Tecomanthe Speciosa is a rare twining climber that was discovered on one of the Three Kings Islands northwest of Cape Reinga in 1946. All the vines we have today descend from this one plant.



Keeping Time

23 May - 31 August 2008

Touring Exhibition Gallery B

Exploring the moment when past and present collide, this collection-based exhibition teams Denis O'Connor's monumental limestone sculpture The Gorse King with a selection of works in other media to consider how history, memory and tradition frame our experience of the world.

Bouncy Marae

31 May - 27 July 2008

Foyer

Bring the kids down to the Gallery to play on Inez Crawford's giant inflatable artwork Bouncy Marae. Inspired by her childhood impression that her local marae was a fairytale castle, Crawford has created her own bouncy-castle wharenui - brown on the outside, bright pink inside, and free for the kids to jump around in!

Subsonic

sound art in the bunker

Begins May 2008

From May onwards, if you're climbing the stairs to the forecourt or catching the elevator from the Gallery's underground carpark you'll find yourself immersed in Subsonic, a new programme of sound art curated by Peter Vangioni.

Ben Cauchi: Dead Time

3 May - 3 August 2008

Burdon Family Gallery

Ben Cauchi deftly manipulates light sources, studio effects and darkroom techniques to create a mysterious, illusory zone. Known for his use of mid-19th-century photographic processes, Dead Time reveals the results of a recently completed residency as Frances Hodgkins Fellow in Dunedin.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE GALLERY

Christchurch Cabaret Festival

On the Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark taking Me as her Young Lover

20 June, 7pm; 21 June, 9pm in the Auditorium

$25  Concessions $20

Duration – 70 mins no interval

 

A Night with Beau Tyler (New Zealand)

20 June, 9pm; 21 - 22 June, 7pm in the Auditorium

$25  Concessions $20

Duration – 70 mins no interval

 

THE PHYSICS ROOM



14 June – 5 July 2008

klunk, clomp, aaugh!

Sean Kerr

 

THE KIOSK

Rendering

Chris Mules

6 June – 3 July 2008

 

EVENTS

SPACE STUDY 2/5 hybrid

Rafael Toral

With support from Bruce Russell

Sunday 29 June 2008, 8pm

The Physics Room

$10/$8

 

CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

COCA Anthony Harper Award 2008. Mair Gallery, 10th–28th June 2008

 

Asher Raawiri Newbery - 'Nga Manu Rangatira' - Canaday Gallery

10th–29th June 2008

 

Tim Hurford - Front Gallery

10th–29th June 2008

ARTHOUSE 

Nicky Foreman - 2008 Paintings

18 June - 6 July

This new body of paintings by Nicky Foreman was inspired by a visit to Cezanne's studio in Aix-en-Provence, France.

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