Category: Art Galleries & Museums
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Art Gallery
The Christchurch art gallery.
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Chair Fluorescent Lighting Sculpture, Christchurch Art Gallery
This sculpture is over the stairs at the Christchurch Art Gallery. It is title ‘Bebop’ and is by artist Bill Culbert. You can learn more about the artist and the origins of the sculpture at the art gallery website https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/2014-035. The chairs were found at flea markets in the south of France.
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Everything is Going to be Alright
The large neon sign on the side of the Christchurch Art Gallery is by British artist Martin Creed.
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Quasi Sculpture by Ronnie van Hout
This sculpture is called ‘Quasi’ and is by artist Ronnie van Hout. It’s situated on the roof of the Christchurch Art Gallery and is 5 metres tall. It’s a temporary installation – remaining there until the end of next year apparently.
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Christchurch Art Gallery Re-Opens
Closed for five years due to our earthquakes, the Christchurch Art Gallery re-opened today. It’s so good to have our public art gallery open – it was a place I often went to and it was great to see some of my favourite artworks hanging on the walls.
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Whole House Reuse Exhibition at the Canterbury Museum
All of the items in the collage above were made from materials salvaged from a Christchurch red zoned house that was deconstructed very carefully for the purpose of this Re-use project. The materials were distributed to arts and craft’s people all around New Zealand. The works they created are now on display at the Canterbury…
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Cosmo the giant Rabbit by Michael Parekowhai
Cosmo is an inflatable rabbit by artist Michael Parekowhai. Cosmo was gifted to the Christchurch art gallery by Jim and Mary Barr for the Art Gallery’s post-earthquake reopening back in 2011 (the art gallery is currently closed for earthquake repair work). He currently lives at 31 New Regent street as part of the art gallery’s…
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Rise Street Art exhibition at the Canterbury Museum
Today we went along to the excellent Rise Street Art exhibition at the Canterbury Museum. The exhibition features art works from a number of different street artists including Banksy. It’s on until March 23 2014 so you have plenty of time to get along an see it and I highly recommend you do. While at…
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The Bull is back in Christchurch
This bull sculpture was part of an art exhibition that was on last year. The sculpture captivated the people of Christchurch and it is now seen as a symbol of the city’s grit, determination and strength. The Christchurch Art Gallery Trust is now running a fund-raising campaign to buy the bull for Christchurch. I think…
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Gnomes! Reflective Lullaby by Gregor Kregar
I think I have a new photographic favourite subject – these gnomes by sculptor Gregor Kregar. They are located outside of the Christchurch Art Gallery. The sculptures are made of mirror polished stainless steel.
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Quake City
These are photos from Quake City, the new earthquake exhibition that opened last week in the Restart Mall. There’s something there for everyone with audio visual displays, photos, a liquefaction simulation, and a lot of information about the science behind the earthquakes. Overall, I think it is very well done, and will tell our story…
Christchurch Daily Photo 