Past Exhibitions

Significant Works

23 Jun - 18 Jul 2012

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Exhibition Works

Petroica, Mill Creek
Don Binney Petroica, Mill Creek (2001)
Kawaroa Paddling Pool
Michael Smither Kawaroa Paddling Pool (1998)
Corten Steel Construction with Owl and Moon
Paul Dibble Corten Steel Construction with Owl and Moon (2012)
Conjunction IV
Robert Ellis Conjunction IV (1974)
Point
Shane Cotton Point (1992)
Harbour Cone
Robin White Harbour Cone (1972)
Comb (Red)
Lonnie Hutchinson Comb (Red) (2009)
Black Carnival #52 - Tai Warrior
Christine Webster Black Carnival #52 - Tai Warrior (1993-95)
The Crowing Cockerel, the Fox and the Wallaby
Ray Ching The Crowing Cockerel, the Fox and the Wallaby (2007)
Winter Solstice
Ralph Hotere Winter Solstice (1988)
Fly
W D Hammond Fly (1999)
Art and Nature Study
Terry Stringer Art and Nature Study (2012)
Grow 4
Galia Amsel Grow 4 (2010)
Seeing Red
Mervyn Williams Seeing Red (2012)
Vortex 3
Neil Dawson Vortex 3 (2012)
Embarrassed by Nature
Trevor Moffitt Embarrassed by Nature (1994)
Moon Watch
Joanna Braithwaite Moon Watch (2003)
Great Rack (Stag)
Hannah Kidd Great Rack (Stag) (2008)
This Distance
Garry Currin This Distance (2008/09)
Madonna Mountain
Nigel Brown Madonna Mountain (2007/08)
Whare
Neil Dawson Whare (2010)
Ochre Tiki
Dick Frizzell Ochre Tiki (1998)
Rata
Darryn George Rata (2010)
Coronet Peak
Michael Hight Coronet Peak (2011)
Southland
Karl Maughan Southland (2012)
Two Worlds
Paul Dibble Two Worlds (2010)
Let us Weep - for His is Not the Death of the Moon - From Te Whiti Series
Ralph Hotere Let us Weep - for His is Not the Death of the Moon - From Te Whiti Series (1972)
Whakapapa: Get Down on Your Knees (Reconfigured)
Reuben Paterson Whakapapa: Get Down on Your Knees (Reconfigured) (2009)
Girl and Horse I (Second Series)
Gary Waldrom Girl and Horse I (Second Series) (2008/09)
Tararua Range
Michael Hight Tararua Range (2009)
Large Twisted Flax Pod #44
Ann Robinson Large Twisted Flax Pod #44 (2011)
Burnt Stump
Dick Frizzell Burnt Stump (1999)
Floe 8
Galia Amsel Floe 8 (2012)
Black Carnival #59 - Keng Bound in Red Silk
Christine Webster Black Carnival #59 - Keng Bound in Red Silk (1993-97)
Black Sand Valley
Neil Frazer Black Sand Valley (2008)
Still Life for Keith and Ernie #8 [11-1-13]
John Parker Still Life for Keith and Ernie #8 [11-1-13] (2009-11)
Button Down
Reuben Paterson Button Down (2012)
Landscape Bowl
Ann Robinson Landscape Bowl (2009/12)
Field Study 193
Mike Petre Field Study 193 (2011)
Pohangina East
Karl Maughan Pohangina East (2011)

Exhibition Text

Significant Works is a museum standard exhibition featuring pre-eminent New Zealand artists and works of artistic significance.

There are iconic paintings by Don Binney, Robin White, Robert Ellis, Michael Smither, Dick Frizzell, Ralph Hotere, and others. A number of works have been made especially for this exhibition, including major sculptural works by Terry Stringer, Neil Dawson and Paul Dibble. Glass is represented by two internationally significant glass artists, Ann Robinson and Galia Amsel. Christine Webster contributes two cibachromes from the critically acclaimed Black Carnival series and John Parker a thirteen piece ceramic tableaux.

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