City Gallery Listings Mon 26 Oct to Sun 1 Nov

Please find below City Gallery Wellington’s event listings for October 26 - November 1.

Events Mon 26 Oct- Sun 1 Nov
Curator’s Talk, Abby Cunnane and Reuben Friend
Saturday, 31 October, 2pm
Abby Cunnane and Reuben Friend will provide a floor talk on the opening exhibitions in the expanded Hirschfeld Gallery - Make Way; Regan Gentry and the new Deane Gallery - Ngaahina Hohaia Entry Charges apply.

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Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years
City Gallery Wellington
27 September 2009 – 7 February 2010

Experience the strange and dizzying world of one of the world’s foremost living contemporary artists, Yayoi Kusama. A sculptor, painter, film producer and fashion designer, Kusama exhibited with Andy Warhol in 1960s New York where she vied with him for the position of the most publicised artist of the era. Renowned for her obsession with repetitive patterns and forms, Kusama’s exhilarating room-sized mirrored installations allow a breathtaking experience of infinity and are utterly unlike anything else you will experience in the world of art. Spanning 70 years of practice, Mirrored Years comes to Wellington direct from a record breaking season at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

Regan Gentry: Make Way
27 September – 22 November, 2009
Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery Wellington

The brand new Michael Hirschfeld Gallery continues its commitment to Wellington artists and designers with a major new work by Wellington artist Regan Gentry. Visitors will encounter Make Way, an ambitious sculptural work made entirely from cane basketwork that spans the entire 12 metre gallery. Make Way takes the form of a highway bypass and draws on topical concerns around the proposed Basin Reserve flyover. More broadly, it reflects on discussions about urban planning and ecological harm.

Ngaahina Hohaia
27 September 2009 – 10 January, 2010
Roderick and Gillian Deane Gallery, City Gallery Wellington

Works by Parihaka artist Ngaahina Hohaia (Ngati Moeahu, Ngati Haupoto) will launch City Gallery Wellington’s new Roderick and Gillian Deane Gallery for Māori and Pacific art. The exhibition includes over five hundred poi, intricately constructed from natural fibres, and an emotive video work. Ngaahina’s work reflects on the pain and sorrow endured by the people of Parihaka during interactions with the colonial forces in the 19th century. In particular, it honours Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi’s vision to build a relationship between Māori and Pakeha based on respect and peace. Ngaahina’s whanau already has links with City Gallery, having worked in partnership on the exhibition Parihaka: the Art of Passive Resistance in 2000.

Open daily 10am-5pm. Admission charges apply.

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