Coming up at City Gallery

Events

http://citygallery.org.nz/events

Exhibition Tours
Daily until 28 February, 12.15pm | Free with exhibition entry
Get more out of your visit—join a friendly, knowledgeable guide for a 40-minute introduction to Cindy Sherman.
Meet in Main Foyer.

Gallery Babes
Wednesday 22 February, 10.30am | Free with exhibition entry
A mid-morning cultural fix for parents and carers of young babies. Bring the baby for a talk and tour of our current exhibitions, followed by morning tea.

Contemporary Feminism Panel: Aging and Agency
Wednesday 22 February, 6pm | Free | Fully Booked

Kim Hill and panel discuss ‘Ageing and Agency’. Cindy Sherman's recent works confront the vexed issue of ageing. Is this a golden age for 'women of a certain age'? Or, in a society that still worships youth, are older women as invisible as ever? Do women have the agency they have earned?

My Favourite Cindy: Process and Techniques
Saturday 25 February, 2pm | Free

Speakers discuss their favourite works in Cindy Sherman focussing on process and techniques. Includes Emma Ransley (Toi Whakaari) on costume, Caroline McQuarrie and Shaun Waugh (Massey University) on photography and Sam Trubridge (production designer) on mise-en-scène.

Film Screening: The Fearless Vampire Killers and The Naked Kiss
Sun 26 February , from 2pm | Free

The Fearless Vampire Killers | 1967, Dir. Roman Polanski, 1hr 31min, PG Adult themes
Roman Polanski and the gorgeous Sharon Tate in Transylvanian camp. Great theatrical entertainment.

—Cindy Sherman

The Naked Kiss | 1964, Dir. Samuel Fuller, 1hr 30min, R18
A classic Samuel Fuller tale of an ex-prostitute trying to reform and marry the perfect guy who will forgive her past. Until we find out why.

— Cindy Sherman

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

http://citygallery.org.nz/exhibitions/upcoming

08 APRIL - 30 JULY 2017

Colin McCahon: On Going Out with the Tide | Free entry

City Gallery presents an exhibition of works by celebrated New Zealand artist Colin McCahon. On Going Out with the Tide takes over the entire first floor of City Gallery with major works from 1965-76, a period in which McCahon addresses Māori subjects: motifs, language, stories, histories, sites.

Image credit

1. Colin McCahon The Canoe Tainui 1969.

08 APRIL - 09 JULY 2017

Martino Gamper: 100 Chairs in 100 Days | Free entry

London-based Italian designer Martino Gamper’s acclaimed project 100 Chairs in 100 Days is showing in New Zealand for the first time at City Gallery Wellington.

Gamper is known for cross-disciplinary and culturally responsive approach to design. He collected disused chairs, from alleyways and friends’ homes, and reassembled them—one per day—into poetic, and often humorous and unexpected forms. The exhibition includes 99 chairs previously made and one new chair which Gamper will make in New Zealand from recycled and found materials.

Image Credits

1. Martino Gamper Painter's Mate 2007. Photo: Martino Gamper and Åbäke. Collection Mrs. Nina Yashar

2. Martino Gamper Sonet Butterfly 2007. Photo: Martino Gamper and Åbäke. Collection Mrs. Nina Yashar

08 APRIL - 09 JULY 2017

Petra Cortright: RUNNING NEO-GEO GAMES UNDER MAME | Free entry

The first ever New Zealand exhibition from LA-based artist Petra Cortright opens at City Gallery Wellington this April. Coined ‘the Monet of the 21st century’, Cortright is a digital artist whose paintings are created from a single master file of internet sourced imagery, amassed and manipulated through online software.

Image Credit

1. Petra Cortright nude drawing model in Eisenhower bibliography spine 2016. Courtesy Tristian Koenig, Melbourne.

08 APRIL - 30 JULY 2017

Shannon Te Ao: Untitled (McCahon House Studies) | Free entry

In Te Ao’s video-performance, he occupies McCahon's former family home in Titirangi, and walks with and talks back to McCahon. Te Ao was not invited into the House as a resident, but entered of his own volition. He performed repetitive ritualised actions that channel aspects of McCahon’s life, addressing the competing psychological demands of creativity and family. This video is shown alongside Colin McCahon: On Going Out with the Tide.

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