SCAPE OUTDOORS CLOSES
SCAPE outdoors is now closed. SCAPE at Christchurch Art Gallery continues until Sunday 30 November 2008. If you haven’t already, do take the opportunity to visit the Gallery – or head out and about with one of Ann Veronica Janssens’ gleaming silver bicycles (available free from the Gallery foyer).WANDERING LINES
Our cities are constantly evolving. Their changing spaces reflect the shifting values of society – and so do their public artworks. Traditionally public art takes the form of weighty sculptures in bronze and stone. The artists in SCAPE 2008: Wandering Lines: Towards a New Culture of Space engage with public space very differently. Using everything from fluorescent lights to a fleet of bicycles, they weave their works into the broader fabric of the city and place them firmly within its dynamic systems.To wander is to go off the official route and look for a fresh perspective on things. The twenty-five artists in this year’s SCAPE invite you to look for art in unexpected places. What you’ll find are fresh, sharp, witty and hopeful visions of what a city and its public spaces can be.
Read the Curatorial Statement for Wandering Lines: Towards a New Culture of Space
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MISS CHRISTCHURCH
Miss Christchurch, Guillaume Bijl. Photo Christchurch Art Gallery
Guillaume Bijl has transformed the Ravenscar Gallery at Christchurch Art Gallery into the site of a mock "Miss Christchurch" beauty pageant. Immaculately rendered yet entirely vacant, it reminds us of how such events have been increasingly under pressure to be more politically correct. more
DARWIN
Darwin by Dutch group, Atelier van Lieshout (AVL) was officially unveiled to the public on Monday 29 September. Joep van Lieshout, founder of AVL, says, “The work implies power, status, expansion and reproduction. Darwin reflects social Darwinism ideas and the need for survival in all aspects of our lives, whether it be biological or corporate.”
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Your feedback about SCAPE is very important. Please use the email link below so that we can send you a short survey about your experiences - and you will go into the draw to win a $100 Galaxy music voucher! Tell us what you thinkPRESENTED BY: Art & Industry Biennial Trust in partnership with the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. WITH SUPPORT FROM:
PRINCIPAL SUPPORTER: Perry Foundation. MAJOR SPONSORS: Adrienne, Lady Stewart and the Estate of the Late Sir Robertson Stewart, Chambers PR, Christchurch City Council, Creative New Zealand - The Arts Council of New Zealand, Strategy Advertising & Design. SPONSORS: 64zero3, Accessman, Anderson Lloyd Lawyers, Ballantynes, Beca, Blueprint, Boffa Miskell, Canterbury Community Trust, Carter Group, Chartwell Trust, Coffey Projects, Design & Arts College of New Zealand, Ernst & Young, Errol & Jennifer Clark, Fletcher Construction, Fahey Fence Hire, Grant Thornton, Holiday Inn City Centre Christchurch, Jenny Gibbs, John Jones Steel, Main Divide, New Zealand Community Trust, Otahuna Lodge, Pegasus Bay, Placemakers, Signtech, Smith Crane & Construction, Solid Energy, TJC, The Arts Centre of Christchurch, The Physics Room, The Press, The Southern Trust, vbase, Warren & Mahoney. SUPPORT SPONSORS: Art + Object, Canterbury Museum, Ed Langston (The Cave, Redcliffs), Firth, Fulton Hogan, Heritage Management Services, New Zealand Charitable Foundation, Pelorus Trust, Straight Up Services Ltd, VFL Finance Ltd. CULTURAL FUNDING PARTNERS: The Australia Council, Asia: NZ, Canada Council for the Arts, Christchurch City Council's Public Art Fund, Danish Arts Council, FONDS BVK, FRAME, ifa, Mondriaan Foundation, New Zealand Netherlands Foundation, OCA Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Netherlands Embassy (NZ), SEACEX, The Turkish Embassy Wellington, Vehbi Koc Foundation (VKF), Vlaams Ministerie van Cultuur Jeugd Sport en Media