EXHIBITION 2024: Looking at ourselves
This is a Past Event.
Date:
Fri 31 May 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Sat 1 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Sun 2 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Mon 3 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Tue 4 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Wed 5 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Thu 6 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Fri 7 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Sat 8 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Sun 9 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Date:
Mon 10 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Tue 11 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Wed 12 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Thu 13 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Date:
Fri 14 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Date:
Sat 15 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Date:
Sun 16 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Mon 17 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Tue 18 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Wed 19 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Thu 20 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Fri 21 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Date:
Sat 22 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Date:
Sun 23 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Date:
Mon 24 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Tue 25 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Wed 26 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
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Thu 27 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Date:
Fri 28 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Date:
Sat 29 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Date:
Sun 30 Jun 2024, 10:00 am - 5:00pm
Venue:
Academy Galleries
1 Queens Wharf
Wellington
Category:
Exhibitions, Drawing, Illustration, Painting
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Listed By:
NZ Academy of Fine Arts
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Exhibition: 31 May - 30 June 2024
This is the fourth themed exhibition that we have invited artists to submit work for during the past nine months and the quality of the response has been breath-taking. The theme of ‘Looking at Ourselves’ was open to broad interpretation. We have works that examine the human form in classic nudes and portraits, but other works are intensely, almost uncomfortably, personal self-examinations.
A highlight of this exhibition has been the opportunity to see different media used to the absolute peak of technical brilliance, whether pastels, charcoal, watercolour, acrylic or oils.
Of works in charcoal, “Lady in Frame” by Yavanna den Harder, ‘Stephen watching NZ v England, 3rd Women’s International’ by Lisa Munnelly, or ‘Rick’ by Jacky Pearson stand out.
For pastels, the level of observation and fidelity to life in Bernadette Ballantyne’s ‘Russel’ and ‘Resting Mum Face’ are arresting.
Tatyana Kulida’s ‘Maori Musician’, Catherine Ward’s ‘The Cartographer’, Laura Olenska’s ‘Study of a foot’ and Ashraf Pirnia’s ‘Innocence’ are each works that reward closer study and appreciation of their technical merits.
The President’s Award goes to “Confronting self” by Michael Hsieh for a contemplative, beautifully executed self-portrait.
The Curator’s Award goes to “Marcus” by Jacky Pearson for a superb portrait that offers a masterclass in the capabilities of watercolour.
Merit Awards went to
- “In Light’s Embrace” by Xiu Huan Mah for a beautifully observed nude rendered with admirable economy
- “Breather” by Justine Turnbull for bravura brushwork in her self-portrait
- “The Phone” by Vivian McKenna for a delicate and exquisite pen and ink nude
- “Lady in Frame” by Yavanna den Harder for a clever and almost photographic rendering in charcoal of a seated nude
- “Russel” by Bernadette Ballantyne for a hyper-realist portrait in pastels
Congratulations to them all.
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