Group show
Alive! Still Life into the Twenty First Century
curated by Zara Stanhope
26 February – 29 April 2001
et al., David Clegg, Shane Cotton, Derrick Cowie, Bill Culbert, Judy Darragh, Neil Dawson, Dick Frizzell, Rudolf Gopas, Agnes Hegedus, Louise Henderson, Gavin Hipkins, Megan Jenkinson, Denise Kum, Tony de Lautour, Jae hoon Lee, Colin McCahon, Douglas MacDiarmid, Alvin Pankhurst, Peter Peryer, Seraphine Pick, Patrick Pound, Jude Rae, Dorothy Kate Richmond, Huhana Smith, Kathy Temin, Yvonne Todd, Kay Walsh, Louise Weaver, Brendon Wilkinson, and Emily Wolfe
The traditional genres that have been used to define art history–landscape, still life, portraiture–appear less frequently in art today but offer a number of perspectives on contemporary practice. ALIVE! looked at the role of still life in New Zealand art from the last century to now to indicate how the still life genre has been appropriated, reworked or rethought by artists.
Louise Weaver, Skunk (I think you’re swell), 2000, pearl cotton thread hand crocheted over high density foam, cotton embroidery thread, synthetic fibre, sliver thread. Installation view, Alive! Still Life into Twenty First Century, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001
Judy Darragh, Visible Woman, 1987, plastic flowers, torso, light. Installation view, Alive! Still Life into Twenty First Century, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001
Installation view, Alive! Still Life into Twenty First Century, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001
Yvonne Todd, Still Life with Diet Pills, 1999, LED prints. Courtesy of the artist
Installation view, Alive! Still Life into Twenty First Century, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001
Shane Cotton, Compressed View, 1993, oil on canvas, 1800 x 1600mm. Installation view, Alive! Still Life into Twenty First Century, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001
Installation view, Alive! Still Life into Twenty First Century, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001
Installation view, Alive! Still Life into Twenty First Century, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001
Emily Wolfe, Collar 2, 2000, oil on linen, private collection. Installation view, Alive! Still Life into Twenty First Century, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001
Installation view, Alive! Still Life into Twenty First Century, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001
Installation view, Alive! Still Life into Twenty First Century, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001