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Curator's Talk

Ticket Information

  • Free Admission

Dates

  • Wed 12 Feb 2020, 7:00pm–8:30pm

Restrictions

All Ages

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Northart Gallery

Join Christopher Johnstone for a curator's talk as he presents the fascinating background to the landscape paintings collected by the Kelliher Art Trust since 1956, a selection of which is presently on show at Northart in Commissioned and Contemporary: Landscapes from the Kelliher Arts Trust.

Johnstone describes the exhibition as a “snapshot of New Zealand landscape painting practice”. He says that at a time when national collections and regional art museums are eschewing this significant genre, the show demonstrates that serious landscape painting is not only alive and well in this country but remains popular with artists and the public alike.

The collection of the Kelliher Art Trust largely comprises prize-winning and award-winning paintings from the annual Kelliher Art Competition, held from 1956 to 1977. “Some of the best of these, including works by Paul Olds, the most internationally experienced painter of his generation, and the late Ian Scott, who became one of the country's most popular abstract painters, are displayed here,” says Johnstone.

They are accompanied by fine examples of contemporary landscape paintings purchased since 2007 and paintings commissioned annually by the Trust since 2015. The most recent of these, publicly displayed for the first time, is the view of the Lawrence River by the young Nelson painter Caroline Bellamy.

The curator's talk takes place at Northart on Wednesday February 12 at 7pm, and the show continues to run daily 10am to 4pm until Wednesday 19 February.

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