Colin McCahon, *Through The Wall Of Death: A Banner* 1972. Collection of The Dowse Art Museum, purchased 1977 with assistance from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand.
Kristian Fredrikson & Royal New Zealand Ballet, Baron von Rothbart ballet costume, 1985. Collection of the Dowse Art Museum, gifted by the Royal New Zealand Ballet, 2008.
Ann Verdcourt, Play (Teddy), 2003. Collection of The Dowse Art Museum, purchased 2004
Fiona Clark, Sand Saucer; Cineraria, Forget-Me-Not and Camellias, 1987. Collection of The Dowse Art Museum, purchased with assistance from the QEII Arts Council, 1988
David Armitage, She said: Look at Me. I Looked. She Rose Into Detail Forever (Ian Wedde), 1972.
Gillian Chaplin, Assemblage 1983
Collection of The Dowse Art Museum, purchased 1986
Unhinged, opening night. Photo: Mark Tantrum
Unhinged, opening night. Photo: Mark Tantrum
Paul Rayner, Ken & Ken 2004.
Collection of The Dowse Art Museum, purchased 2004.
Flying tricycles, a pyramid of cats and a rainbow of ceramics; some of what you can discover in this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Featuring over 1000 items from the Dowse art collection, this exhibition is an opportunity to explore some familiar favourites alongside forgotten treasures. Unhinged includes peculiar peeks into the most remarkable corners of the collection like bedazzling ballet costumes, playful paintings and exquisite contemporary glass.
This delightfully eccentric show offers new ways to access and encounter the collection. You can simply wander each space in your own time absorbing the curious combinations or you can follow one of our customised tours designed to uncover some of the more intriguing objects and their fascinating stories. Prepare to be enchanted, baffled and surprised.
This exhibition is part of a major project to refurbish our collection storage spaces that will help us to care for our collection into the future. We will be saying goodbye to this exhibition in sections so that we can safely place our nearly 3500 items into their new home with all the love and attention they deserve.