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Local Knowledge
Feb 11 2012
- May 18 2012
Joe Sheehan, Song Remains the Same II, 2008. Dan Arps, A Scale Model of Christchurch, 2011. Courtesy of Michael Lett. Previous. Slide to 0. Slide to 1. Slide to 2. Next. Local Knowledge features works by a range of artists: Dan Arps, Simon Faithfull,
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Gordon Crook: 18 Maritimes
Nov 5 2011
- Feb 5 2012
Gordon Cook, 18 Maritimes, 1995 - 1996. Woven by Sue Batten of the Victorian Tapestry Weaving Workshop, Melbourne. Purchased with the assistance of The Friends of The Dowse. 18 Maritimes is a suite of small tapestries depicting oceanic and nautical
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Scott Eady: 100 Bikes Project, Part 1
Oct 8 2011
- Feb 12 2012
Installation view. From a motley collection sourced from rubbish dumps and second hand shops, Eady has carefully and expertly customised each bicycle. Most exhibitions ask visitors to ‘look but don’t touch’. They don’t often invite you to go
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Of Gorse of Course
Jun 30 2007
- Nov 18 2007
Regan Gentry, A Multitude of Pricks, 2006-2008. Courtesy of the artist. Venturing deep into Southland’s hills for artistic inspiration, Wellington artist Regan Gentry has emerged as a curious friend of New Zealand’s public enemy number one –
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Becoming King Kong
Jun 2 2007
- Sep 23 2007
Visitors to TheNewDowse were offered the chance to come face-to-face with the mighty King Kong, Wellywood’s most famous cinematic gorilla, in this unique exhibition. Developed in partnership with internationally celebrated Weta Workshop & Weta
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Sergeant P
May 12 2007
- Sep 19 2007
Jim Cooper, Sergeant P (detail), 2006-2007. Courtesy of the artist. Shirley Temple, Jimi Hendrix & Marilyn Monroe as you've never seen them before. Citing The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover as one of the major
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Animalia (remix)
Apr 21 2007
- May 20 2007
Animalia asked "Are you a stubborn goat or a clingy octopus? A sneaky rat or a devilish dragonfly?" Visitors were dared to find out and invited to step inside an extraordinary life-sized interactive video game. Responding to a visual marker on an
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Alan Preston
Feb 17 2007
- Jun 17 2007
Alan Preston, Paua Chain, 1992. Collection of The Dowse Art Museum, purchased 1992. In the late 1970s Alan Preston abandoned western jewellery-making traditions in favour of utilising locally found materials and techniques. For 30 years he has
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