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Ella Sutherland: Slow Seeing and Attention to Make
Dec 10 2016
- Apr 2 2017
Over 2017 The Dowse Window will feature a series of graphic design projects that critically engage with this site as a point of communication and display. Ella Sutherland has worked with The Dowse Art Museum posters that were made between the 1970s
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James Greig: Defying Gravity
Dec 10 2016
- Mar 12 2017
James Greig, c. 1982. Photo by Jenny Haimes. Defying Gravity brings together a lifetime of sculptural works by potter James Greig. Greig’s study of European philosophy, Japanese culture, modernist architecture, the natural sciences and his love of
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At the Beach: 100 Years of Summer Fashion in New Zealand
Nov 26 2016
- Feb 19 2017
At the Beach. At the Beach playfully explores over 100 years of the history of New Zealand beach culture told through what we wore. With woollen bathers and bikinis, swimsuits and sundresses, playsuits and parasols, Hawaiian shirts and boardies,
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Raewyn Atkinson: I Too Am in Paradise
Nov 19 2016
- Mar 12 2017
Raewyn Atkinson: I Too Am in Paradise, 2016. Photo by John Lake. I Too Am in Paradise is a series of unfired clay urns, each bearing the phrase "Et in Arcadia ego" and containing a young kowhai ngutukaka (kakabeak) plant. Using the title of this
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Solo 2016: Six Wellington Artists
Nov 18 2016
- Apr 2 2017
Crystal Chain Gang, Light at the End of the Tunnel, Installation Shot by Mark Tantrum. Solo is a biennial exhibition presented by The Dowse that showcases and supports local Wellington artists by actively commissioning and presenting new work. The
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Task Action: Jim Allen, Bruce Barber, Campbell Patterson
Nov 15 2016
- May 7 2017
Campbell Patterson, Soap Push Ups, Video Still, 2004. Task Action brings together the work of three artists (Jim Allen, Bruce Barber, and Campbell Patterson) who have performed relatively simple tasks as sensory experiments. Each artist is concerned
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Wallace Art Awards 2011
Oct 29 2011
- Dec 4 2011
Akiko Diegel, Core, 2011. Courtesy of The Wallace Arts Trust. The annual Wallace Art Awards marks its 20th anniversary this year and The Dowse will showcase the winners and most of the finalists. The Dowse is the only Wellington venue to host this
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Knitted & Knotted
Aug 27 2011
- Nov 20 2011
Installation view. A new take on the handmade. Knitted & Knotted brings together the work of New Zealand contemporary artists, Liyen Chong, Jacquelyn Greenbank, Megan Hansen Knarhoi, Shelley Norton, Ani O'Neill and Erica van Zon, and features
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