Bulletin Autumn Christchurch Art Gallery March — May B.156 Te Puna o Waiwhetu 2009 1 BULLETIN EDITOR Bulletin B.156 Autumn DAVID SIMPSON Christchurch Art Gallery March — May Te Puna o Waiwhetu 2009 GALLERY CONTRIBUTORS DIRECTOR: JENNY HARPER CURATORIAL TEAM: KEN HALL, JENNIFER HAY, FELICITY MILBURN, JUSTIN PATON, PETER VANGIONI PUBLIC PROGRAMMES: SARAH AMAZINNIA, LANA COLES PHOTOGRAPHERS: BRENDAN LEE, DAVID WATKINS OTHER CONTRIBUTORS ROBBIE DEANS, MARTIN EDMOND, GARTH GOULD, CHARLES JENCKS, BRIDIE LONIE, RICHARD MCGOWAN, ZINA SWANSON, DAVID TURNER TEL: (+64 3) 941 7300 FAX: (+64 3) 941 7301 EMAIL:
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[email protected] PLEASE SEE THE BACK COVER FOR MORE DETAILS. WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE ARTICLES. CURRENT SUPPORTERS OF THE GALLERY AALTO COLOUR CHARTWELL TRUST CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY TRUST COFFEY PROJECTS CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND ERNST & YOUNG FRIENDS OF CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY GABRIELLE TASMAN HOLMES GROUP HOME NEW ZEALAND LUNEYS PHILIP CARTER PYNE GOULD CORPORATION SPECTRUM PRINT STRATEGY DESIGN & ADVERTISING THE PRESS THE WARREN TRUST UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY FOUNDATION VBASE WARREN AND MAHONEY Visitors to the Gallery in front of Fiona Hall’s The Price is Right, installed as part of the exhibition Fiona Hall: Force Field. DESIGN AND PRODUCTION ART DIRECTOR: GUY PASK Front cover image: Rita Angus EDITORIAL DESIGN: ALEC BATHGATE, A Goddess of Mercy (detail) 1945–7. Oil on canvas. Collection CLAYTON DIXON of Christchurch Art Gallery Te PRODUCTION MANAGER: