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Exhibition Review
Len Lye: Motion Composer
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 366-368
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Reviewer:
Richardson, Michael (Richardson, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues / Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Lye, Len
museums and institutions:
Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
places:
New Zealand / Australia / London / New York
Reviewed Items
places:
Len Lye: Motion Composer Edited by Andres Pardey. 3 vols, 468 pp. incl. 967 col. + b. & w. ills (Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg and Museum Tinguely, Basel, 2019), €58. ISBN 978–3–86828–961–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Len Lye with Fountain. Unknown photographer, 1959. (Len Lye Foundation Archive, New Plymouth).
Attributed works:
19. Totem and Taboo Sketchbook, by Len Lye. 1922–26. 23 by 18.1 cm. (Courtesy Len Lye Foundation, New Plymouth; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth).
Attributed works:
20. Still from Tusalava, by Len Lye. c.1929. 16 mm. blackand- white film, duration 10 minutes. (Courtesy Len Lye Foundation, New Plymouth; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth).
Book Review
Colin McCahon: Volume 1: 1919–1959 (There is Only One Direction). Volume 2: 1960–1987 (Is This the Promised Land?)
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 822-823
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Reviewer:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
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art literature:
Monographs
artists:
McCahon, Colin
places:
New Zealand
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places:
Colin McCahon By Peter Simpson. Volume 1: 1919–1959 There is Only One Direction 360 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2019), £76.50. ISBN 978–1–86940–895–4. Volume 2: 1960–1987 Is This the Promised Land? 400 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2020), £81.50. ISBN 978–1–86940–908–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Crucifixion according to St Mark, by Colin McCahon. 1947. Oil on canvas, 80 by 109.5 cm. (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu).
Book Review
Picturing the Pacific: Joseph Banks and the Shipboard Artists of Cook and Flinders
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 549
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
patrons:
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
places:
Australia / Tahiti / New Zealand
subjects:
Explorers / Colonialism / Botanical drawings / Landscapes (visual works) / Animals / Cook, James, Captain, 1728-1779
subjects:
Flinders, Matthew
Book Review
Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys. Edited by Catherine Hammond and Mary Kisler; Finding Frances Hodgkins. By Mary Kisler
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 790-792
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Reviewer:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
Subjects
artists:
Hodgkins, Frances
dates:
1900-1949
museums and institutions:
Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
places:
New Zealand
subjects:
British art / Modernism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Still life in front of a courtyard (Willy Lott’s cottage), by Frances Hodgkins. c.1930. Oil on canvas, 7.12 by 7.12 cm. (Private collection).
Obituary
Iain Buchanan (1948–2018)
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 359
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Author:
Campbell, Lorne (Campbell, Lorne; C., L.)
Author:
Griffey, Erin (Griffey, Erin)
Subjects
art literature:
Buchanan, Iain, Auckland, New Zealand
artists:
Dürer, Albrecht / Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder
places:
Auckland / New Zealand
subjects:
Study and teaching / Lectures / Netherlandish School / Tapestries / Collecting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Iain Buchanan in the 1970s. (Photograph Simon Buis).
Book Review
Bloomsbury South: The Arts in Christchurch, 1933–1953. By Peter Simpson
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 648-649
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Reviewer:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
Subjects
dates:
1930-1939 / 1940-1959
places:
Christchurch (NZ) / New Zealand
subjects:
Art / Art history / Literature / Artists' groups and associations
Illustrations
Attributed works:
52. Portrait of Rita Angus, by Leo Bensemann. 1937-38 (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington)
Book Review
Olivia Spencer Bower: Making Her Own Discoveries, By Julie King
04/2017 | 1369 | 159
Pages: 325-326
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Reviewer:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
Subjects
artists:
Spencer Bower, Olivia
dates:
1900-1999
places:
New Zealand
subjects:
Biographies
Illustrations
Attributed works:
57. High Country, Kaikoura, by Olivia Spencer Bower. c.1940 (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington)
Book Review
New Zealand Photography Collected, by Athol McCredie
12/2016 | 1365 | 158
Pages: 986-987
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Reviewer:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
subjects:
Photographs / Photography / Exhibitions / Collections, Public / New Zealand
Illustrations
Attributed works:
48. Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, by Brian Brake. 1960 (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington)
Letter
Christchurch Cathedral
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 036
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Author:
Lochhead, Ian (Lochhead, Ian)
Author:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
Subjects
places:
Christchurch (NZ) / New Zealand
subjects:
Correspondence / Damage to works of art / Demolition / Destruction / Cathedrals / Earthquakes
Article
‘Give Peace in Our Time, O Lord’: W.T. Trethewey’s Citizens’ War Memorial in Christchurch, New Zealand
11/2015 | 1352 | 157
Pages: 776-780
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Author:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
Subjects
artists:
Trethewey, William Thomas
dates:
1930-1939
places:
Christchurch (NZ) / New Zealand
subjects:
War memorials / Public sculpture / World War (1914-1918) / Biographies / Iconography / Bronzes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
51. Citizens' War Memorial, Christchurch, by W.T. Trethewey. 1933-37 (Photograph by J. Phillips, late 1980s)
Attributed works:
52. Sketch for the Citizens' War Memorial, Christchurch, by W.T. Trethewey. 1932 (Private collection, Christchurch)
Attributed works:
53. Model for the Citizens' War Memorial, Christchurch, by W.T. Trethewey. 1933 (Photograph Christchurch Public Library)
Attributed works:
55. Detail of Citizens' War Memorial, Christchurch, by W.T. Trethewey (Photograph by Michael Dunn)
Attributed works:
57. Victory, detail of Fig.51
Attributed works:
58. Valour and Peace, detail of Fig.51 (Photography by Michael Dunn)
Western art unattributed:
54. Unveiling of the Citizens' War Memorial, Christchurch, 9th June 1937 (Private collection, Christchurch)
Western art unattributed:
56. William Thomas Trethewey carving the statue of Captain James Cook, Christchurch, c.1832 (Private collection, Christchurch)
Western art unattributed:
59. Youth, detail of Fig.51
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