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He Whakaari ĀtārangiShadow Play
A selection of photos that play with perception.
When | Āhea
2 Oct 2021 – 15 Mar 2022
Where | Ki hea
Level 5, Toi Art
Cost | Te utu
Free entry
Ages | TE REANGA
All ages
Allow | ME WHAKARITE
10 minutes
In these photographs, shadows bend and hover, cover and transform.
Boundaries are blurred – what is real and what is a trick of the light? The mundane becomes mysterious. The domestic turns ominous. The ordinary becomes extraordinary.
Exhibition highlights
Taonga whakaatu
Object
The sea gives up its dead
James Walter Chapman-Taylor1940s-1950sO.027994/01
Object
Shadow in the plant house
Jane Zusters1976O.003042
Object
Swimming pool. Rest and Recreation Centre, Bangkok
Max Oettli1977O.002560
Object
Untitled (tent and shadow). From the portfolio: An Odyssey Beyond
Jane Zusters1978O.002580
Object
Linda in her white nightdress.
Anne Noble1980O.003461
Object
Untitled #2 (Mission Bay)
Adrienne Martyn1981O.002886
Object
2CV Croagnes shadows. From the series: Citroen
Bill Culbert1983O.003819
Object
Moving Pictures. Waihau Bay
Peter Black1985O.030881
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