Bibles Studies (New Testament)
17 October – 18 December 2009 /
19 January – 7 February 2010
Adam Art Gallery
Victoria University of Wellington
Gate 3, Kelburn Parade
PO Box 600, Wellington 6140
New Zealand
[email protected]
http://www.adamartgallery.org.nz
Bible Studies (New Testament)FaustHipkins states, “I was raised in suburban Auckland in the 1970s by a Catholic mother and atheist father. This enduring tension, and at times outright conflict, is one of the key touchstones for Bible Studies.”
This series demonstrates Hipkins’ fascination for the power of image making to register the deep effects of cultural imprinting through such procedures as photomontage and the play of depth of field. He uses digital processes to re-trace his sources and draws out random, unexpected but deeply embedded meanings which reference his teenage pop-cultural inheritance: heavy-metal, horror movies and the ‘Jesus complex’ that haunted his adolescence. Layered and allusively ambiguous, Bible Studies unpicks and repacks Hipkins’ cultural baggage.
The Adam Art Gallery has published a catalogue to accompany the exhibition that features a new essay by leading Australian art historian Rex Butler and an interview with the artist conducted by contemporary art writer Allan Smith.
Gavin Hipkins is one of New Zealand’s leading contemporary artists. Born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1968 he completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland in 1992 and his Master of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in 2002. He has exhibited widely in New Zealand and Australia and his works have been included in major curated exhibitions in the USA, Brazil, and Italy. Hipkins has undertaken residencies in Sydney, New York and Titirangi. His work is included in major public and private collections including the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Queensland Art Gallery. He lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand.
The artist and the Adam Art Gallery gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Institute of Creative Arts and Industry (NICAI) Research Development Fund and Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.
Bible Studies is part of the Adam Art Gallery’s current suite of exhibitions Source Material: Five Conversations with the Past
Also showing:
Scenes from the Life of Herakles: Attic Vases from New Zealand Collections
Julian Dashper Untitled (Van Gogh in Auckland)
GBA: Print Publishing and the Gazette des Beaux Arts
Recent Acquisitions: Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection
If you require further information or high quality images please contact: Melanie Oliver.
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Tel: +64 4 463 5229
The Adam Art Gallery is the university gallery of Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. It is a forum for critical thinking about art and its histories as well as the professional structure within which the Victoria University Art Collection is managed. The gallery has built a considerable reputation for its programmes that explore the full range of media available to artists and which aim to test and expand art form and disciplinary boundaries. The gallery is a remarkable architectural statement designed by Ian Athfield, one of New Zealand’s foremost architects.
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Victoria University of Wellington
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New Zealand
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