Eye contact is often fleeting – we look away from our most familiar friends, share only passing glances with strangers on the street. But if you were to really gaze into someone’s eyes, how would this change your perception of them?

Direct and uncompromising, the portraits in Eye to Eye explore the dynamics of looking shared between artist and subject, subject and viewer. 

A Deane Gallery exhibition featuring works from the NZPG collection.

Curators: Nicola Caldwell & Peter Derksen