Not Just My Face!
Curator:
Georgie Keyse
Location:
Shed 11, 60 Lady Elizabeth Lane, Queens Wharf, Wellington Waterfront
Start date:
19 December 2019
End date:
15 March 2020
Hours of admission:
10.30 - 4.30
Cost of admission:
Free
Frances Hodgkins, Still life: Self-portrait c.1935, oil on panel, collection of the Museum of Te Papa Tongarewa
Not Just My Face! brings together works that defy the conventions of traditional portraiture and explores strategies used to communicate diverse identities through portraiture.
In 1935, Frances Hodgkins created a self-portrait out of a still-life. She discarded the figure and embraced the metaphorical potential of her material possessions to communicate her personality and interests.
More recently, artists have continued to challenge us to consider the limitations of traditional portraiture and the possibilities available for representing identity.
Featuring works by Frances Hodgkins, Gina Matchitt, Hemi MacGregor, Julia Holden, Rebecca Swann and more.
© 2016 The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Trust