Past exhibitions
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Show #25: Leigh Martin & Michael Hight
25 Jul - 25 Aug 2019 Lush poured resin paintings by Leigh Martin will sit alongside carefully brushed realist works by Michael Hight at The Central through the month of August. Two very different bodies of... Read more -
Show #24: NEW WORKS SHOW
20 Jun - 21 Jul 2019 We welcome winter with The Central Gallery’s first group show dedicated entirely to new work. Exciting! You will see a new painting of Karamea by Stanley Palmer, and woodcuts by... Read more -
Show #23: Under a Night Sky by Bing Dawe
16 May - 16 Jun 2019 This show calls on and develops a number of previous sculptural and conceptual concerns. Included in the show are three older works from 2010 and one from 2018. The new... Read more -
Show #22: NAVIGATION LINES by Fiona Van Oyen
11 Apr - 12 May 2019 ‘You are here’ brings context to the navigational line you are about to follow on a map. In this show line is the tool Van Oyen uses to reacquaint herself... Read more
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Show #21: Clouds and Feathers by Neil Dawson
8 Mar - 7 Apr 2019 Clouds and feathers, quite possibly in couplets, re-appear in this new exhibition of Neil Dawson’s in Christchurch. Objects will fly in sky and space. And possibilities will gently open up... Read more -
Show #20: Object Show
31 Jan - 3 Mar 2019 The modern gallery exhibits so much more than painting and sculpture. So through the month of February, The Central is show-casing its object-makers. Out come pounamu heads by Jon Jeet,... Read more -
Show #19: Stanley Palmer & Company
13 Dec 2018 - 27 Jan 2019 Stanley Palmer comes to town. He is showing 6 new paintings and prints also, at The Central through the summer of 2018. Views of Akaroa, Otago Peninsula and Hauraki are... Read more -
Show #18: Relativity and The Structure of Things by Elizabeth Thomson
8 Nov - 9 Dec 2018 Elizabeth Thomson’s second show at The Central in November continues her explorations of the natural world. You will see photos with contoured forms beaded for sculptural effect; and painted bronze... Read more
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Show #17: Ann Robinson / John Walsh
4 Oct - 4 Nov 2018 Through October The Central is delighted to present exhibitions by Ann Robinson + John Walsh – established NZ artists who have not shown in Christchurch before. Ann Robinson’s cast glass... Read more -
Show #16: Finding The Way by Simon Edwards
30 Aug - 30 Sep 2018 Read more -
Show #15: Something To Behold! by Dick Frizzell
27 Jul - 26 Aug 2018 Read more -
Show #14: Time+Grid+Now by Veronica Herber
21 Jun - 22 Jul 2018 Read more
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Show #13: You were Blue and I was Purple by Reuben Paterson
17 May - 17 Jun 2018 Read more -
Show #12: The Gardens by Kirstin Carlin
12 Apr - 13 May 2018 Read more -
Show #11: Absolutely! by Hannah Kidd
7 Mar - 8 Apr 2018 Absolutely! the exclamation is now part of the Kiwi vernacular, affirming a national sense of self in a way not dissimilar to the All Blacks brand, hunting in the roar,... Read more -
Show #10: EFG by Martin Poppelwell
1 Feb - 4 Mar 2018 Martin Poppelwell was born in Hawkes Bay in 1969 and currently resides in Napier. He studied at Otago University, and at the Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University until... Read more
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Show #9: Glimpse Panorama - Landscape aspects in contemporary New Zealand art
7 Dec 2017 - 28 Jan 2018 Read more -
Show #8: A Memorable Fancy by Heather Straka
3 Nov - 3 Dec 2017 Born in Auckland, Straka studied sculpture at Elam Art School but has largely made paintings since graduating. She looks from a different point of view. Her second major body of... Read more -
Show #7: Cheeky Things by Lonnie Hutchinson
29 Sep - 29 Oct 2017 Lonnie Hutchinson is an artist of mixed descent, with Samoan, Ngai Tahu and Celtic bloodlines. Very often her practice reflects this, commenting astutely on aspects of indigeneity in the contemporary... Read more -
Show #6: One Moment Please - Still Life in Contemporary New Zealand Art
24 Aug - 24 Sep 2017 Read more
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Show #5: On Reflection by Neil Dawson
20 Jul - 20 Aug 2017 On Reflection is a new series of sculpture that is intriguing, playful and nostalgic in equal measure. Like much of Neil's work, it responds to site - using the windows... Read more -
Show #4: Landskin by Fiona Van Oyen
16 Jun - 16 Jul 2017 Landskin When the land is neither secure ground on which to stand, or a familiar feast for the eyes, one’s sense of scale in place is felt as an internal... Read more -
Show #3: Navigating the Zone 2002-2017 by Elizabeth Thomson
12 May - 11 Jun 2017 The zone could be seen as Christchurch’s post earthquake trauma of disconnect and renewal, but here it is more about the clear receptive inventive space that Louise Bourgeois calls between... Read more -
Show #2: Ivory Towers by Simon Edwards
7 Apr - 7 May 2017 Read more
