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They Comfort Me

Feature image of artwork

They Comfort Me

  • Artist

    Michael Parekōwhai

  • Production Date

    1992

  • Medium

    enamel paint on wood

  • Size

    65kg

  • Credit

    Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1993

  • Accession Number

    C1994/1/385.1-37

  • Accession Date

    Mar 1993

  • Department

    New Zealand Art

  • Classification

    Installation

  • Collection

    Chartwell

  • Subjects

    toys (recreational artifacts), games, sticks, popular culture

Exhibition history

Stop Making Sense: Surrealist Legacies

The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

20/10/2024 — 09/02/2025

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Stop Making Sense: Surrealist Legacies

The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

20/10/2024 — 09/02/2025

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Home and Away

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

04/06/1999 — 22/08/1999

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More work by Michael Parekōwhai

The Indefinite Article

The Indefinite Article

Roebuck Jones and the Cuniculus Kid

Roebuck Jones and the Cuniculus Kid

Kiss The Baby Goodbye

Kiss The Baby Goodbye

Ataarangi

Ataarangi

Driving Mr Albert

Driving Mr Albert

Rainbow Servant Dreaming

Rainbow Servant Dreaming

Bill Jarvis

Bill Jarvis

Jeff Cooper

Jeff Cooper

Les Baer 1911 Thunder Ranch Special

Les Baer 1911 Thunder Ranch Special

Craig Keller

Craig Keller

Neil Keller

Neil Keller

Elmer Keith

Elmer Keith

Tua Whitu

Tua Whitu

Pat Covert

Pat Covert

Rainbow Servant Dreaming

Rainbow Servant Dreaming

Rainbow Servant Dreaming

Rainbow Servant Dreaming

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