Cross Currents: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art from the Chartwell Collection
Cross Currents: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art from the Chartwell Collection
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Where
Waikato Museum of Art and History | Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
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When
14 July 1991 - 25 August 1991
Cross Currents: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art from the Chartwell Collection was held at the Waikato Museum of Art and History in 1991. It featured 97 works and was curated by Ken Orchard and Linda Tyler. The exhibition took place a year before the Chartwell Collection was formally moved to the Waikato Museum, where it remained until 1996. Artists featured in Cross Currents included Ian Fairweather, Richard Killeen, Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri, Arthur Boyd, Jean Horsley, and Jacqueline Fraser, among many others.
In the foreword to the exhibition catalogue, Waikato Museum’s then-Director Bruce M. Robinson writes, “[The strength of The Chartwell Collection] lies in its dedication to expressionist art produced on both sides of the Tasman. The artists represented have either determinedly stayed and worked in their home land or have exchanged working environments, permanently or temporarily, remaining astutely aware of their origins while open to influence from either country and the world at large.” This exhibition, Robinson concludes, “seeks to examine these cross currents within the confines of the works held in this unique and extensive collection.”
Left to right: William Robinson, Puddle Landscape III, 1986; Gordon Walters, Grey-White, 1974-1990; Robert Hunter, Untitled, 1984; Colin McCahon, Are there not twelve hours of daylight, 1970. All Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Are there not twelve hours of daylight in memory of Evelyn W. Gardiner, 1932-2023
Linda Tyler, Rob Gardiner, Ken Orchard, Eve Gardiner, and a staff member at Waikato Museum of Art and History.
Left: Julian Dashper, Cass Altarpiece, 1986. Right: Jeffrey Harris, Chance, 1985. Both Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Installation image of Cross Currents. The foreground artworks are (left) William Yaxley, Peter's Tree, 1986, and Arthur Boyd, Riverbank with Bathers and Shadows, 1985. Both Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
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