Michael Shepherd: Reinventing History Painting

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Michael Shepherd: Reinventing History Painting

Time is a River Without Banks, Time Is A Dark Still Life At Ngaruawahia as installed at Waikato Museum

Michael Shepherd: Reinventing History Painting

Where

Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
When

23 February 2019 - 9 June 2019

Michael Shepherd: Reinventing History Painting was the first major retrospective exhibition of Michael Shepherd's career, bringing together a vast selection of 'historical' paintings from public and private collections, including four from the Chartwell Collection. Shepherd's interest in the potential of representation and the process of painting combine with a specifically 'New Zealand' sense of history painting. His works interpret, commentate and symbolise the historical landscape of the Waikato in a highly personal manner informed by his youth.

Curated by Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Rankin.

Installation Images

The image shows a gallery wall in Waikato Museum. On the left are two drawings in square frames which appear to be studies for the main, large painting next to them. The large painting is a long horizontal work stretching away from the viewer, showing objects arranged in still life compositions against light green backgrounds with landscapes in between.

Michael Shepherd, Time Is A River Without Banks, Time Is A Dark Still Life At Ngaruawahia (1988) (right), alongside two studies for the work (left). All Chartwell Collection.