Untitled - Auckland Art Gallery

Ten years of New Zealand Painting in AucklandThe past ten years have been particularly fruitful for New Zealand painting.This exhibition is intended to give some indication of developments during theperiod, but it is far from being definitive. For a number of reasons the originalintention, to provide a survey of New Zealand painting since 1958, has had tobe limited to a distinctly Auckland view of painting from that time. Consequentlythe framework for the exhibition has been provided by the annualNew Zealand exhibitions mounted by the City Art Gallery, the Eight NewZealand Painters exhibitions of 1957, 1958 and 1959 and the ContemporaryNew Zealand Painting exhibitions of 1960 to 1966.Even within this framework, since 118 painters were represented in thoseexhibitions, it was necessary to restrict the selection to painters who have workedmainly in Auckland, or who have had significant exhibitions here. The selectionfor 1967 has been limited to painters represented earlier, who had one-manshows during the year which indicated a development from previous work,and to painters who would have been included earlier had works been availableand who have also had one-man shows during the year.It should be stressed that the exhibition is not intended to define the developmentof individual painters, although in some cases this has beeninevitable, but, rather, to indicate what has been offered to the Auckland publicas significant work over the past ten years.Of the 96 works in the collection, 68 have been loaned by the artists,dealers, private collectors and a public art gallery. Without the co-operationof these owners this exhibition would not have been possible and theirgenerosity is gratefully acknowledged.G. C. Docking, Director, Auckland City Art Gallery, March 1968