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STYLE | art 1<strong>07</strong><br />
Phone Friends (1990) by Marie Shannon. Silver gelatin print (diptych). Collection of the artist.<br />
MARIE SHANNON AT<br />
THE CHCH ART GALLERY<br />
Christchurch Art Gallery is showing a<br />
significant exhibition of work by Aucklandbased<br />
artist Marie Shannon.<br />
Rooms found only in the home presents<br />
more than 30 years of her wryly humorous<br />
works, including 40 photographs and five<br />
video pieces.<br />
Shannon’s photographs draw on her home<br />
life and her most intimate relationships. They<br />
capture simple, everyday moments such as<br />
reading by the fire, going to the supermarket,<br />
the memorabilia of family life, and the layout<br />
of domestic spaces. Warm and keenly<br />
observed, they are frequently also very funny.<br />
Text often appears in her work. She repurposes<br />
diary notes or scribbled messages<br />
left lying on a table, and excerpts from<br />
personal letters. In recent video works, her<br />
texts function like the intertitles of silent films,<br />
communicating directly with the viewer.<br />
Until December 2<br />
New Zealand’s Funniest Art Video (1994) by Marie Shannon. Silver gelatin print.<br />
Collection of the artist.<br />
Free<br />
Quotation<br />
Installation<br />
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for Christchurch customers<br />
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Entries close<br />
Friday 21<br />
<strong>September</strong><br />
Open to all...all<br />
mediums welcome!<br />
Sunday October 6 – Sunday 14<br />
Premier Award $2000<br />
See selwyngallery.co.nz/artweek for entry details<br />
or Selwyn Gallery, 17 South Terrace, Darfield.<br />
Enquiries to Lorraine Natusch at darfieldartweek@xtra.co.nz or<br />
Meg Morten at j.b.morten@xtra.co.nz
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