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11 January – 2 February 2013
Japan: Kingdom of Characters
For someone with the most basic of features – and indeed, no mouth at all – Hello Kitty, the animated Japanese cat created by toy company Sanrio in 1974, is able to express any number of emotions as she adorns everything from children’s toys to household appliances.
While the pink cat is the most recognisable outside Japan, she’s just one of thousands of characters that have permeated Japanese life since the end of World War II, from manga comics and books, television, movies and computer games to everyday products, street signs and even medical supplies.
In recent years, a subculture related to Japanese anime and manga has rapidly attracted world-wide attention. To make the most of this trend, the Japan Foundation has organized this traveling exhibition called Japan: Kingdom of Characters which examines characters as one radical aspect of this subculture.
Organised in decades, Japan: Kingdom of Characters builds a continual picture of how the Japanese character phenomenon has developed from the 1950s and ‘60s through to now. The exhibition include... [ Read all ] |
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Douglas Wright: Body of Work
31 August – 20 October 2012
Paper-jams: artists between the covers
9 March - 28 April 2012
Acknowledging the substantial history of text in art, Paper-jams looks sideways from that legacy to foreground those artists who address the page as a physical and political context rather than focusing on the content of the words contained within.
John Edgar
Ballast: Bringing the Stones Home
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Reuben Paterson: Bottled Lightning
20 January - 3 March 2012
Hutton and Cotton: The McGregor Museum Revisited
An installation by Christine Hellyar
20 January - 3 March 2012
Crown Lynn: Pottery for the People
4 November 2011 – 14 January 2012
From Prague to Auckland: the photographs of Frank Hofmann (1916-89)
Looking Terrific: The Story of El Jay, curated by Doris de Pont
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Julian Dashper: Professional Practice
Sean Kerr: Bruce danced if Victoria sang, and Victoria sang; so Bruce danced
3 September - 9 October 2010
23 July - 28 August 2010
Nuala Gregory: Exploded View
5 June – 17 July 2010
A Micronaut in the Wide World: The Imag... [ Read all ] |
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Linda Tyler, Director
Andrew Clifford, Curator |
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Tuesday-Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm
Closed Public Holidays |
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