Picture Library
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Lava field 1965-66
Keith Grant
Gift of the Contemporary Art Society, London, 1968 |
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Falling through the Antipodes III 1991
Richard Parker, Kaeo
Commissioned 1991, in partnership with Expo NZ 1992 Ltd and the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand
Collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |
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Highlight: New Zealand in Uniform
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From battlefield to sports field, church to catwalk, schoolyard to street ... uniforms are everywhere.
Te Papa’s exhibition, Uniformity: Cracking the dress code, explores the meanings and origins of uniforms, which often have military or religious roots.
Uniformity: Cracking the dress code opens from 27 September 2012 to 15 September 2013 in the Eyelights Gallery on Level 4.
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Highlight: Postcrossing
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On the 1st of January, like many, I set my New Years resolutions. Every year it seems that the same old resolutions crop up….spend less (failed), lose weight (TBC – I have all year so why start dieting now), use time wisely (weekend nana naps are a good use of time aren’t they?). This year I have however thrown in a newbie….join postcrossing (www.postcrossing.com). Three months on and I am absolutely hooked.
So what is postcrossing? Find out and explore a selection of images |
Highlight: Mollie Rodie
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In the build up to the Royal wedding there was a lot of coverage on what the wedding dress will look like and who would be designing it. As a lover of children’s books this hype has brought back a whole lot of memories of a book on Princess Diana I cherished as a child (in fact a quick phone call to my mother confirmed it was still on the bookcase in my family home).
This book ‘Diana, the Fairy Tale Princess’ by Lucy Butler is a beautifully illustrated book written by a twelve-year-old girl about the life of the Princess of Wales from birth to motherhood. Like most little girls my excitement would build as I got to the place in the story with a drawing of her wedding dress.
The illustrations within this book reminded me of a collection of exquisite costume sketches that exist in Te Papa’s own collection, by Marion (Mollie) Florence Rodie.
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