Exhibitions » Exhibition Archive » 1996
Transformers: A Moving Experience
14 December 1996 - 2 March 1997 / Entire
Transformers - A Moving Experience, is an exhibition which celebrates the artist-engineer, of whom the great Leonardo di Vinci was paragon.
Read moreCuttings From the Centre
15 November - 8 December 1996 / Entire
The Architectural Centre has had a fundamental impact on the shaping of Wellington and on the development of architecture, art and design in this country. Cuttings from the Centre celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of such activity.
Read moreThe Photographs of Láslò Maholy-Nagy
19 October - 17 November 1996 / Entire
An exhibition featuring photograms, photosculptures and photographs of Hungarian-born artist Láslò Maholy-Nagy (1895-1946). Láslò Maholy-Nagy was a self-taught artist who pioneered experimental photography producing idiosyncratic images.
Read moreAlvar Aalto: Points of Contact
19 October - 8 December 1996 / Entire
From Finland comes an exhibition on Alvar Aalto, who as a young designer stunned the international architecture community with his 1928 Functionalist design for the Paimio Sanatorium.
Read moreThe Heritage of Genghis Khan
24 August - 6 October 1996 / Entire
As a result of collaboration between the Natural Museum of Los Angeles County and the Inner Mongolia Museum of China, the exhibition comprises artefacts from the collections of ten Chinese museums.
Read moreMagnum Cinema
24 August - 3 November 1996 / Entire
This internationally touring exhibition Magnum Cinema features 150 photographs drawn from the private archives of Magnum photographers. The exhibition focuses on the personal affinities and the privileged, lasting friendships that developed between the photographers and their subjects.
Read moreOwners
17 August - 15 September 1996 / Entire
A fertile collaboration between leading New Zealand contemporary jeweller, Warwick Freeman and renowned Auckland photographer, Patrick Reynolds. The exhibition comprises 22 striking black and white portraits of the owners of Warwick Freeman's work together with a display of the actual pieces of jewellery.
Read moreThe World Over: Art in the Age of Globalisation
8 June - 11 August 1996 / Entire
The World Over is a joint venture between City Gallery Wellington and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. The project presents simultaneous exhibitions held at the North/South antipodes of Amsterdam, Holland and Wellington, New Zealand. Curated by independent curator Wystan Curnow and Dorine Mignot of the Stedelijk, the exhibitions draw together work by contemporary artists who are concerned with the recent major political events and rapid advances in technology that have re-shaped the world and globalised the globe.
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Second Nature
11 May - 4 August 1996 / Entire
Sixty photographs spanning the career of Auckland photographer Peter Peryer. The exhibition presents Peryer’s intriguing array of subject matter and wide ranging set of concerns. These reflect our social history, popular culture, and natural environment as well as the history of New Zealand photography.
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Cultural Safety
3 April - 22 May 1996 / Entire
Fresh from its recent tour of Germany, Cultural Safety features the work of seven contemporary New Zealand artists. The exhibition spans a wide range of media including painting, photography, sculpture, installation and conceptual art.
Read moreECNZ Live!
30 March - 5 May 1996 / Entire
The Rutherford Trust was founded in 1988 as part of ECNZ’s commitment to supporting the visual arts in New Zealand. 50 works have been selected from the collection for display at City Gallery Wellington.
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