Galleries 17 - 19, Level 3
4 July to 7 September 2003

Adult: $12
Concession: $8
Family Pass (2 adults / 3 children): $28
NGV Members: $6
NGV Members Family Pass: $14

 

Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith

 

Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith is a major survey exhibition of New Zealand artist Colin McCahon. The exhibition includes 77 works covering his artistic career from the end of the 1930s to the beginning of the 1980s.

Colin McCahon was born in Timaru, New Zealand in 1919 and died in Auckland in 1987. Particularly since his death, his activities as a teacher and museum curator have become the subject of much discussion. Central to McCahon’s oeuvre is the investigation of the true nature of faith and his own spiritual experience and development. He was deeply committed to the environment and entered into an engagement with Maori culture. Landscape and religion, in particular the language of the bible, are constant factors in his work.

The exhibition is curated by Marja Bloem, Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Stedelijk Museum.

 

The exhibition is curated and toured by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam with organisational support by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. Sponsored by Creative New Zealand and private patrons in New Zealand and Australia.

Indemnification for this exhibition is provided by the Victorian Government.

 

 

Image:

Colin McCAHON
New Zealander 1919–87
The Promised Land 1948
oil on canvas
92.0 x 137.0 cm
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
Gift of the McCahon Family, 1988
Reproduced with the permission of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust