Things past

In response to a couple of reader enquiries about what the City Gallery is collecting, we asked curator Heather Galbraith for a list of the latest works to be purchased. She replied that although she is on the selection committee, the collection is owned and administered by the City Council and we should ask them. We did. Here are last year’s acquisitions to the Wellington City art collection that will be featured in the City Gallery’s new Hancock gallery's first stand alone exhibition from 21 February – 12 September 2010.

Kate Small
Thorndon Pool 2008
oil on canvas

Sandra Schmidt
Membrane dissected 2008
plastic

Simon Morris
Blue line 54 minutes 2008
Blue line 56 minutes 2008
acrylic on linen

Wayne Barrar
Twin tunnels, Manapouri Underground Power Station 2005
Colour pigment print