Dummies & Doppelgängers

Ron Muek, chicken/man 2019. Mixed Media. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.

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Tony Oursler, Sang, 2008. Fibreglass, gesso, audio, video projection. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.

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Tia Ranginui, Taniwha, 2020. Photograph courtesy of the artist.

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Francis Upritchard, Eeling in the Ōtākaro, 2021-3. Bronze (from balta rubber), limestone. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.

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Ronnie van Hout, Quasi II, 2018-20. Paint, rigid polyurethane, expanded polystyrene, fibreglass, stainless steel. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.

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Artists include:

Sarah Lucas
Yuki Kihara
Patricia Piccinini
Ah Xian
Michael Parekōwhai
Tony Oursler
Ron Mueck
Ronnie van Hout

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Full of humour, surprise and heart, this exhibition reveals how borrowed or re-imagined bodies can help us explore what it means to be human. Dummies & Doppelgängers combines sculpture, video, photography and more from the Gallery’s own collection and around Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, including captivating works by artists including Sarah Lucas, Yuki Kihara, Patricia Piccinini, Ah Xian, Michael Parekōwhai, Tony Oursler, Ron Mueck and Ronnie van Hout.

It’s an exuberant and unexpectedly touching selection that will take you from the hyper-real to the surreal, and from the tender to the absurd.

Curated by Felicity Milburn