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CS Arts issue 31 - October 2008

The final edition takes death and resurrection as its theme. It is a theme in many religions and cultures - including Te Ao Maori - and central to the Christian faith. Experiences of grief and despair contrasted with hope and new life enrich the stories and art of the people in this edition.


Features


The architecture of redemption

Murray Rae unpacks western architecture's powerful engagement with death and resurrection

Download this article (pdf format, 84kb)


Visual essay

Death and resurrection through the eyes (and camera lens) of graphic artist Tim Winfield


How the light gets in

Colin McCahon's iconic works continue to demand artistic and intellectual response. Rob Yule challenges the dismissal or misrepresentation of McCahon's turbulent faith

Download this article (pdf format, 180kb)


Two exhibitions - one people

Adjoining exhibitions of Colin McCahon and Darryn George at the Christchurch Art Gallery reveal and artistic dialogue that crosses and unites cultures and generations


Reinventing a New Zealand icon

Andrew Panoho's research into indigenous expression suggests a reframing of our understanding about the Maori meeting house

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The CS Arts guide to launching an arts practice

Is there life after art school? We overview the essential foundations of long-term artistic success


The Promised Land

Peter Crothall reflects on the landscape of New Zealand and its close relationship to aspects of Christian spirituality and art

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Interviews


Layers of dark and light

Nelson painter Mieke Scoggins shares a story of miraculous survival and the place of art and faith in her painful journey of recovery

Download this interview (pdf format, 104kb)


Gravity and grace in New York City

Makoto Fujimura, founder of the International Arts Movement (IAM) talks to Veritasse magazine about grace and making art at ground zero

Download this interview (pdf format, 56kb)


Where treasure is

Debilitating health problems forced Anne Fountain to confront deeper emotional and spiritual issues. She has come to a place of acceptance and new purpose

Download this interview (pdf format, 52kb)


Exhibition reviews


Fathom

Claire Beynon at the Arthouse, Christchurch


Landworks

Jessica Crothall at Refinery Artspace, Nelson


Blizzard in a dark landscape

Sue Cooke at the Salamander Gallery, Christcurch


Stations of the Cross

Group exhibition at the Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland


The altar triptych revisited

Group exhibition, Ferner Galleries, Auckland


Fallen

Sam Harrison at the Centre of Contemporary Art (COCA), Christchurch


Do not fear

Brett a'Court at the Wallace Gallery, Auckland


Book and film reviews


The carver and the artist

Maori art in the twentieth century, by Damian Skinner


The diving bell and the butterfly

Directed by Julian Schnabel



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