Venice Biennale Project 2001

Venice Biennale Project 2001

23 March - 29 June 2003

Peter Robinson: Divine Comedy
Jacqueline Fraser: A DEMURE PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST STRIP SEARCHED

<<11 details of bi-polar disorder>>

City Gallery Wellington is the first New Zealand gallery to re-present the New Zealand exhibition shown at the prestigious Venice Biennale 2001. The exhibition showcases details of the site-specific installation work of two of New Zealand's most internationally recognised artists.

Audiences will be familiar with Peter Robinson's work, but this is the first exhibition of Jacqueline Fraser's work in New Zealand for several years.

Peter Robinson: Divine Comedy is an outcome of Peter Robinson's residency in 2001 at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery as a participant in the Taranaki Artist in Residence Programme, a partnership between the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki, Te Kura Matatini o Taranaki.

This residency was generously supported by Creative New Zealand, Toi Aotearoa.

The work from this exhibition formed the basis of Peter Robinson's installation in the exhibition Bipolar. Bipolar represented New Zealand at the Venice Biennale in 2001 and was an initiative of Creative New Zealand, Toi Aotearoa.

Jacqueline Fraser: A demure portrait of the artist strip searched with 11 details of bi-polar disorder, courtesy of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

Further information - Jacqueline Fraser

Further information - Peter Robinson