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Colin McCahon

COLIN MCCAHON

The Titirangi Years, 1953-1959 Gow Langsford Gallery 12 June–12 July 2013 Auckland City
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In what is now known as the French Bay House in the West Auckland suburb of Titirangi, painter Colin McCahon produced some of his most consequential works. With the shift from the South Island to Auckland with his family in 1953 came a new direction in his painting and the seven years spent here encompassed the watershed of his career, both as the chronological midpoint and in terms of his evolution as an artist.
Faced with the concerns and challenges of painting a new landscape, significantly different to that of his Otago, Nelson and Canterbury subjects, McCahon experimented with the fresh visual stimuli of his new environment and produced some of his most ground breaking works.

The exhibition The Titirangi Years, 1953 – 1959 includes works from the Kauri, Manukau, Towards Auckland, French Bay and Titirangi series each of which take their genesis in the Titirangi years.
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Colin McCahon is recognised as New Zealand’s most significant artist of the 20th century, exploring questions of spiritual faith and religious doubt for more than 40 years. McCahon was largely self-taught, influenced by Romanticism and then Abstract Expressionism. His earliest mature works were produced in the years following World War II and depicted religious events relocated into the New Zealand landscape and influenced by early Italian Renaissance painters such as Giotto.

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Gow Langsford is a commercial art space committed to fostering and promoting the best contemporary art from New Zealand and abroad. Located directly opposite the Auckland Art Gallery, Gow Langsford Gallery represents over thirty established New Zealand and international artists. Gow Langsford is one of the country’s most established galleries and is widely regarded as its most influential dealer gallery. Alongside a regular and varied exhibition schedule, Gow Langsford is a market leader in works on the secondary market.

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28-36 Wellesley Street East
Auckland
New Zealand
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Monday – Friday, 10 am–5 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm
Closed Sunday
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Auckland 28-36 Wellesley Street East
Gow Langsford Gallery contemporary art gallery in Auckland City New Zealand
Gow Langsford Gallery
28-36 Wellesley Street East, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 303 9395
http://www.gowlangsfordgallery.com

Opening hours
Monday – Friday, 10 am–5 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm
Closed Sunday
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