Dummies & Doppelgängers

Dummies & Doppelgängers

Group exhibiion including photographic works by Louisa Afoa, Margaret Dawson, Yuki Kihara, Tia Ranginui

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Cnr Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street, Ōtautahi Christchurch

2 November 2024 – 23 March 2025

Louisa Afoa, Blue Clam, 2018, Digital photograph

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.

Curator: Felicity Milburn

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