[Curators' Tour] Margery Blackman: Weaving, Life

[Curators' Tour] Margery Blackman: Weaving, Life

Join Elle Loui August and Jane Groufsky as they take you on a tour of the exhibition, talking through the details of Margery Blackman's work

By The Dowse Art Museum

Date and time

Saturday, May 10 · 11am - 12pm NZST

Location

The Dowse Art Museum

45 Laings Road Lower Hutt, Wellington 5010 New Zealand

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

Join Curators Elle Loui August and Jane Groufsky as they take you on a tour of the exhibition, talking through the details of Margery Blackman's life and work, unpacking the layers of social context and art history woven into her tapestries.

Margery Blackman: Weaving, Life brings together a significant body of Blackman's woven tapestries from public and private collections as well as generous material from the artist's own archive. Curated by Elle Loui August and Jane Groufsky with the support of Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage and Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Margery Blackman, b. 1930, Tapestry for Patricia, 1987, hand woven wool tapestry, 750mm x 620mm, Given by Margery Blackman in 2021, Hocken Collections, Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago, acc: V2021.07.1


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