Pauline Rhodes Land Extensums, Banks Peninsula 1983. Photograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gift of the artist, 2000
Facing Away
the shifting terrain of landscape art in Aotearoa
5 December 2026 - 28 March 2027
Facing Away: the shifting terrain of landscape art in Aotearoa brings together artists who, over the past 70 years, have offered readings of the landscape beyond visual tropes. Featuring works from Wayne Barrar, Len Castle, Conor Clarke, Andrew Drummond, Dane Mitchell, Jess Nicholson, Pauline Rhodes, and Ann Shelton, this exhibition invites audiences to consider the land beyond what is positioned within a frame. Working across photography, ceramics, and sculpture, these artists consider the inherited perspectives of the land and approach place as materially encountered, embodied, and inhabited.
Facing Away: the shifting terrain of landscape art in Aotearoa is curated by Sarah McGaughran, Dunedin Public Art Gallery Ihupukutaka Kairaupī Curatorial Intern 2026, with support from Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.
