The Dowse Art Museum
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The Dowse Art Museum 〰️
Over the past five years Paul Maseyk has been deep-diving into the Still Life genre of painting in Aotearoa New Zealand; in particular – looking to works depicting the humble jug.
This project combines two of Maseyk’s loves – paintings and jugs. In turn, Maseyk has made over 60 jugs modelled from the jugs seen in New Zealand paintings that he’s found by sifting through collections, magazines, and across the internet. Jugs in New Zealand Painting brings together some of these paintings from collections around Aotearoa.
The paintings span a wide art-historical canon, from Colin McCahon to Joanna Margaret Paul; Frances Hodgkins to Francis Upritchard; Edith Collier to Milan Mrkusich.
This exhibition has been produced in partnership with Curator Programmes Manager Greg Donson and the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui, where it will be shown in 2025 in their newly redeveloped and strengthened gallery.
The Dowse would like to thank lenders Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, The Fletcher Trust Collection, Hocken Collections Te Uare Taoka o Hākena, private lenders for their generosity.
This project would not have been possible without the support of Creative New Zealand Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.