Out of the Bedroom and into the Lounge: Jan Nigro

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Entry

Exhibition

Past Exhibition

As the anniversary of Jan Nigro’s death five years ago nears, this significant retrospective exhibition has been distilled from her life’s work held by the Jan Nigro Trust. The works illustrate a strong female contribution to the trajectory of contemporary New Zealand art history and reclaims Jan Nigro as an important New Zealand artist. Nigro resolutely celebrated the human figure regardless of trends in contemporary art practice. It also firmly places the artist as commentator, a role she perhaps unwittingly played as her content reflected current events or thinking during a period of immense social change in New Zealand. Most importantly it celebrates us, our bodies, united by an unclad identity and shaped by her uninhibited colourful context. During her life, Jan battled to have her close focus on the ‘nude’ accepted by viewers and peers. We are honouring Jan’s commitment to “get them out of the bedroom and into the lounge” as she wished.

Education programmes are available for this exhibition.

This exhibition is brought to you by Fine Art Society New Zealand and Jan Nigro Trust in collaboration with Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato 

  

Image: Nude and Rose, Jan Nigro, courtesy of Jan Nigro Trust and Fine Art Society New Zealand

 

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When

14th April 2018 - 22nd July 2018

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