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CNZARD showcase

Here you can view selected works from the University’s extensive and valuable art collection, exhibits from the Gus Fisher Gallery, and examples of current research projects being undertaken at CNZARD.


Top Ten: new acquisitions for The University of Auckland Art Collection

Celebrating ten years of the Gus Fisher Gallery Top Ten introduced a selection of works most recently added to The University of Auckland Art Collection.

City with the Orange River - Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis (b.1929)
City with the Orange River, 1966
Oil and acrylic on board, 1552 x 1216mm.


After the Elam Fire – John Weeks

John Weeks (1888-1965)
After the Elam Fire, c.1949
Oil on board, 310mm x 410mm

Origins - Max Gimblett

Max Gimblett (b.1935)
ORIGINS: Always, in these islands, meeting and parting shakes us, making tremulous the salt-rimmed air.


Top Hat - Lisa Reihana

Lisa Reihana (b.1964, Ngāpuhi/Ngāti Hine/Ngāi Tū)
Top Hat (from Memoranda), 2003
Laser etched on granite, edition 2/5

Trans–Form: The Abstract Art of Milan Mrkusich

A Gus Fisher Gallery exhibition curated by Alan Wright and Edward Hanfling


Butterfly Morning - Richard Killeen

Richard Killeen (b.1946)
Butterfly Morning, 2008
Pigment ink on canvas, 1360 x 1360mm

El Jay exhibition – 360 degree panorama by Brian Donovan

Click and drag your cursor in any direction to view the iconic fashion design of the late Gus Fisher, who headed the House of El Jay in New Zealand.





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