The White Room presents: React

The White Room is a community creative space. It supports artists who experience barriers to participation and advocates for them to be included in contemporary art practice and conversations about it. React, is an exhibition by those artists. It responds to existing artworks currently on exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Each artist selected one or more works they connected with, which was the starting point for their creations.  

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The Artists

  • Andrea Monds
    Andrea Monds
    Ōtautahi

    Andrea Monds is a visual artist with The White Room

  • Bernadine Gibbs
    Bernadine Gibbs
    Ōtautahi

    Bernadine Gibbs is a visual artist with The White Room

  • Chris McFarlane
    Chris McFarlane
    Ōtautahi

    Chris McFarlane is a visual artist with The White Room

  • Fynn Salm
    Fynn Salm
    Ōtautahi

    Fynn Salm is a visual artist with The White Room

  • Isaac Tait
    Isaac Tait
    Ōtautahi

    Isaac Tait is a visual artist with The White Room.

  • Joan Donaldson
    Joan Donaldson
    Ōtautahi

    Joan Donaldson is a visual artist with The White Room

  • Karen Robson
    Karen Robson
    Ōtautahi

    Karen Robson is a visual artist with The White Room

  • Michael Taylor
    Michael Taylor
    Ōtautahi

    Michael Taylor is a visual artist with The White Room

Andrea Monds
Ōtautahi

Andrea Monds is a visual artist with The White Room

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Bernadine Gibbs
Ōtautahi

Bernadine Gibbs is a visual artist with The White Room

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Chris McFarlane
Ōtautahi

Chris McFarlane is a visual artist with The White Room

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Fynn Salm
Ōtautahi

Fynn Salm is a visual artist with The White Room

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Isaac Tait
Ōtautahi

Isaac Tait is a visual artist with The White Room.

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Joan Donaldson
Ōtautahi

Joan Donaldson is a visual artist with The White Room

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Karen Robson
Ōtautahi

Karen Robson is a visual artist with The White Room

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Michael Taylor
Ōtautahi

Michael Taylor is a visual artist with The White Room

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Photo credit Owen Spargo

Photo credit Owen Spargo
REACT Installation view, Joan Donaldson, Fynn Salm, Chris McFarlane, Bernadine Gibbs, Karen Robson, Andrea Monds
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REACT Installation View, Ō Papa Gallery
CoCA Toi Moroki, March 2024

Photo Credit Owen Spargo

Photo Credit Owen Spargo
REACT Installation view, Bernadine Gibbs, Michael Taylor, Isaac Tait
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REACT Installation View, Ō Papa Gallery
CoCA Toi Moroki, March 2024

Photo credit Owen Spargo

Photo credit Owen Spargo
Self Portrait 1 - detail, Michael Taylor
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Self Portrait 1
Mixed media
900 x 1600mm

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Duo of works, Andrea Monds
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Sally with Stars, Moons, and Unicorns, 2024
Digital print from original collage
594mm x 841mm


Snowy smeeling the roses, 2024
Digital print from original collage
594mm x 841mm


After The Rupture, 2022, Ayesha Green,
Perilous:Unheard Stories from the Collection
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waihetū

Photo credit Owen Spargo

Photo credit Owen Spargo
Rainbow Cloth, Karen Robson
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Rainbow Cloth, 2024
Fabric collage
2206mm round


After Rangi Takere Hau, 2022 by Maungarongo Te Kawa
Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Photo credit Owen Spargo

Photo credit Owen Spargo
Allergic Reaction, Isaac Tait
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Allergic Reaction, 2024
Photograph
594mm x 841mm


After Hahu Ake Anoo, by Te Ara Minhinnick, SCAPE 2023 season and inspired by the practice of Ai Weiwei

Photo credit Owen Spargo

Photo credit Owen Spargo
Portrait and Self Portrait, Michael Taylor
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Portrait, 2024
Charcoal on paper
420mm x 594mm


  
Self Portrait 1, 2024
Mixed Media
900mm x 1600mm

Photo credit Owen Spargo

Photo credit Owen Spargo
Martin, Bernadine, Steve, and Adele, The Bowling Group, Bernadine Gibbs
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Martin, Bernadine, Steve, and Adele, The Bowling Group, 2024
Acrylic paint on Canvas
2035mm x 1017mm


After Tena I Ruia, 1987, by Robin Kahukiwa, part of Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection
Christchurch art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Photo credit Owen Spargo

Photo credit Owen Spargo
Duo of Works, Chris McFarlane
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I've Got A Lot On My Plate, 2024
40-minute video playing on 43 inch TV


I Have A Lot On My Plate, 2024
Ink on canvas
1100mm x 1102mm
  


After Unnamed Makers, 2023 by Sorawit Songsataya from Spring Time is Heart-break: Contemporary Art in Aotearoa
Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Punao Waiwhetū

Photo credit Owen Spargo

Photo credit Owen Spargo
Pheonix duo, Fynn Salm
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The Phoenix Rising, 2024
Collage on Paper
841mm x 1189mm
  
Jean Grey as The Phoenix, 2024
Collage on Paper
420mm x 594mm
  
After The tangi of Rūamoko, 2023 by Tia Ranginui, part of Spring Time is Heart-break: Contemporary Art in Aotearoa
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna a Waiwhetū

Photo credit Owen Spargo

Photo credit Owen Spargo
Wordsearch, Joan Donaldson
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Joan's Art Wordsearch, 2024
Digital Print
1500mm x 1500mm

Photo credit Owen Spargo

Photo credit Owen Spargo
Rainbow Cloth - detail, Karen Robson
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Rainbow Cloth, 2024 - detail
Fabric Collage