He Tohu the New Zealand Room

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Author: Jaqueline Fraser
Format: Hardback
Imprint: Antiquarian Books
ISBN: A7568

1993 is the centennial of womens suffrage in New Zealand. City Gallery reopens in its new buildingthe old Wellington Public Library in Civic Squarewith four exhibitions showcasing women artists: Alter/Image, Rosemarie Trockel, Te Whare Puanga, and Jacqueline Frasers project He Tohu: The New Zealand Room.
Frasers work honours the former life of the gallery space in which its presented. When it was the Librarys New Zealand Room, it housed the Library’s New Zealand Collection, and, from the 1940s to the 1980s, hosted exhibitions by contemporary New Zealand artists.