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About About Jonathan Smart Gallery Jonathan Smart Gallery has been showcasing contemporary New Zealand art since 1988. The gallery is dedicated to the exhibition of top-drawer contemporary visual art, ranging from painting and photography to sculpture, installation art and moving-image work. Represented artists include senior practitioners such as Michael Parekowhai, Anne Noble, et al, Neil Dawson & Julia Morison; those in their mid-career including Neil Pardington, Saskia Leek, Nathan Pohio, Heather Straka & John Pule; with more recently established artists such as Emily Hartley-Skudder, Oliver Perkins, Marie Le Lievre, Tjalling de Vries & Zina Swanson. Committed to its original vision to show art that encourages discussion and debate, the gallery continues to enjoy the reputation of providing a welcoming place for the contemplation and conversation around the practice of contemporary NZ art and its artists. From its inception... It was in March 1988 when Jonathan Smart, with co-director Andrew Jensen, opened the Jonathan Jensen Gallery in the upstairs premises of 160 High St, Christchurch. Smart, then a teacher of art history at Christ’s College and an art writer/commentator, recognised the need in the conservative art establishment of Christchurch for a dealer gallery willing to market more challenging and experimental art. The thinking was to achieve a balance between conceptual & progressive art with work that was saleable and financially viable.…
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