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Looking Down the Barrel: the Face of New Zealand Wine


Curated by John Saker and designed by Tom Westlake.

Consisting of over 70 images telling the story of New Zealand wine through historical and contemporary portraits of winemakers. From the early influence of James Busby, Sir George Grey and Bishop Pompallier, the exhibition narrative takes the viewer through photographic portraits of the Corban family, and then via photographic portraits by Marti Friedlander of Dalmation winemakers of West Auckland in the 1960s, to painted portraits of some of the great figures of the contemporary industry, including Jane Hunter of Hunter Wines, George Fistonich of Montana, Kevin Judd of Cloudy Bay.

The exhibition includes portraits specially commissioned by the Gallery by artists Freeman White, Irene Ferguson and Nick Cuthell.