Christine Webster

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Christine Webster
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Pukekohe, Auckland
NationalityNew Zealander
Education Massey University, Glasgow School of Art
Known for Photography

Christine Webster (born 1958) is a New Zealand visual artist and photographer.

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Background

Webster was born in 1958 in Pukekohe, Auckland. She currently lives in the United Kingdom. Webster has a Diploma in Photography from Massey University and an MFA from Glasgow School of Art. Webster has taught at the ASA School of Art, Auckland, Unitec Institute of Technology, and Elam School of Fine Art, and currently is a senior lecturer at the Cambridge School of Art. [1]

Career

Webster is a photographer and visual artist. Her work explores society's accepted boundaries and the human psyche, specifically relating to gender and identity. In the early eighties women photographers like Christine Webster took up a post modern position creating images as opposed to making a documentary record of the world around them. In doing this they introduced a more conceptual and theatrical approach that would previously been considered unthinkable. [2] Webster started using her own body and that of friends to act out the characters in her work. A friend, and professional magician, Tim Woon [3] appears as an over eager corporate suit, briefcase and alarm clock at the ready. In another image the briefcase opens to a magician’s flash of fire. Later dancer and choreographer Douglas Wright would appear in many of Webster’s photographs in many different guises. As Bridget Sullivan pointed out in the catalogue for the group show alter / image , by using a reference to  ‘glossy up market  advertising stills’, Webster manages to’ upset ideas of male control and gravity’. [4]

Working in series

Almost from the beginning of her career as an art photographer Webster tended to work in series presenting groups of photographs as a cohesive collection. These series have included:

1980s

1989

1991

1991-1998

1996  

Other series include Doll’s House (2000), Quiet (2013) and Therapies [17] (2014). 

Selected Exhibitions

Webster has shown at a number of dealer galleries over the years including : Red Metro, Artis, Southern Cross, Real Pictures, Sue Crockford and Trish Clark Galleries. The following annotated list represents a selection of Webster’s solo and group exhibitions in public art galleries and museums.

1982

1984

1985

1986-1987

1987

1989

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1988

2007

2010.

2012

Awards

1991 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. [35]

1988 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant,

1989 Polaroid Small Projects Grant. [1]

Collections

Webster's work is held in the following collections:

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  8. ↑ "Christine Webster: Black Carnival" (PDF). Robert McDougall Art Gallery Bulletin (95): 3. April 1995.
  9. ↑ Notman, Robyn; Cullen, Lynda (2009). Beloved: works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery [exhibition, Dunedin public art gallery, 12 December 2009 - October 2011]. Dunedin, N.Z: Dunedin Public Art Gallery. pp. 228–229. ISBN   978-0-908910-58-8.
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  12. ↑ Harrington, Erin (Autumn 2015). "(In) Decent Exposure". Bulletin of the Christchurch Art Gallery (183): 35–41.
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  16. ↑ "Raewyn Whyte An Interview with Douglas Wright". Landfall (191): 37–49. Autumn 1996.
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  19. ↑ Hurrell, John (8 August 1984). "'Tribal' photographs". The Press (Christchurch). p. 23.
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  26. ↑ Kirker, Anne (1993). New Zealand women artists a survey of 150 years. East Roseville, NSW, Australia: Craftsman House. ISBN   978-976-8097-30-9.
  27. ↑ "Christine Webster Possession & Mirth". Hocken Library Gallery. 1992.
  28. ↑ Whiting, Cliff; Murphy, Bernice; McCormack, John; Sotheran, Cheryll, eds. (1992). Headlands: Thinking through New Zealand Art. Sydney: The Museum of contemporary Art [u.a.] p. 48. ISBN   978-1-875632-04-6.
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