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In 2011 a massive earthquake damaged much of
Central Christchurch and although the building in Manchester Street was salvageable, it was in a prohibited zone and could not be accessed. Eventually, with the help of her family, Gifford was able to enter the building and remove the art works stored
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In 1975 Barbara Brooke teamed up with Judith
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Gifford Gallery remained the city’s only dealer gallery for contemporary art for many years. In 1980, only five years after the gallery opened, Barbara Brooke died leaving Judith Gifford to run the space alone. The first exhibition was by the painter
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there. For a time, again with the help of family members, Gifford continued operating the
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first solo dealer gallery show. The exhibition presented a series of differing views of small houses. The critic
Michael Thomas described two of them in his Art New Zealand review, ‘
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recalled seeing the exhibition, "I walked into that show and I was completely blown away ...he just made things out of who we are and where he was. An extraordinary artist."
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a tiny wooden house about 1cm in height stands supported only by a thin 'shadow' of wood in front of an enlarged version of the same building.
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who had won the Hays Art
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1982 Bill
Hammond’s first exhibition with the Brooke Gifford Gallery. Art writer and critic
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an exhibition that was showing at the Christchurch Art Gallery during the 2011 earthquake.
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toured to public art museums throughout New Zealand. In the same year
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Riley, Brett (29 May 1985). "Gallery Exhibition Marks Decade".
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Arthur, Gary (29 May 1985). "Ten Years for Dealer Gallery".
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Wood, Andrew Paul (18 June 2005). "Painting's Rude Health".
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TLRW (8 July 1975). "Exhibition by Auckland artists".
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