Two thousand years of hair styles are encapsulated in a new exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery, from bad hair days to eccentric styles, sideburns to split ends.
Bad Hair Day includes more than 60 works, showing how attitudes towards hair and hairstyles have changed, for better and for worse. Big name New Zealand artists including Ronnie van Hout, Leo Bensemann, and Yvonne Todd have work in the exhibition curated by Ken Hall.
Ronnie van Hout's End Doll (detail) 2007. Mixed media. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, purchased 2007
Ronnie van Hout. New Zealand / Australia, b. 1962. End Doll 2007. DVD. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, purchased 2007.
Siliga David Setoga. New Zealand, b. 1975. Oki fa'a-kama-Samoa-moni lou ulu (Cut your hair like a true Samoan boy) 2014. Photograph, inkjet print on Hahnemühle Matt Fine Art paper. Photographed by: Setoga Setoga II. Barber/hair stylist: Maligi Evile Jnr. Courtesy of the artist
Yvonne Todd's Ethlyn 2005. Photograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, purchased 2005.
Gavin Hurley.New Zealand, b. 1973. Big Henry (Wynn-Williams) 2016. Oil on linen. Courtesy of the artist and Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland
Leo Bensemann. New Zealand, 1912–1986. Mary Glover c. 1935. Ink on paper.
Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, presented by Mary Bensemann, 1995.
Leo Bensemann. New Zealand, 1912–1986. Ester Levy c. 1935. Ink on paper.
Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, presented by Mary Bensemann, 1995.
Joan Dukes. New Zealand, 1903–1994. Spring c. 1950s. Watercolour. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, bequeathed by the artist, 1994.
Lucas van Leyden. Netherlands, 1494–1533. Samson and Delilah 1507. Engraving.
Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, purchased 1973.
Liyen Chong. Malaysia / New Zealand / United States, b. 1979. I am Here and There 2007. Artist's hair embroidered on cotton. Courtesy of the artist and Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland.
Peter Stichbury's Mr Phil McEwan 2010. Acrylic on linen. Collection of Joanna and Pawel Grochowicz. Courtesy of Tracy Williams, New York; Michael Lett, Auckland; Gallery Baton, Seoul.
Gavin Hipkins. New Zealand, b. 1968 The Village (Head) 2006 (detail). Inkjet print on PVC. Courtesy of the artist, Hamish McKay Gallery and Starkwhite Gallery.
Gavin Hurley's Boy with Napoleon III's beard and Cavalier Pipe 2015. Oil on linen. Courtesy of the artist and Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland
