INFORMATION

Whanganui has a significant photographic heritage and the Sarjeant Gallery, our public gallery, a nationally significant collection.

Frank Denton was commissioned by the mayor of Whanganui to collect late 19C & 20C International fine art photography for the Sarjeant Gallery collection & did so from 1919 -1926.

In 1925, 87 prints entered the collection.

The Tylee Cottage Artist-in-Residence scheme began in Wanganui in 1986, and the following artists have been recipients: Laurence Aberhart (1986), Anne Noble (1989),

Ans Westra (1993), George Krause [USA] (1997/8), Paul Johns (2005),

Ben Cauchi (2005/6) and Andrew Ross (2009)

McNamara Gallery Photography opened 25.1.02 and exhibits New Zealand, selected Pacific Rim & International, photographically-based art. We are dedicated to exhibiting and promoting lens-based media, and exploring the range of practice.

Our interest is fundamentally in modern & contemporary art practice; however, we have an annual exhibition examining photographs from the 1960s -1980s. We also exhibit selected work from earlier periods.

We have monthly exhibitions and represent a large number of N.Z. and some international artists. We are a frequent resource for public gallery loans and also produce out-reach exhibitions.

We hold, or have available to us, a comprehensive and changing range of work as stock. Images on our web site are changed regularly, but are a small sample of what is available.

Working in a globalized world ours is a client-based rather than a regionally-restricted practice.

We travel frequently to meet with gallery artists, curators, collectors* and attend key events.

Time restraints mean we do not perform insurance valuations.

Such valuations are more complex than might appear.

Likewise, we are unable to respond to student requests and unsolicited material from photographers unless some free time becomes available.

Address:
190 Wicksteed Street
Whanganui 4500
New Zealand

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Contact: Paul McNamara
+64 6 348 7320 or 027 249 8059
mcnamaraphotogal@xtra.co.nz   NO SPAM

Association of International Photography Art Dealers [AIPAD]
member

Gallery hours:
11am - 3pm [often 6pm] Tuesday / Wednesday - Saturday
or by appointment

Frequently we are closed the last Saturday of each month.

We are CLOSED for most of APRIL each year for annual leave.

However, I will be checking e-mails & doing some

gallery-related work.

Exhibition invitations & Gallery Letter:
These are e-mailed to anyone interested in receiving them. Postal invites are available to those without e-mail.

* CITY VISITS ITINERARY

Auckland*     

Whakatane     Tuesday 16th March

New Plymouth Friday 19th March

Wellington     Monday 22nd March

Dunedin    

* Scenic Circle AIREDALE HOTEL 380 Queen Street, Auckland

                       [opposite Town Hall - parking in Airedale St]