Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith

  • Question of Faith 1
  • Question of Faith 2
  • Question of Faith 3
  • Question of Faith 4
  • Question of Faith 5
  • Question of Faith 6
  • Question of Faith 7
  • Question of Faith 8
  • Question of Faith 9
  • Question of Faith 10
Exhibition date:
30 August 2002 to 10 November 2002
Location: 
Netherlands
Venue: 
Stedelijk Museum
City: 
Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 30 August-10 November 2002; City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 December 2002-9 March 2003; Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, NZ, 29 March-15 June; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 4 July-7 September; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 15 November-16 January 2004

A survey show which follows the development of McCahon's works from 1946 to the beginning of the 1980's.

It focuses on the artist's spiritual quest, demonstrating how he explored questions of faith, doubt, hope and eventually despair. 

The selection shows how McCahon sought to give visual representation to these existential issues of the human condition by using and modernising the Western Judio-Christian artistic tradition. 

Curated by Marja Bloem, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

Note: installation images are from exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery.