Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Poet and Artist - Professor John Davidson discusses the work of James K. Baxter and Colin McCahon


Adam Art Gallery
Saturday 8 August, 2pm
Free entry, all welcome!

Join Emeritus Professor John Davidson as he discusses how the presence of James K. Baxter is reflected in works of his friend Colin McCahon. McCahon’s major painting Walk (Series C) which features in The Specious Present was made in the year after Baxter’s passing as a homage to the great New Zealand writer and poet.

John Davidson specialises in ancient Greek drama, researching the relationship between Sophocles’ and Euripides’ tragedies and the Homeric texts, with a related interest in performance issues associated with the Greek theatre. This interest in Greek mythology carries into his writing on New Zealand poetry and opera. His 2011 book The Snake-Haired Muse: James K. Baxter and Classical Myth, co-authored with Geoffrey Miles and Paul Millar, argues that such mythologies were at the heart of Baxter's poetic vision.

For full details of the public programme associated with this exhibition visit adamartgallery.org.nz/calendar/




Gate 3, Kelburn Parade

Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi
Victoria University of Wellington

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