Dummies & Doppelgängers

Don’t we all feel like strangers to ourselves sometimes? The entity that meets your eyes in the mirror isn’t the same version of you that people encounter out in the world, and it’s different again from that deeper self that dwells somewhere between soul and psyche. Such slippery, porous territory offers artists a rich hunting ground.

Curator and author Felicity Milburn takes a lively look at bodies in contemporary art from Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. Full of humour, surprise and heart, Dummies & Doppelgängers explores what it means to be human.

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Highlights:

• A selection of sculpture, painting, photography and moving image art
• Artists include Louisa Afoa, Ah Xian, James Barth, Margaret Dawson, Scott Eady, Sam Harrison, Sam Jinks, Yuki Kihara, Claudia Kogachi, Sarah Lucas, Peter Madden, Daniel McKewen, Ron Mueck, Amanda Newall, Tony Oursler, Michael Parekōwhai, Patricia Piccinini, Tia Ranginui, Alex Seton, Kristin Stephenson, Francis Upritchard and Ronnie van Hout
• Engaging short texts by Louisa Afoa, Ah Xian, Megan Dunn, Patricia Piccinini, essa may ranapiri, Ronnie van Hout and Ashleigh Young
• Hardcover with more than 50 full-page colour illustrations