Wish You Were Here 2013
Wish You Were Here is a series of oil paintings, which are Julia Holden's response to the radically-altered city she encountered moving to Christchurch from Melbourne in late 2012. The body of work acknowledges the city as she found it. All paintings are oil on board.
Last updated
2:03pm 8th December 2017
Type
Collection
Identifier
qsr-collection:19434
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 1
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of road cones on Colombo Street. In the background is the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 2
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral, behind a temporary hoarding. The hoarding has been constructed on part of the footpath around Cathedral Square.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 3
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of the badly-damaged Catholic Basilica, partially supported by shipping containers.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 4
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of an excavator parked on a cleared block of land. The land is on Colombo Street, near the corner of Armagh Street.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 5
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of the badly-damaged Farmers car park building on Gloucester Street.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 6
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of an excavator and a large mound of building rubble. In the background is the badly-damaged Farmers car park building on Gloucester Street.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 7
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of Lichfield Street, looking east from the intersection of Colombo Street. The road has been fenced off and there are damaged buildings in the background.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 8
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of a pile of building rubble.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 9
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of the Inland Revenue building on the corner of Cashel Street and Madras Streets.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 10
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of building rubble on an empty building site on the corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 11
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of buildings on the corner of Gloucester Street and New Regent Street.
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- Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 12
- A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of shipping containers stacked in front of the Isaac Theatre Royal on Gloucester Street.