BOXING DAY, WELLINGTON
Exhibit 2025.12.26
Mixed media on linen, oil impasto and absence
Dimensions variable
The centre has been removed by the artist and replaced
with the sound of forks on ceramic, a door opening
twice in the same minute, someone saying
"sit, sit" to no one who is standing.
Note the golden shard at upper leftβ
identified by conservators as a grandfather,
though the artist insists it is only light
behaving the way light behaves
when it has nowhere particular to go.
Two profiles share a single jaw.
The wall text says: "I'm done."
The painting says: "No."
Acquired through the permanent collection
of having been there.
On loan from the family.
Condition: ongoing.