Blast! Pat Hanly – the painter and his protests
Blast! Pat Hanly – the painter and his protests
Blast! Pat Hanly – the painter and his protests

Blast! Pat Hanly – the painter and his protests

Starts: Saturday, September 25, 2010
Finishes: Sunday, November 28, 2010

Curated by Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, Blast! Pat Hanly – the painter and his protests celebrates New Zealand's nuclear-free status.

Pat Hanly not only painted but demonstrated against political and social things that disturbed him, especially nuclear testing. Curated by Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, Blast! Pat Hanly – the painter and his protests celebrates our nuclear-free status which passed into legislation in 1987. ‘Pat Hanly was a small man with a big-hearted, wide-seeing view of the world,’ says exhibition organiser Kate Wells. Vibrant works tell a story of the power of art to move hearts and minds.

Images:
Pat Hanly
Pat Hanly, Vessel & Blast, 1986
Pat Hanly, Who Am I, 1973