City Limits Cafe (Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: 1983

From: [Posters advertising exhibitions of graphic arts and two-dimensional artworks. 1983]

By: Wilson, Steve, active 1983; Hodgson, Trace, 1958-

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1983-01

Description: Shows a caricature of Robert Muldoon by Trace Hodgson and a photograph by Steve Wilson of two women talking in a street. Another cropped copy at Eph-C-PHOTO-1983. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 430 x 560 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

Date: 1980 - 1983

By: Famularo, Silvio, 1936-

Reference: Eph-D-VARIETY-Silvios

Description: Includes posters for cultural events, arts courses, entertainment, mainly in 1981: ANZArt; Australia New Zealand art encounter [Christchurch 1981?] "Big and little"; scenes by Botho Strauss. Downstage Theatre, from 19 June [1981] Two shows at Circa Theatre, created especially for 4-10 year olds: Town and Country Players in "You can't be afraid until you've been afraid"; and "How the moon began", with Felicity Day, Debbie Hager and Rose Wedde. 24 August - 4 September [1981?] The Clean E.P. "Boodle, boodle, boodle". One night only in Wellington, Terminus, 11 November [1981] Coup d'Etat. Appearing at Terminus, Thurs 28th Direct from USA: Bobby Shew, Lanny Morgan, Jeff Hamilton, Gordon Brisker, Tom Garvin, Don Rader, with All Star Big Band. Wellington, Majestic Cabaret, 20-21 May [1982?] Los Dogs, at the Royal Tiger, Fri 25th Sept; Sat 26th Sept [1981] Eight Eleven Eighty One; an exhibition of ceramics & painting. SelLing Ngan, Allan Snook, Rosemary Stokell, Brian Wong. Wellington Cultural Centre World Trade Centre, 9-20 Nov 1981. An evening with the Hot City Cats. Varsity Restaurant, this Friday 7-11 [1981-1983?] Hot City Cats. Chips, Sun 1st [1981?] Frame Ups; a exhibition of colour photographs by Mary mcPherson [and] Martin Taylor. PhotoForum Gallery, 2-20 June 1981. Joe Henderson, one of the giants of the tenor saxophone (ex Miles Davis, Chick Corea. Wellington Majestic Cabaret 26th; Auckland Gluepot Ponsonby Thursday 27th [1981] Impulse Dance Theatre. "Frames" art gallery tour. National Art Gallery, 25-26 May [1981] (Art: Darryl White; Logan Print, Gisborne) Jon McLeary. Egypt; exhibition of ink pastels. Natural Juices Cafe, Wed 8 July [1981] Mad Ranks. The Resort this weekend, 7-9 May [1982?] (2 copies) Arthur Manawatu. Paintings + linoprints. Closet Artists Gallery, 520 Queen St, 3-21 August The Mockers. New single out now, "Trendy lefties" [1981] Mockers; Protons. Wellington Teachers' College, Thurs 30 April [1981] Music at Circa; a series of Monday night concerts. Colleen Rae-Gerrard, Deborah Rawson, Anne Lanston, Michael Calvert, Wellington String Quartet, Omnibus. 21 and 28 Sept, 5 and 12 Oct [1981] Neoteric Tribesmen, playing at Studio 7 with The Innocent [and] Tin Syndrome. Fri 25th, Sat 26th [ca 1981] New Zealand architecture; a photographic survey. New Zealand Institute of Architects. Uptairs, City Art Gallery, 65 Victory Street Wellington [1981-1983] "Factual C"; a exhibition of paintings by David Ortega. City Limits Cafe, 20 Oct - 10 Nov [1981-1983] Primitive Art Group at Rawa House. Thurs 24 Sept 1981 Primitive Art Group. National Art Gallery, Sunday 2.00pm 26th Sept [1982] The Private Eyes tonight! Terminus, 21-23 April [1981] The Private Eyes. Terminus, Sept 25 + 26! Are you man enough for Jason Sad; then go all the way. As seen on TV [photo of pig. ca 1981] The Screaming Blam-matic roadshow [Screaming Meemees, Newmatics, Blam Blam Blam. 1981] From USA. Bobby Shew, Steve Erquiaga, Johnny Carson Trio, Dick Hopp Sextet, Frank Gibson jnr, Rodger Fox Big Band, Andy Brown. Jazz on Sunday. Majestic Cabaret 3 May [1981] Silvio's Xmas variety show; music, mirth, magic, melodrama, merriment, music hall, madness. Special guest artsts Frances Green, Dave Olerenshaw, Jacque Harvey. Wgtn Operatic Soc Hall, 8-14 Dec [1981] Strikemaster. Heavy rock. Apparing at Terminus, 5-6 Oct Taste of Bounty. Cricketers, from Thurs 27 Aug [1981] Taste of Bounty are now Radio-Active, appearing live in concert. Newlands Arms, Fri/Sun, 15-17 May [1981] Techtones 3 [ca 1981] University Drama Club. Tristan Tzara's "The gas heart", and Sam Shepard's "Cowboy mouth". Union Hall, 28 July - 1 August [1981] The Valentinos [ca 1981] "The wind and the rain", a comedy by Merton Hodge. Downstage Theatre from 24 July [1981] Quantity: 36 posters. Physical Description: Photolithographs and photocopies on posters, sizes varying from 100 to 600 mm. Provenance: From Silvio Famularo, Wellington, in 1983.

Date: 1983

Reference: Eph-C-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1983-1

Description: Includes: Black & White; An exhibition of photographs & cartoons by Steve Wilson & Trace Hodgson. City Limits [Wellington], 28 September-12 October. From the Road; Fifty South Island photographs by Robin Morrison. Exhibition organised by Auckland City Art Gallery toured by the New Zealand Art Gallery Directors Council. Images of women; 11 Photographers. [These include] Bub Bridger, Carol Shepheard, Gail Wright, Rhonda Bosworth, Victoria Ginn, Janet Bayly, Ans Westra, Gillian Chaplin, Stella Daniell, Margaret Jones, Angela Gunn. Women's Gallery [Wellington], 26 June-13 August. New Zealand Light; Martin Taylor, Mary Macpherson. (2 copies) New Zealand Under the Lens; An exhibition at the Alexander Turnbull Library, December 1983 - February 1984 (2 copies) People & Places; Photographs by Kees Sprengers. Real Pictures [Auckland] opening 21 February [1983] (2 copies), plus sheet of biographical notes. Pioneer Photographers; Burton Brothers, Dunedin. An exhibition of original prints, National Museum [Wellington], 20 July-28 August. Quantity: 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to 500 x 350 mm. Provenance: Donated at various times.

Date: 1982

By: Cubey, Mark, active 1983-2021

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1982

Description: Includes: Malcolm Benham. May 3-21, opening Monday May 3 at 5.30 pm. Janne Land Gallery, 21-23 Allen St Wellington [1982] (2 copies) "The Canadian view"; three lectures on painting in Canada from colonial times to the present, given by Dr A F Bellette. Shell Theatre [National Art Gallery], April 19, 26, May 3 [1982] (Shows "Shimmering water, Algonquin Park, by Lawren Harris) Creative workshops, 270-276 Muritai Rd, Eastbourne. Ceramic / fabric / painting exhibition & open days. Jean McKinnon - Dorothy Pascoe - Penny Walker - Julia van Helden. Open days 20 & 21 November; exhibition 20 to 27 [1982] Wallace Crossman; works on paper and canvas. Dunedn Public Art Gallery, 5-30 May 1982. "Nirvana"; recent works by Mark Cubey. Photoforum Gallery, 16 June - 9 July [1982?] Exhibition by Dinah [Priestley] and Tony [Burton]. "Where were you Mr Spick & Span?" Antipodes Gallery, 27 June [1982] Poster / invitation to opening Harold Gilman. "Girl dressing" ca 1912 [Issued by the National Art Gallery of New Zealand in connection with an exhibition "The first fifty years: British art of the 20th century" held in 1982] Mary McIntyre. "Identity parade". Waikato Art Museum, April 14 - May 9 [1982] (2 copies) Rod Macleod. "Town and country" paintings & drawings. City Limits Cafe, 19 Aug - 8 Sept [1982] "Factual C"; an exhibition of paintings by David Ortega. City Limits Cafe, Oct 20th - Nov 10th [1982] Printmakers. Central Regional Arts Council touring exhibition. Now showing at 'Printworkshop', Wellington Arts centre, 327 Willis Street, from Dec 6 1982 (2 copies) Printworkshop. Wellington Arts Centre, 327 Willis Street. Night/day classes, 6 week courses, weekend wksps [1982] (2 copies) Prints & drawings. "Kitchen sink images". Peter Ransome, July 12-24. Bowen Galleries, 1-9 Bowen St [Wellington. 1982] "Seven painters / The eighties". Gretchen Albrecht, Stephen Bambury, Max Gimblett, Richard Killeen, James Ross, Ian Scott, Mervyn Williams. Sarjeant Gallery Wanganui 15 Aug - 19 Sept 1982; Robert McDougall Art Gallery Christchurch 21 Dec - 17 Jan 1983; Dunedin Public Art Gallery Dunedin 1 March - 27 March 1983; National Art Gallery Wellington 16 April - 12 June 1983; Auckland City Art Gallery 11 July - 28 Aug 1983 (2 copies) Trusttum. Philip Trusttum selected works 1962-1979. City Art Gallery, 65 Victoria Street, 24 Nov - 19 Dec 1982. Prepared by Sarjeant Gallery Wanganui 1980; toured by New Zealand Art Gallery Directors' Council; sponsored by Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand (2 copies) Recent works by Paul van den Burgh. Wellington City Art Gallery, 65 Victoria Street, October 30 - November 17 1982. Exhibition toured by Waikato Art Museum (2 copies) Wellington Arts Centre. Night classes: etching, relief, silkscreen. Printworkshop. Hiring equipment. Secondary school demonstrations. 335 Willis St. [1982] (2 copies) Nick White; exhibition of selected work 1975-1981. Wellington Settlement, 27 September - 15 October [1982] Quantity: 11 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 7 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, on sheets, sizes varying around 430 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources

Date: 1984

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1984

Description: Includes: Bill Allan. Horizontals Oct 83; an exhibition of contemporary landscape paintings. City Limits Cafe till Dec 19th [1984] Brett Anderson. Paintings by Brett. City Limits, Wakefield St., 23 May - 13 June [1984] (2 copies) Michael Armstrong. Paintings by the Frances Hodgkins Fellow for 1984. Hocken Library, University of Otago, 31 August - 1 October 1984. Murray Ball. Gudday. Produced for the Evening Post by INL Print Limited [1984] (2 copies) Bosshard Gallery. [Barry] Cleavin, Marilynn Webb. 6 November - 1 December 1984 Bosshard Gallery. Alberto Garcia-Alvarez. 3-28 July 1984 Bosshard Gallery. Jeffrey Harris; paintings and etchings 1980-84. 3-29 September 1984. Bosshard Gallery. Ralph Hotere. 3-22 December 1984 Bosshard Galleries. Maria Olsen pastels 1982. 3-29 September 1984 Bosshard Galleries. Joanna Paul. Bound images. 1-31 May 1984. Bowen Galleries. 84, summer of contrasts. Jeff Brown, David Thompson, Shane Wallace. 16-28 January 1984 (3 copies, all slightly different application of colours) Contemporary New Zealand prints. National Art Gallery, 12 October - 14 November 1984 (Shows Richard Killeen's "Tropical pattern" 1978) Melvin Day. Full circle. City Art Gallery, 14 July - 12 August 1984. "Escape from salvation", an exhibition of art in action by Dick Frizzell, assisted by Patrick Pound, Mathew Palmer, Simon Williams and Joshua Frizzell. RKS Art, 27 Feb - 16 March [1984] Geoff Fairburn. "Impressions and confessions"; watercolours. Waikato Museum of Art and History, 27 November - 16 December 1984. William Fox 1812-1893 watercolourist. Hocken Library 19 May - 2 July 1984 Robert Franken. Wairarapa Arts Centre 25 Sept - 14 Oct; Wellington City Art Gallery 21 Oct [1984] Dick Frizzell slide show / lecture. City Gallery, 2 May [1984] (Cartoon poster) Colin McCahon at the Hocken. Hocken Library, 5 July - 27 August 1984. L Marmont. Towards the centre; illustrations on paper and blinds. Artattack, 2-16 May [1984] (2 copies) National Archives. Drawings from the forties; Korero AEWS. From December 1984. Charo Oquet. Paintings. Bowen Galleries, 12-24 November 1984. David Ortega. 104 weeks 1982-84; paintings. City Limits, 26 September - 10 October [1984] Sarah Parkinson. Painted photographs and paintings. Bowen Galleries Wellington, 31 January - 11 February [1984] Printmaking exhibition by Stage 3 Visual Communication Design students, Wellington Polytechnic. University Memorial Theatre foyer 2-6 July [1984] "Symbols, emblems, signatures"; Australian drawings 1984. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth, 5 September - 30 September 1984 33 Art Gallery, 33 Willis Street. David Neville Anderson, Keith Grant McIsaac, Peter Roy Millman. Exhibition opening 9 October 1984 (2 copies) Denys Watkins. Printed images. [NZ tour 1984-1986] (2 copies) Wellington Arts Centre Trust. Courses in printmaking. Spring term [1984] Wellington Regional Arts exhibition. Wellington City Art Gallery. Exhibitions I, II and III, 24 January- 8 April 1984. Quantity: 25 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 5 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, on sheets, sizes varying around 430 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources

Date: 1986

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1986

Description: Includes: "Images from the stream"; recent works by Bodhi. Victoria Cafe, 9th-23rd December [1986] Festival exhibition: Gordon Crook, James Greig, Robert Shay, AnnVerdcourt, Joanna Paul. City Art Gallery, Victoria Street Wellington New Zealand, March-April 1986. Piero Lavo. Don't rubbish art; day-night exhibition of oil paintings + fotos at City Limits Cafe. May 5 to 17 [1986] Ian McMillan, Frances Hodgkins fellow 1986. "Masks". Hocken Library, University of otago, 25 October - 17 November 1986. (2 copies) David Ortega. Paintings 1985-86. At the Vic Cafe, Feb 17 to Marzo [sic] 17 [1986?] John Pine Snadden. Fame series; paintings, prints. Antipodes Gallery, 29 July - 9 August 1986. Nicky Snadden [and] Luke Sullivan. Paintings, drawings. City Limits Cafe, Sept 22 - Oct 6 [1986] (2 copies) Woollaston at the Hocken; exhibition drawn from the Hocken Library Collection. Hocken Library, 21 March - 13 May 1986 (2 copies) Quantity: 3 colour art print(s). 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, on sheets, sizes varying around 430 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources

Date: 1984

Reference: Eph-D-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1984

Description: Includes posters for: Brett Anderson. "New paintings from Gont". Artattack, 59 Brougham St, Mount Victoria. 3-24 September [1984]. "Artful"; a massed presentation of the Robert McDougall Gallery's permanent collection. November 18th through January 1985. Robert McDougall Art Gallery. (Shows "The wizard's garden", by George Leslie).(2 copies) "Aspects of New Zealand art, 1890-1940, from the collection of the National Art Gallery. 14 September - 25 November 1984. (2 copies) (Shows "Sawmill, Whangarei", by Ida G Eise ca 1939) Debra Bustin. Exhibition Bowen Galleries. Sept. 3-15 [1984]. (2 copies) Kate Coolahan; a survey. Dowse Art Museum. 14 December 1984-27 January 1985. (2 copies) (Shows her "Victoria in the Pacific" 1976) David Hockney. "The blue guitar; etchings", by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso. Wellington City Art Gallery. 9 June - 8 July [1984]. A British Council Exhibition. (2 copies) Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo's natural world; nature studies from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Auckland City Art Gallery. 21 November 1984- 24 February 1985. Raymond McIntyre; an exhibition jointly funded by the Auckland City Art Gallery and the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. [Tour, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, October 1984 - May 1985]. (Shows his "Suzette" ca 1914) (2 copies) Printworkshop Holiday School. 7-11 May 3rd & 4th formers; 14-18 May, 5th, 6th, & 7th formers. Printworkshop, 327 Willis Street, Wellington. Also a copy for August dates. Printworkshop, 327 Willis Street Wellington. 1984; courses, hiring, edition printing in Printmaking, silkscreen, etching, litho, woodcut, papermaking. Enquiries to the Printworkshop. John Robinson. Paintings and drawings. Realities. 9 October - 2 November 1984. (Shows his "Ascent" 1984) Pippa Sanderson. Life drawings, at City Limits Cafe, from July 4-25 [1984]. (2 copies) Allan Snook. Paintings by Allan Snook. Bowen Galleries, 1-9 Bowen Street Wellington. Sept 17 - Oct 6 [1984]. (2 copies) Bodhi Vincent. "People; drawings by Bodhi". City Limits Cafe. November 7-28 [1984]. (2 copies) Denys Watkins. Printed images. [Tour - June 1984-June 1986].(Features "Life class" 1977). Quantity: 15 colour photo-mechanical print(s) plus duplicates of many. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 800 x 600 mm.

Date: 1987

By: Untold Books (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-E-LITERATURE-1987-01

Description: A long vertical grey poster with lettering and four bees in yellow and black. It announces the publication of issue #6 of the literary magazine "Untold". The writers who were to perform at the City Limits Cafe reading on New Year's Day 1987 were: John Dickson, Meg Campbell, Bill Direen, Ian Wedde, John Newton and Alistair Campbell. John Newton may possibly be Dr John Newton, lecturer at Canterbury University in 2000. Other Titles - 1 January 1987 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 895 x 320 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2005.

Date: 1980 - 1989

By: City Limits Cafe (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-D-DINING-1980s-02

Description: Poster advertising the City Limited Cafe shows an arrangement of text, the orange poster paper showing through the black printed background. The words "Get stuffed" appear as if they are dripping orange spray-painted grafitti. Poster illustrates a double entendre, using a contemporary expression of insult to encourage diners to fill up. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, black on orange paper, 535 x 417 mm.