Dick Sargeson: The Dioxin Man
In addition to Graham Kirk’s latest exhibition Super Heroes in Taranaki & the UK, Kina is proud to show selected images from Kirk’s ‘Dick Sargeson’ strip, which features the ‘Dioxin Man’ character (born out of a chemical spill at Ivan Watkins Dow).
Exclusive to Kina, this is the first time since the comic strip has been available for public viewing and for sale, since it was last reproduced in The New Zealand Listener in the mid 1980’s.
The Dick Sargeson story has great local significance for Taranaki residents and features many recognisable local faces, who act as characters and play out various scenarios in the story.
Some of the people in this comic include local artist Wayne Morris, who plays Bruce Bildgepipe (and later becomes Dioxin Man), Barry Wiseman (who acts as ‘the boss’ for the chemical factory) and Lee Morgan (who plays a character called Lurgan – the boss’s right-hand ‘tough man’).
This is a rare chance to catch a glimpse of two consecutive episodes towards the end of the Dioxin Man story, which resonate with political overtones.
Graham Kirk’s exhibition SUPER HEROES IN TARANAKI & THE UK and his Dick Sargeson comic strip is on show in the KINA gallery from Friday 17th July until 12 August 2009. The Dioxin Man episode has been made available as archival prints, scanned directly from the original Listener episodes. Kirk’s paintings and prints can also be viewed on our website www.kina.co.nz.
Please call Kina (06) 759 1201 for further details.
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