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Shed 11's large uncluttered space created an opportunity to exhibit works that were too large for the
National Art Gallery's own building in Buckle Street. It also offered a more fitting context for the contemporary work that was the focus of Bieringa's exhibition programme. Shed 11 opened with the
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announced that Shed 11 was to be an off-site exhibition space where the
Gallery could focus on contemporary art. The occupation of Shed 11 was Bieringa's response to the collapse of negotiations for a new National Art Gallery building in Wellington's
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described it at the time as the ‘...most ambitious survey of recent New
Zealand art ever attempted in one space.’ The two part exhibition was shown from September 1986 to March 1987 and was accompanied by an extensive
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