Nigel Brown Exhibitions

Summer Show

18 Dec 2010 - 2 Feb 2011

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Exhibition Works

Feathered Feats - Rescue
Joanna Braithwaite Feathered Feats - Rescue (2004)
Glass Crucible [14339]
Paul Mason Glass Crucible [14339] (2010)
Ruia Ruia
Ralph Hotere Ruia Ruia (1977)
Assembled Harmony
Andy Leleisi'uao Assembled Harmony (2009)
Divide - Lei 3
Emily Siddell Divide - Lei 3 (2005)
Riverena
Karl Maughan Riverena (2010)
Ruru and Dried Flax Pod Arrangement
Rebecca Harris Ruru and Dried Flax Pod Arrangement (2010)
Tunnel Break
Neil Frazer Tunnel Break (2010)
Untitled (Blue Kowhaiwhai)
Reuben Paterson Untitled (Blue Kowhaiwhai) (2009)
Curved Vase #3
Ann Robinson Curved Vase #3 (2009)
Sisters of the Moon (2008)
Richard Orjis Sisters of the Moon (2008)
Haka Lyric
Dick Frizzell Haka Lyric (2010)
This Land
Nigel Brown This Land (2010)
Umbilical Paths of Nalo - Part I
Andy Leleisi'uao Umbilical Paths of Nalo - Part I (2010)
Whakataunga Resolution (Papakirango)
Peata Larkin Whakataunga Resolution (Papakirango) (2007)
The Measure of Aoraki
Peter James Smith The Measure of Aoraki (2006)
Tanzen (To Dance)
Lorraine Rastorfer Tanzen (To Dance) (2008)
Girl and Horse I (Second Series)
Gary Waldrom Girl and Horse I (Second Series) (2008/09)
Amorphism (Red)
Christine Cathie Amorphism (Red) (2010)
Hemi Happens upon a Gathering of Manaia
John Walsh Hemi Happens upon a Gathering of Manaia (2002)
Cook Wrestling with a Maori Angel
Nigel Brown Cook Wrestling with a Maori Angel (2010)
Glass Crucible [14332]
Paul Mason Glass Crucible [14332] (2010)
Ra Tapu Te Rawhiti 4 Pepuere 1990 (1990)
Robert Ellis Ra Tapu Te Rawhiti 4 Pepuere 1990 (1990)
Colyton
Karl Maughan Colyton (2010)
Another Big Kiss
Dick Frizzell Another Big Kiss (2009)
Life Study III
Gary Waldrom Life Study III (2008)
Vanishing Point 13
Neil Dawson Vanishing Point 13 (2007)
Whistle
Lorraine Rastorfer Whistle (2006)
Marking Time
Neil Frazer Marking Time (2010)
Everything I've Ever Known
Marc Blake Everything I've Ever Known (2009)
MG8
Neal Palmer MG8 (2010)
Nero Murrine Patu (2007)
Luke Jacomb Nero Murrine Patu (2007)
The Incident
Jenna Packer The Incident (2010)
Power Pole [14374]
Simon Wards Power Pole [14374] (2010)
Karamea
Stanley Palmer Karamea (2010)
Shades of Green
Wendy Fairclough Shades of Green (2008)
Blood of the Land
Rebecca Harris Blood of the Land (2007)
Rocks and Sea (1972)
Stanley Palmer Rocks and Sea (1972)
Glass Crucible [14336]
Paul Mason Glass Crucible [14336] (2010)
Towards Damascus
Garry Currin Towards Damascus (2004)
Kopua
Michael Hight Kopua (2005)
Composition with Grasses VI
Tim Main Composition with Grasses VI (2008)
Lunar (A Dry Year)
Bruce Hunt Lunar (A Dry Year) (2008/09)
Weka - the Scavenger
Rebecca Harris Weka - the Scavenger (2010)
Crater - Archaeology
Neil Dawson Crater - Archaeology (2005)
Pines / coastal erosion, Mahia 2010
Wayne Barrar Pines / coastal erosion, Mahia 2010
Punakaiki II (2010)
Stanley Palmer Punakaiki II (2010)
Cube (Red / Black wide)
John Edgar Cube (Red / Black wide) (2008)
Begin on Your Histories
Charlotte Handy Begin on Your Histories (2010)
Quadrille
Jenna Packer Quadrille (2010)
Reticello Canoe Paddle [MH6]
Luke Jacomb Reticello Canoe Paddle [MH6] (2008)
Wedderburn
Michael Hight Wedderburn (2010)
All Square in Love and War
Dick Frizzell All Square in Love and War (2010)
War Widow
Anita DeSoto War Widow (2009)
Matauri
Stanley Palmer Matauri (2010)
In Pride of Place
Nigel Brown In Pride of Place (2004)
Kahu - Captive of Tane
Rebecca Harris Kahu - Captive of Tane (2010)
Whare (2010)
Neil Dawson Whare (2010)
Small Gold Amethyst Murrine Vessel [13921]
Lyndsay Patterson Small Gold Amethyst Murrine Vessel [13921] (2010)
Snakes & Ladders (2010)
Matt Palmer Snakes & Ladders (2010)

Exhibition Text

The Summer Show in Dunedin celebrates that season and presents a grouping of key works. The garden is seen and felt in Tim Main’s breathtaking Composition with Grasses VI (2008), Neal Palmer’s commanding Snakes & Ladders (2010), Karl Maughan’s important Riverena (2010).

Charlotte Handy enters the bush and fractures space into patterns in Begin on Your Own Histories (2010). Richard Orjis presents an orchid branch Sisters of the Moon (2008) as a narrative container. Ann Robinson’s masterful Curved Vase #3 (2009) combines the poetry of design and form with the lyricism of colour interacting in light.

Nigel Brown uses the metaphors of dance, the built stage and unites this with the reckless joy of bungy jumping in Pride of Place (2004). Remarkable sensations of movement arise in Lorraine Rastorfer’s astonishing Tanzen (to Dance) (2008). Symbols of time, journey, valour, local history and spiritual quest dominate the Northland focused dialogue of Robert Ellis’s great painting Ra Tapu Te Rawhiti 4 Pepuere (1990). Wendy Fairclough in Shades of Green (2008) establishes a domestic still-life tableaux and subjects this to a discourse on tone, hue and space.

Joanna Braithwaite unites human attributes with humour and pathos in Feathered Feats – Rescue (2004). Michael Hight’s beehive paintings have achieved iconic status for numerous reasons and Kopua (2005) is outstanding. Peter James Smith’s unique combination of scientific text and the romantic landscape is witnessed in the sublime work The Measure of Aoraki (2006).

Just back from a major art residency in Eastern Germany, Anita deSoto’s War Widow (2009) hangs in limbo. Marc Blake’s Everything I’ve Ever Known (2009) is a startling work, redolent with narrative vignettes. Recent McCahon Artist in Residence Andy Leleisi’uao episodic, linear constructed paintings tell stories of loss and quest, reaching deep into myth and the abject realities faced in suburban Auckland daily. Neil Dawson’s Whare (2010) sits off the floor on a stainless steel pedestal in front of Ralph Hotere’s Ruia Ruia (1977) and to its side hangs a Luke Jacomb Reticello Canoe Paddle (2008).