Simon Edwards Exhibitions

The Review

30 Apr - 22 Jun 2016

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Exhibition Works

A Lad Insane
Dick Frizzell A Lad Insane (2016)
Notes on Isaiah #6
Darryn George Notes on Isaiah #6 (2013)
Ann's Dahlia #7
Layla Walter Ann's Dahlia #7 (2013)
Time Will Tell
Joanna Braithwaite Time Will Tell (2013)
Clearing
Simon Edwards Clearing (2008)
Huia and Geometry
Paul Dibble Huia and Geometry (2014)
Pied Stilt
Nigel Brown Pied Stilt (2015)
Casella
Emily Valentine Casella (2015)
Canyons and Pine Mountains No. 5
Christine Thacker Canyons and Pine Mountains No. 5 (2015)
Field Study 299
Mike Petre Field Study 299 (2016)
Swallow Cloud 5
Neil Dawson Swallow Cloud 5 (2016)
Korimako [19587]
Nigel Brown Korimako [19587] (2015)
Beaumont
Karl Maughan Beaumont (2015)
Woven Rimmed Bowl #25
Layla Walter Woven Rimmed Bowl #25 (2015)
Heat and Showers
Bruce Hunt Heat and Showers (2008/09)
Gold Grooved Orb [16-10]
John Parker Gold Grooved Orb [16-10] (2016)
Matt White Grooved Cone [16-1]
John Parker Matt White Grooved Cone [16-1] (2016)
First Kiss
Dick Frizzell First Kiss (2015)
Kokako #10
Layla Walter Kokako #10 (2015)
West Coast I
Neal Palmer West Coast I (2015)
Big Bunch
Dick Frizzell Big Bunch (2013)
Woman Between Past and Future
Terry Stringer Woman Between Past and Future (2014)
Gold Trail
Joanna Braithwaite Gold Trail (2013/14)
Morning
Christine Cathie Morning (2015)
Camellia Vase #5 (Purple)
Layla Walter Camellia Vase #5 (Purple) (2012)
The Long Ride Home
Dick Frizzell The Long Ride Home (2014)
Spancock
Emily Valentine Spancock (2014)
The Seduction of Zealandia
Jenna Packer The Seduction of Zealandia (2013/14)
Tribute - A Yeoman
Darryn George Tribute - A Yeoman (2007)
Maka Necklace
Bridie Henderson Maka Necklace (2012)
Taata Ahu
Michel Tuffery Taata Ahu (1995)
Kowhai - Coromandel Gold #1
Layla Walter Kowhai - Coromandel Gold #1 (2015)
Canyons and Pine Mountains No. 1
Christine Thacker Canyons and Pine Mountains No. 1 (2012)
Matt White Grooved Orb [15-11]
John Parker Matt White Grooved Orb [15-11] (2015)
Matt White Grooved Cone [16-2]
John Parker Matt White Grooved Cone [16-2] (2016)
Old Flames
Simon Edwards Old Flames (2002/11)

Exhibition Text

The Review 2016 includes Layla Walter’s cast glass. Her works demonstrate the precision of simplicity, the co-joined powers of restraint and single-focus emphasis. Her techniques vary from work to work - surface patterning, engraving and embossing techniques, carved surfaces. In the superb Kokako 10 (2015) for example, Walter uses the translucency of pale colour and the fugitive qualities of light transmission to build a ghostly, compelling presence.

Dick Frizzell’s visual virtuosity is critically acknowledged and acclaimed. A Lad Insane (2016) is a sensitive, celebratory homage to David Bowie, delicately combining this with a reprise of his legendary Four Square Man. Masterful large-scale screen prints - First Kiss (2015), Big Bunch (2013) and The Long Ride Home (2014) – further demonstrate an array of extraordinary skills and Frizzell’s acute pop sensibilities.

Jenna Packer’s beautiful, unnerving The Seduction of Zealandia (2013/14) is filled with humour, satiric bite, and layered with multiple narratives about behaviour, the morality of the financial world and how our environment is being strip-mined in the guise of progress.

Nigel Brown’s Korimako (2015) and Pied Stilt (2015) are redolent with tenderness, contemporary environmental dialogues and protective sentiments. Paul Dibble’s haunting Huia and Geometry (2014) is a metaphoric symbol of loss.

Karl Maughan’s Beaumont (2015) is filled with suggestion and promise. Joanna Braithwaite’s Time will Tell (2013) and Gold Trail (2013/4) are visual parables, where animals are presented with human characteristics and attributes, where humour, irony, symbol and Victorian painting traditions progressively extend and complicate what at first appears simple.

Darryn George uses lettering, words and abstract pattern as cultural signifiers. In key works, Notes on Isaiah 6 (2013) and Tribute – A Yeoman (2007), significant religious dialogues emerge.

Woman between Past and Future (2014) is an astonishing work, where Terry Stringer’s transformative three-sided sculptural technique morphs from image to image and in that manner progressively reveals a story told in the round. There are also important new works by Neil Dawson, Christine Thacker, Mike Petre and John Parker.

The Review 2016 includes Layla Walter’s cast glass. Her works demonstrate the precision of simplicity, the co-joined powers of restraint and single-focus emphasis. Her techniques vary from work to work - surface patterning, engraving and embossing techniques, carved surfaces. In the superb Kokako 10 (2015) for example, Walter uses the translucency of pale colour and the fugitive qualities of light transmission to build a ghostly, compelling presence.

Dick Frizzell’s visual virtuosity is critically acknowledged and acclaimed. A Lad Insane (2016) is a sensitive, celebratory homage to David Bowie, delicately combining this with a reprise of his legendary Four Square Man. Masterful large-scale screen prints - First Kiss (2015), Big Bunch (2013) and The Long Ride Home (2014) – further demonstrate an array of extraordinary skills and Frizzell’s acute pop sensibilities.

Jenna Packer’s beautiful, unnerving The Seduction of Zealandia (2013/14) is filled with humour, satiric bite, and layered with multiple narratives about behaviour, the morality of the financial world and how our environment is being strip-mined in the guise of progress.

Nigel Brown’s Korimako (2015) and Pied Stilt (2015) are redolent with tenderness, contemporary environmental dialogues and protective sentiments. Paul Dibble’s haunting Huia and Geometry (2014) is a metaphoric symbol of loss.

Karl Maughan’s Beaumont (2015) is filled with suggestion and promise. Joanna Braithwaite’s Time will Tell (2013) and Gold Trail (2013/4) are visual parables, where animals are presented with human characteristics and attributes, where humour, irony, symbol and Victorian painting traditions progressively extend and complicate what at first appears simple.

Darryn George uses lettering, words and abstract pattern as cultural signifiers. In key works, Notes on Isaiah 6 (2013) and Tribute – A Yeoman (2007), significant religious dialogues emerge.

Woman between Past and Future (2014) is an astonishing work, where Terry Stringer’s transformative three-sided sculptural technique morphs from image to image and in that manner progressively reveals a story told in the round. There are also important new works by Neil Dawson, Christine Thacker, Mike Petre and John Parker.

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