John Parker Exhibitions

The Earl Street Journal

10 Dec 2016 - 7 Feb 2017

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Exhibition Works

Piki #2
Darryn George Piki #2 (2013)
Kaniwha #18
Darryn George Kaniwha #18 (2008)
Black Vase [20906]
Paul Maseyk Black Vase [20906] (2016)
White Vase [20900]
Paul Maseyk White Vase [20900] (2016)
Grand Times
Joanna Braithwaite Grand Times (2013/14)
Tui with Kowhai
Paul Dibble Tui with Kowhai (2015)
Top Tip
Joanna Braithwaite Top Tip (2012)
Rodent with Dancer
Paul Dibble Rodent with Dancer (2009)
Fantail on Ring
Paul Dibble Fantail on Ring (2016)
Sustainable Earth
Nigel Brown Sustainable Earth (2015)
Happen 2
Galia Amsel Happen 2 (2016)
Broken Valley
Simon Edwards Broken Valley (2016)
PELT - Sabino
Lisa Reihana PELT - Sabino (2016)
Turua Pō (Puriri)
Te Rongo Kirkwood Turua Pō (Puriri) (2014)
A Black Union Jack
Ralph Hotere A Black Union Jack (1989/90)
Māori Chief (In Pursuit of Venus)
Lisa Reihana Māori Chief (In Pursuit of Venus) (2016)
Mt Hutt Station
Michael Hight Mt Hutt Station (2014)
Into Shadow - McPhies Ridge and the Dunstan Mountains
Bruce Hunt Into Shadow - McPhies Ridge and the Dunstan Mountains (2012/13)
Ohau - Return to Raupo Lagoon
Bruce Hunt Ohau - Return to Raupo Lagoon (2012)
Cactus Vase (Red)
Ann Robinson Cactus Vase (Red) (2013)
Heat
Christine Cathie Heat (2015)
Operator: Marble / Red Glass Cross [JE75]
John Edgar Operator: Marble / Red Glass Cross [JE75] (2015)
Fissure
Graham Bennett Fissure (2008)
Heavy Shadow 6
Graham Bennett Heavy Shadow 6 (2012)
Rise and Fall
Simon Edwards Rise and Fall (2015)
Plain Song: Autumn Passage
J S Parker Plain Song: Autumn Passage (2015)
Plain Song: The Paddock
J S Parker Plain Song: The Paddock (2016)
Study for 'From Tawhiti Rahi - Poor Knights'
Stanley Palmer Study for 'From Tawhiti Rahi - Poor Knights' (2016)
Misty Barn
Dick Frizzell Misty Barn (2015)
Black Halos 24
Neil Dawson Black Halos 24 (2015)
Black Halos 16
Neil Dawson Black Halos 16 (2015)
Sibyl
Charlotte Handy Sibyl (2015)
Halcyon
Galia Amsel Halcyon (2015)
Opunake
Reuben Paterson Opunake (2016)
Brancusi
Mark Mitchell Brancusi (2016)
Time Will Tell
Joanna Braithwaite Time Will Tell (2013)
Occupied Territory
Garry Currin Occupied Territory (2007)
Black Sand Valley
Neil Frazer Black Sand Valley (2008)
Hints for the Incomplete Traveller - xviii
Garry Currin Hints for the Incomplete Traveller - xviii (2013/14)
Hints for the Incomplete Traveller - v
Garry Currin Hints for the Incomplete Traveller - v (2013/14)
Hints for the Incomplete Traveller - xxxiv
Garry Currin Hints for the Incomplete Traveller - xxxiv (2013/14)
Black Vase [20904]
Paul Maseyk Black Vase [20904] (2016)
White Vase [20902]
Paul Maseyk White Vase [20902] (2016)
Murmuration 7
Neil Dawson Murmuration 7 (2016)
Waitaanga
Michael Hight Waitaanga (2016)
Pascoid Tiki #17
Dick Frizzell Pascoid Tiki #17 (2013)
Down by the Lake
Dick Frizzell Down by the Lake (1985)
Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky XIX
Reuben Paterson Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky XIX (2014)
To McPhies
Bruce Hunt To McPhies (2008)
Korimako [19587]
Nigel Brown Korimako [19587] (2015)
Glide (Green)
Christine Cathie Glide (Green) (2014)
Operator: Coromandel / Serpentine Cross [JE61]
John Edgar Operator: Coromandel / Serpentine Cross [JE61] (2013)
Hints for the Incomplete Traveller - xx
Garry Currin Hints for the Incomplete Traveller - xx (2013/14)
Obdurate People Part I
Andy Leleisi'uao Obdurate People Part I (2014)
Undertone People of Angipani
Andy Leleisi'uao Undertone People of Angipani (2016)
Camellia Vase (Clear)
Layla Walter Camellia Vase (Clear) (2005)
Japonica - For Midge
Layla Walter Japonica - For Midge (2008)
Shiny White Still Life [15-3]
John Parker Shiny White Still Life [15-3] (2015)
White Vase [20903]
Paul Maseyk White Vase [20903] (2016)
Black Vase [20905]
Paul Maseyk Black Vase [20905] (2016)
Equality
John Edgar Equality (2012)
Banded Stone [JE77]
John Edgar Banded Stone [JE77] (2015)
Operator: Azul / White Marble Cross [JE69]
John Edgar Operator: Azul / White Marble Cross [JE69] (2013)
Autobahn
Harry Watson Autobahn (2013)

Exhibition Text

The Earl Street Journal encapsulates what has quite simply been a remarkable year for New Zealand art, both nationally and internationally.

Lisa Reihana, representing New Zealand at the Venice Biennale 2017, has participated in major exhibitions in many countries. Maori Chief (2016) from the acclaimed In Pursuit of Venus (being shown at Venice) and Sabino from the mythic spell-binding Pelt series (2010) demonstrate the vast accomplishments and considerable breadth of her practice.

There are new paintings by Stanley Palmer, J S Parker, Andy Leleisi’uao, Reuben Paterson, Simon Edwards and Nigel Brown. A suite of three very significant works encapsulating distinct acclaimed periods and styles by Dick Frizzell are featured.

Paul Maseyk, one of the most innovative ceramists to have emerged in recent times, (already being collected by public galleries and international collectors), is represented by a suite of authoritative large-scale terracotta vases. Mark Mitchell’s Brancusi (2016) is likewise another work of very rare and real accomplishment. John Parker, the subject of a survey exhibition at Te Uru and a major accompanying book, is represented by the Shiny White Still Life (2015) set. This wonderful work explores form and (negative) space in a dramatic manner where changing light presence and the fluxing role of shadow alters each time one looks.

There are key glass works by Galia Amsel, Layla Walter, Ann Robinson, Christine Cathie and the genre-bending Te Rongo Kirkwood (following on from her recent important exhibitions at Auckland Museum and de Young Museum, San Francisco). New sculptures from Paul Dibble and Neil Dawson and Harry Watson are included.

Joanna Braithwaite’s characteristic use of paradox, humour and anthropomorphic metaphor is demonstrated in three important paintings (Time will Tell (2013), Grand Times (2013/14), Top Tip (2012)) referencing the traditions of Victorian portraiture.

There are major paintings by Garry Currin (Occupied Territory (2007)), Neil Frazer (Black Sand Valley (2008)), Michael Hight (Mt Hutt Station (2014), Waitaanga (2016)), Darryn George (Piki #2 (2013)), Bruce Hunt (Into Shadow - McPhies Ridge and the Dunstan Mountains (2012/13)) and a superb Ralph Hotere museum-standard corrugated iron work, A Black Union Jack (1989/90).