Aaron Scythe Exhibitions

Studio 9A

31 Oct - 24 Nov 2020

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Exhibition Works

Take Flight 1 (Tūī)
Hannah Kidd Take Flight 1 (Tūī) (2020)
Take Flight 2 (Kererū)
Hannah Kidd Take Flight 2 (Kererū) (2020)
Take Flight 3 (Kōtuku)
Hannah Kidd Take Flight 3 (Kōtuku) (2020)
Blue Bird Sings
Francis van Hout Blue Bird Sings (2020)
Last Flight to Mars
Francis van Hout Last Flight to Mars (2020)
Two Step, Dance Step
Francis van Hout Two Step, Dance Step (2020)
Red Dreamtime
Francis van Hout Red Dreamtime (2020)
Three Step, Dance Step
Francis van Hout Three Step, Dance Step (2020)
Yellow Dreamtime
Francis van Hout Yellow Dreamtime (2020)
By the Light of the Moon
Francis van Hout By the Light of the Moon (2020)
Singing Moon
Francis van Hout Singing Moon (2020)
Fall of Moon Dust
Francis van Hout Fall of Moon Dust (2020)
Green Dreamtime
Francis van Hout Green Dreamtime (2020)
Red Ribbon
Christine Cathie Red Ribbon (2020)
Chardonnay Ribbon
Christine Cathie Chardonnay Ribbon (2020)
Olive Ribbon
Christine Cathie Olive Ribbon (2020)
Semillon Ribbon
Christine Cathie Semillon Ribbon (2020)
Entwine
Elizabeth McClure Entwine (2020)
Night Garden 1
Elizabeth McClure Night Garden 1 (2020)
Sláinte Mhath 2
Elizabeth McClure Sláinte Mhath 2 (2020)
Santé 3
Elizabeth McClure Santé 3 (2020)
Santé 1
Elizabeth McClure Santé 1 (2020)
Sanctum IX
Garry Currin Sanctum IX (2020)
Sanctum VIII
Garry Currin Sanctum VIII (2020)
Sanctum VII
Garry Currin Sanctum VII (2020)
Sanctum VI
Garry Currin Sanctum VI (2020)
Sanctum I
Garry Currin Sanctum I (2020)
The Lightning Speed of the Past II
Garry Currin The Lightning Speed of the Past II (2019)
Screenplay II
Garry Currin Screenplay II (2014)
Sanctum
Jenna Packer Sanctum (2019)
Water Feature
Jenna Packer Water Feature (2019)
Enclosure
Jenna Packer Enclosure (2020)
Wetland
Jenna Packer Wetland (2020)
Ornamental Borders
Jenna Packer Ornamental Borders (2018)
Sons of Adam Smith
Jenna Packer Sons of Adam Smith (2013/14)
Whiwhi Part II (Present)
Te Rongo Kirkwood Whiwhi Part II (Present) (2016)
Turua Pō (Black Maire)
Te Rongo Kirkwood Turua Pō (Black Maire) (2014)
Turua Pō (Rewarewa)
Te Rongo Kirkwood Turua Pō (Rewarewa) (2014)
Tūī
Tania Patterson Tūī (2020)
Kererū / Woodpigeon
Tania Patterson Kererū / Woodpigeon (2020)
Tauhou / Silvereye
Tania Patterson Tauhou / Silvereye (2020)
Pīwakawaka / Fantail
Tania Patterson Pīwakawaka / Fantail (2020)
Kāruhiruhi / Pied Shag
Tania Patterson Kāruhiruhi / Pied Shag (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase [4-1]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase [4-1] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase [4-2]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase [4-2] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase [4-4]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase [4-4] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase [1-2]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase [1-2] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase [1-3]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase [1-3] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase (with Ears) [14-1]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase (with Ears) [14-1] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase (with Ears) [14-2]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase (with Ears) [14-2] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Jug [9-2]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Jug [9-2] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Large Plate [6-2]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Large Plate [6-2] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase (Round) [2-2]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase (Round) [2-2] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase (Round) [2-1]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase (Round) [2-1] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Large Bowl [7-1]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Large Bowl [7-1] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Large Bowl [7-2]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Large Bowl [7-2] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Water Container [10-1]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Water Container [10-1] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Water Container [10-2]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Water Container [10-2] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase (with Ears) [8-2]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase (with Ears) [8-2] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Sake Bottle Set [12-1]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Sake Bottle Set [12-1] (2020)
Yobitsugi Style Vase [3-1]
Aaron Scythe Yobitsugi Style Vase [3-1] (2020)

Exhibition Text

Taking place over two floors, Studio 9A introduces Francis van Hout to the gallery for the first time. In works possessing a dexterous and noticeably certain visual language he crafts plural symbols and sensations of night, space and place. Evoking rock drawings, abstracted bird and human forms, and the discourse of dreams, his works are momentously simple and remarkably complete.

Aaron Scythe intervenes and recreates, delivering a decoratively broad array of ceramic pots, bowls, bottles and plates. Using pattern, relief and the history of ceramic practice Scythe introduces a breadth of expression and joy, and a preparedness to disrupt and to investigate, that is noticeably rare and assured.

In a major development in her practice, Tania Patterson has upscaled her bird boxes, building a metaphorical stage where iconic native birds stand and address us. Garry Currin places into the landscape a sacred place: as if a container for a shrine, a church or temple. Arresting time and mankind’s transitory presence, Currin builds hymns of absence and presence.

In an important work directly referencing a traditional counting or drinking folk song and a children’s nursery rhyme, and the ‘blossom’ architectural patterning common in New Zealand villas, Elizabeth McClure’s sand carved Entwine (2020) functions like a panoramic landscape while honouring the importance of everyday things.  Harnessing the mutability of light, demonstrating her extraordinary engraving skills, a narrative emerges about pollination, the environment, recycling and transformation.

Four new twisting tonal ribbons from Christine Cathie sit alongside three important cloaks by Te Rongo Kirkwood. Hannah Kidd’s acclaimed mastery of corrugated iron is again demonstrated in the Take Flight series.

Jenna Packer uses the stark contrasts and visual contradictions of the ornate maize-like garden in a natural landscape shown to show a state of perilous and contested flux. She poses considerable questions about what we say we value and what we actually do.