SUE HAWKER

SUE HAWKER

Florescentia 4th - 29th June 2011

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milford galleries queenstown 9A Earl Street (03) 442 6896 qtown@milfordgalleries.co.nz

1. SUE HAWKER, Fallen Up (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 427 x 335 290 mm

1. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, Fallen Up (2011)

2. SUE HAWKER, Blues Begone (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 415 x 240 mm

2. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, Blues Begone (2011)

3. SUE HAWKER, Too Much is Never Enough (Yellow Base) (2011)

pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 495 x 270 mm

4. SUE HAWKER, Too Much is Never Enough [14783] (2011)

pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 475 x 270 mm

5. SUE HAWKER, Too Much (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 480 x 280 mm

6. SUE HAWKER, More is More (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 357 x 338 x 298 mm

6. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, More is More (2011)

7. SUE HAWKER, Flourish (2011) pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 315 x 309 x 273 mm

8. SUE HAWKER, More (2011) pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 320 x 318 x 277 mm

9. SUE HAWKER, Blues Fading (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 220 x 238 mm

10. SUE HAWKER, Quilted Dreams (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 318 x 310 x 278 mm

10. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, Quilted Dreams (2011)

11. SUE HAWKER, Moody Blues (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 345 x 325 x 285 mm

11. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, Moody Blues (2011)

12. SUE HAWKER, Renaissance (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 485 x 280 mm

12. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, Renaissance (2011)

Sue Hawker recently received the Ranamok Award, Australasia’s most significant glass prize, for a tall vessel comprised of individually modelled flowers. The Ranamok judge (Tina Oldnow, Head Curator of the Corning Glass Museum, N.Y.) acknowledged Hawker’s radical reinterpretation of the traditional style and techniques of pate de verre and thus pioneering achievement of developing an entirely new way of working. The result is works of astonishing complexity, quality and remarkable presence.

The vessels in “Florescentia” have the characteristic sugar-like texture, vibrant colours and precise colour placement of pate de verre. However the size of Hawker’s works takes that style into sculptural scale for the very first time.

Hawker’s inventiveness is seen in “new methods of mould making and commanding the widely different melting temperatures of the variously coloured glass” (1) but this is only one component of her considerable artistic achievement.

Two forms dominate – the tall cylindrical vessel (such as “Renaissance” or the “Too Much is Never Enough” series) and the wider flared vessel form (such as “Fallen Up,” “Moody Blues,” “Quilted Dreams”). All of these works are composed of individual flowers, delivered with a celebratory, colourist’s flourish. Visual contradictions abound – the suggestive fragility of the pate de verre style (its fragmentary, sand-grain quality) has been retained but this is an illusion, for these cast works have considerable structural strength. While building the cylinder and flared vessel form Hawker is simultaneously deconstructing them: negative space – gaps – appear everywhere between the flowers, augmenting the sensations of fragility with notions of immateriality.

1. Sue Hawker, Artist Statement, 2011

EXHIBITION PRICELIST

1

Fallen Up (2011)

6,500

2

Blues Begone (2011)

5,750

3

Too Much is Never Enough (Yellow Base) (2011)

6,500

4

Too Much is Never Enough [14783] (2011)

6,500

5

Too Much (2011)

6,500

6

More is More (2011)

6,000

7

Flourish (2011)

5,500

8

More (2011)

5,500

9

Blues Fading (2011)

4,500

10

Quilted Dreams (2011)

5,500

11

Moody Blues (2011)

6,000

12

Renaissance (2011)

6,500

All prices are NZD and include GST; Prices are current at the time of the exhibition

SUE HAWKER b. 1948, lives Kerikeri

Connexions (2009/10)

"Glass is a mesmerising medium with its refractive, reflective and transparent qualities. I harness these qualities when designing and creating my forms. In fact, I create art with light itself".(1) New Zealand glass artist Sue Hawker produces distinctive glass sculpture incorporating cast glass, etching and pate de verre technique. Pate de verre is an exacting technique requiring meticulous work. It is often used to create fragile pieces. Sue’s piece, however, represents quite a departure from the usual pate de verre creations. (2) Sue Hawker’s exploration of culture, history, adornment and identity extends its reach from the traditions of European portrait busts to the specifics of New Zealand’s history. Her work celebrates feelings of being and senses of belonging creating works that are both beautiful and redolent with symbolic meanings.

Sue Hawker's works combine a variety of techniques and methods, including cast glass, etching, sandblasting and engraving. In 2010 she won the prestigious Ranamok Glass Awards with her Pate de verre work 'Too Much Is Never Enough'. She has been a finalist in a number of other awards over the years including the Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards in 2010,2009, 2008 & 2007, the Bombay Sapphire NZ Collection, 2007, finalist of the Wallace Art Awards in 2010 and a recipient of an Honourable Mention at the Mazda Art Glass Awards, 2007.

1. Sue Hawker, Artist Statement, 2010 2. Northtec, 'Kerikeri Artist Wins Ranamok Glass Prize", The Big Idea/ Te Aria Nui, 2010

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SUE HAWKER b. 1948, lives Kerikeri EDUCATION Selected papers, including glass sculpture, from the Bachelor of Applied Arts degree at NorthTec, Kerikeri

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 2008 2006

Florescentia, milford galleries queenstown I am….Pakeha, Milford Gallery, Dunedin Woman, Pioneer Tavern, Kerikeri

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011

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Collect 2011, Saatchi Gallery, London (with Glass Artists’ Gallery) Royal Queenstown Easter Show, milford galleries queenstown Encore, Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney The Earl Street Journal, milford galleries queenstown Bloom, milford galleries queenstown Objec-tive, Waiheke Community Gallery Ranamok Contemporary Glass, Touring Australia Crush, Lane Gallery, Auckland Glass 09, milford galleries queenstown Two, Gravel Gallery, Kerikeri Te Iti Kahurangi, Waiheke Community Art Gallery Ranamok Contemporary Glass, Touring Australia Glass, Whakatane District Museum, Whakatane New Zealand Showcase, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong Glass Invitational NZ, touring exhibition; Canterbury Museum, Christchurch; Milford Galleries Dunedin; Lopdell House, Auckland Far North Glass, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum, Wellington Glass, Whakatane District Museum, Whakatane Artworks 2008, Hilton Hotel, Auckland Northern Light, Morgan Street Gallery, Auckland Open Slather, Ausglass, Canberra Luminous Objects, Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington Matariki, Whangarei Old Library Gallery Matariki, Copthorne Hotel, Waitangi Traces of Light, Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington The Green Exhibition, Nikau Gallery, Maharangi 18 Degrees, Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangarei, November Luminous, Hilton Hotel, Auckland Illumination, Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington A Touch of Glass, Mairangi Bay Arts Centre, Auckland Cast and Pressed, Indigo Gallery, Kerikeri

AWARDS 2011 2010

2009 2008 2007

Jurors’ Choice, New Glass Review 32, Corning Museum of Glass, New York Winner, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Finalist, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane Finalist, Bombay Sapphire NZ Collection Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane Honourable Mention, Mazda Art Glass Awards

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 2011 2010 2008 2008

‘Ranamok Glass’, Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Australia, 2011 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAnfaB4B2Ec > ‘Too Much Is Never Enough’, News On ABC, ABC News, 2010, <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeLUlnRFzcA&feature=related> Benson, Nigel, ‘Moulding Identity’, Otago Daily Times, October 23, 2008 Carrick, Chanelle, ‘Art Seen’, Otago Daily Times, October 30, 2008

Too Much is Never Enough (2010)

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