LORRAINE RASTORFER

LORRAINE RASTORFER A r d o u r

24 Oct - 18 Nov 2015 www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

Milford Galleries Dunedin 18 Dowling Street (03) 477 7727 info@milfordhouse.co.nz

Fervour (2015) acrylic on board, panel: 1190 x 1499 x 42 mm

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Ardour (2015) acrylic on board, panel: 1203 x 1500 x 43 mm

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Lux (2015) acrylic on board, panel: 1500 x 1190 x 41 mm

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Speechless (2015) acrylic on board, panel: 900 x 1600 x 43 mm

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Breathless (2015) acrylic on board, panel: 901 x 1604 x 42 mm

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Zeal (2015) acrylic on board, panel: 1101 x 980 x 44 mm

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Gusto (2015) acrylic on board, panel: 1100 x 980 x 43 mm

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Flux (2015) acrylic on board, panel: 1100 x 980 x 44 mm

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Avid (2015) acrylic on board, panel: 1101 x 979 x 43 mm

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Love (2015) acrylic on board, panel: 1101 x 980 x 43 mm

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Lorraine Rastorfer has pioneered a style and way of working that is unique.

Her works begin with fluid gesture and viscous movement, before undergoing constant transformation with light refraction and reflection as the viewer contemplates, watches and moves about.

Patterns are developed, rhythms built, lines curve, twist and turn. Each work has a different melodic structure that slowly emerges and builds in intensity.

Suggesting woven strands and bands of flax fibre or cloth flying, mysterious moments seem to lie at the heart of these paintings. It is like witnessing something private, privileged and utterly secretive.

The surfaces of each work are soft and quietly mottled. Gold emerges like a calligraphic illumination and an ever-altering interactive process begins.

The paintings are thus in a constant state of flux, substance is shown to be mutable, light engages, changes and alters what is seen and how it is seen.

Moments of visual magic and wonder become actual events, and therefore a collusive process develops between the viewer’s eyes and the everchanging impacts of light.

EXHIBITION PRICELIST 1

Fervour (2015)

6,750

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Ardour (2015)

6,750

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Lux (2015)

6,750

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Speechless (2015)

6,000

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Breathless (2015)

6,000

6

Zeal (2015)

5,000

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Gusto (2015)

5,000

8

Flux (2015)

5,000

9

Avid (2015)

5,000

10

Love (2015)

5,000

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

LORRAINE RASTORFER b. 1961, lives Wellington

Brevity (2012)

"Lorraine Rastorfer's paintings combined formal elegance with an uplifting sense of motion rooted in human dynamics... She has discovered a process of 'weaving' multiple layers of transparent paint an iridescent varnish to create a charged atmosphere. Precise and random elements join to animate the surface." (1) "Rastorfer is interested in creating psychological atmosphere involving space and time and there's an immense depth and solidity to such light, effortless apparitions." (2) Rastorfer spent two years living in Japan and credits this experience for her love of aesthetics of refinement and restraint. Surfaces glisten with overlaid fibrous thread like patterns in metallic reds, blues, pinks and bronze referencing silk oriental fabrics or Japanese Zen gardens.

“The viewer is drawn in by the shimmering woven lines which swirl, overlay and intersect the canvas…The ambiguous nature of the work coupled with the virtuoso handling of the traditional mediums significantly impress.” (3) Lorraine Rastorfer was born in 1961 in Wellington. She completed a Master of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in 1992 and has exhibited regularly since. Runner up in the Wallace Art Award 1993 and a finalist 1999-2002 & 2004, Rastorfer has been awarded numerous awards and grants including the CoCA/Anthony Harper Contemporary Art Award 2005, Wellington Institute of Technology Research Grant 2003, Art Waikato National Art Award 2001 and Ida Eise Painting Award 1993. Her work is represented in corporate collections such as Chapman Tripp, Telecom, Auckland Institute of Architects and the James Wallace Arts Trust, and in private collections in Japan, Australia, UK, USA, Austria and New Zealand.

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Kathy Corner, Art News, Autumn 2009 ibid Dr Richard Bullen & Margaret Duncan, Judges Comments, CoCA/Anthony Harper Award, 2005

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LORRAINE RASTORFER b. 1961, lives Wellington EDUCATION 2006 1992 1989

National Diploma in Adult Education and Training, Wellington Institute of Technology Masters of Fine Arts (First Class Hons), Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University Bachelor of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015

2014 2013 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2002 2000 1997 1996 1995

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Ardour, Milford Gallery Dunedin Wanderlust, Orexart, Auckland Retrospektiv, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua To Dance, milford galleries queenstown Vanitas, Milford Galleries Dunedin Zwischen, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington Deluge, Milford Galleries Dunedin Zeigen, milford galleries queenstown Himmel, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington Conversations, The Dowse Museum, Wellington (With Elizabeth McClure) Selected Works, milford galleries queenstown (With Johnny Turner) Airborne, Milford Galleries Dunedin New Work, Mayer Gallery, Napier Coming Home, The Fridge Gallery, WelTec, Wellington Crenellation, Vavasour/Godkin Gallery, Auckland Splinter, Vavasour/Godkin Gallery, Auckland Kanji Lessons, ASA Gallery, Auckland Current Crossings, Mie Prefecture Art Museum, Tsu, Japan New Paintings, Genkan Gallery, Tokyo American Club, Japan Eclipse, Gallery EX, Tokyo, Japan New Work, Foreign Correspondence Club, Tokyo, Japan Introducing Lorraine Rastorfer, Mochizuki Gallery, Hadano City, Japan New Work, ASA Gallery, Auckland Terra Incognito, ASA Gallery, Auckland Natural Order, Proba Gallery, Auckland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 2014

2013 2012

2011

2010 2009 2007 2006 2005

National Contemporart Art Award Exhibition, Waikato Museum, Hamilton Parkin Drawing Award Exhibition, NZ Academy of Fine Arts Galleries, Wellington Canvas 300, NZ Academy of Fine Arts Galleries, Wellington Waikato National Contemporary Art Award Exhibition, Waikato Museum, Hamilton Parkin Drawing Award Exhibition, NZ Academy of Fine Arts Galleries, Wellington The Longest Night, NZ Academy Fine Art Galleries, Wellington Large Works 2, Milford Galleries Dunedin Wallace Art Award Exhibition, Auckland Showcase, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Galleries, Wellington Women, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Galleries, Wellington Wallace Art Award Exhibition, Auckland Game on, A Selectors Choice, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings Parallel, Milford Galleries Dunedin Material Motives, Milford Galleries Dunedin Munro, Rastorfer, Riley (Three Person Exhibition), Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington Masterworks, milford galleries queenstown Moments, milford galleries auckland Summer Show, Milford Galleries Dunedin Summer Show, milford galleries auckland Drawing: Out of Exile, Te Tuhi –The Mark, Auckland

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2003 2002

2001 2000 1999 1998 1994 1993

Tutors Exhibition, The Fridge Gallery, WelTec, Wellington Summer Show, Milford Galleries Dunedin Dowse Foundation Auction, Dowse Museum, Wellington Koru Lounge Exhibition, Wellington Airport, courtesy of Tinakori Gallery Overview: Abstraction & Still Life, Milford Galleries Dunedin Red and White, Mayer Gallery, Napier Artist in Residence, Mayer Gallery, Napier Christmas Exhibition, Tinakori Gallery, Wellington New Abstraction, Milford Galleries Dunedin Thawed, The Fridge Gallery, Wellington Group Show, Vavasour/Godkin Gallery, Auckland Group Show, Vavasour/Godkin Gallery, Auckland Group Show, Vavasour/Godkin Gallery, Auckland 100 x 100 Exhibition, McPherson Gallery, Auckland Group Show, Vavasour/Godkin Gallery, Auckland Committed, Fisher Gallery, Auckland Small Works Show, ASA Gallery, Auckland 18th J.I.A.C Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Japan

AWARDS & GRANTS 2015 2014

2013 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

2000 1999 1997 1996 1993 1992

Finalist, Parkin Drawing Award, Wellington Finalist, Waikato National Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton Artist in Residence, New Pacific Studios, Mt Bruce, Wairarapa Finalist, Waikato National Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton Finalist, Parkin Drawing Award, Wellington Artist in Residence, New Pacific Studios, Mt Bruce, Wairarapa Wellington Institute of Technology Research Grant, (awarded annually since 2003) Finalist, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland Finalist, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton Finalist, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland Finalist, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton WelTec Research Grant: Travel to Venice Biennale Finalist, People’s Choice Award, Norsewear Art Awards, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre Finalist, National Drawing Award Finalist, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton Finalist, Norsewear Art Awards, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre Finalist, National Drawing Award Winner, CoCA/Anthony Harper Contemporary Art Award, Christchurch Finalist, Norsewear Art Awards, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre Finalist, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland Wellington Institute of Technology Research Grant Finalist, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland Art Waikato National Art Award & Air NZ Travel Scholarship Finalist, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland Finalist, Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, Christchurch Finalist, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland Finalist, Visa Gold/Wallace Art Award, Auckland Derivan Art Award / Sponsorship, Auckland Finalist, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland Winner, Ida Eise Painting Award, Auckland Society of Arts, Auckland Runner-Up, Visa Gold/Wallace Art Award, Auckland

COLLECTIONS Anthony Harper Collection, Christchurch ANZ National Bank Collection, Auckland Art Union Collection, Auckland Auckland Institute of Architects, Pembridge Collection

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Chapman Trip Sheffield Young, Wellington James Wallace Arts Trust Collection, Auckland Telecom Collection, Wellington Te Waonui Forest Retreat, Franz Josef Warwick Brown Collection, Auckland Wellington Institute of Technology Collection, Wellington Also private collections in Japan, Australia, England, Austria, USA and New Zealand

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2011 2010 2009 2007 2007 2006 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2002 2001 2001 2001 2000 1997 1997 1996 1996 1996 1995 1995 1993 1992

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Game on, A Selectors Choice Catalogue, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings Amery M, ‘Blooming All Over’, Dominion Post, 1/10/10 Corner, K. Postcards from Wellington, Art News, Autumn Clarke, J. Meshworks, Lorraine Rastorfer Exhibition Catalogue, The New Dowse, Wellington, December ‘Sombre Painting Springs Prize Surprise’, Dominion Post, 11 June 2007 Norsewear Art Award 2007 Exhibition Catalogue, Hawkes Bay ‘Organising Rastorfer’, Art Zone, No.10. 2005 ‘Layering Virtuoso’, The Press, 1/6/05 Famularo, D., ‘A Japanese Influence’, Dominion Post 11/02/05 ‘Painting The Unpaintable’, Hawkes Bay Times, 9/11/05 ‘Combing and Canvasses’, Havelock North Village Post, 10/2/05 Norsewear Art Award 2005 Catalogue The Extraordinary Dowse Foundation Auction Catalogue Overview: Abstraction & Still Life, Catalogue, Essay by James Dignan, Milford Galleries, Dunedin McKenna, T. ‘Worth Drive up Napier Hill to See’, Hawkes Bay Today, 4/2/04 Watson S., ‘Suffering for your Profession’, NZ Herald, 25/02/02 ‘Opening Shots’, Art News, Autumn/01 ‘Best of 181’, Arts on Friday, NZ Herald, 26/02/01 Sibson, T., Reviews, Waikato Times, 17/02/01 Crenellation featured on Night-line TV3, 12/7/00 Stewart, K., Arts Review, National Radio, 16/10/97 McNamara, T.J., Perspective on Art, NZ Herald, 9/10/97 Stewart, K., ‘An Understated Beauty’, Sunday Star-Times, 29/9/96 McNamara, T.J., Perspective on Art, NZ Herald, 26/9/96 Hayden, J., ‘City Brings New View of World’, Sunday Star-Times, 22/9/96 Current Crossings, Catalogue, Essay by Nicola Baird, NZ Embassy, Tokyo, Japan Tsu News, Mie Prefecture, Japan. 21/5/95 McNamara, T.J., Perspective on Art, NZ Herald, 27/5/93 & 27/2/93 ‘Rush For Prize’, NZ Herald, 19/3/92 ‘Last Minute Dash for Prize’, NZ-UK News 18/3/92 McNamara, T.J., Perspective on Art, NZ Herald, 30/4/92 McNamara, T. J., ‘Artist’s Deserve Attention’, NZ Herald, 26/9/91 Cartwright, G., The Brain, No. 1 Vol. 1.1989

Tanzen (To Dance) (2008)

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