BRUCE HUNT

BRUCE HUNT CENTRAL

7th August - 1st September, 2010 UPSTAIRS GALLERY

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1. BRUCE HUNT, In the Shadow of Dromedary Hill (2008/09) acrylic on canvas, f

frame (v x h x d): 1330 x 1630 x 55 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 1298 x 1600 x 40 mm

2. BRUCE HUNT, Puketika and the Lindis River (2008) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 1090 x 1858 x 55 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 1064 x 1825 x 36 mm

3. BRUCE HUNT, Southern Slopes - Lindis (2008/09) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 865 x 1042 x 54 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 838 x 1014 x 35 mm

4. BRUCE HUNT, Heat and Showers (2008/09) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 941 x 1094 x 54 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 910 x 1065 x 35 mm

5. BRUCE HUNT, Tim Burn - Left Branch (2007/08) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 1330 x 1528 x 53 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 1301 x 1500 x 32 mm

6. BRUCE HUNT, Flight (Chain Hill and the Middle Hills) (2008) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 1478 x 1732 x 53 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 1450 x 1705 x 32 mm

7. BRUCE HUNT, Falls Dam and the Race - Hawkdun (2010) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 945 x 1145 x 55 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 914 x 1115 x 33 mm

8. BRUCE HUNT, Tourist Spur and the Deep Stream (2008) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 1042 x 1247 x 53 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 1010 x 1220 x 32 mm

9. BRUCE HUNT, Rock and Pillar - West - From the Old Dunstan Trail (2007) acrylic

c on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 860 x 1546 x 55 mm, image (v x h): 835 x 1520 mm

10. BRUCE HUNT, Passing Shower - Lindis (2010) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 690 x 790 x 55 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 658 x 760 x 33 mm

11. BRUCE HUNT, Transit II - Into Shadow (2008/09) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 583 x 690 x 54 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 555 x 660 x 35 mm

12. BRUCE HUNT, Transit - Big Jocks Trail (2008/09) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 585 x 688 x 54 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 556 x 660 x 38 mm

13. BRUCE HUNT, Path of the Teviot (2009) acrylic on canvas, frame (v x h x d): 635 x 736 x 54 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 608 x 708 x 35 mm

14. BRUCE HUNT, Lunar (A Dry Year) (2008/09) acrylic on canvas, frame

e (v x h x d): 835 x 1532 x 54 mm, stretcher (v x h x d): 803 x 1500 x 37 mm

Bruce Hunt has made the subject of the Central Otago landscape identifiably his own. He traverses the landscape from mountain top high. The birds-eye view built from that vantage point is delivered with ‘as-if-there’ sensations that are fundamental to how the viewer comes to experience his paintings.

He combines dialogues about the interlocking geometry of landforms and the valley by valley phenomenon of weather, uses the diagonal contrasts of light and dark, with the remarkable assured use of a tightly defined palette. He presents panoramic scale and uses pictorial depth to broaden the manner in which the viewer engages with the work, so that each painting seems to rise in front of the viewer as if from under their feet. Multiple lines of sight are instantly established and revealed. Each painting has the repeated rhythm of line, the kisses of light and dark along ridges and takes us into the centre of an alpine landscape that is revealed as distinctive and endless.

Bruce Hunt was born in Wellington 1964 and currently lives in Dunedin. He attended Wellington College 1978-82 and Victoria University 1983-84. Hunt has been practicing as a full time artist since 1983 and exhibits regularly throughout New Zealand. His work is held in private and corporate collections throughout New Zealand, including the National Bank.

Barrier Hawkdun (2006)

EXHIBITION PRICELIST

1

In the Shadow of Dromedary Hill (2008/09)

22,000

2

Puketika and the Lindis River (2008)

22,000

3

Southern Slopes - Lindis (2008/09)

12,500

4

Heat and Showers (2008/09)

12,500

5

Tim Burn - Left Branch (2007/08)

20,000

6

Flight (Chain Hill and the Middle Hills) (2008)

24,000

7

Falls Dam and the Race - Hawkdun (2010)

12,500

8

Tourist Spur and the Deep Stream (2008)

15,000

9

Rock and Pillar - West - From the Old Dunstan Trail (2007)

16,000

10

Passing Shower - Lindis (2010)

6,000

11

Transit II - Into Shadow (2008/09)

5,500

12

Transit - Big Jocks Trail (2008/09)

5,500

13

Path of the Teviot (2009)

6,000

14

Lunar (A Dry Year) (2008/09)

16,000

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

BRUCE HUNT b. 1964, lives Dunedin

Lunar (A Dry Year) (2008-09)

Critically acclaimed artist Bruce Hunt conveys an authoritative sense of location and vernacular, his paintings capturing the enduring majesty of the Central Otago landscape.

Imbued with the romantic sublime, these panoramic vistas are more than mere documentation. Hunt’s works evoke an emotional and spiritual response to the land. He explores the history, geology and myth that envelops the vast empty tussock-clad hills and arid plains of the Lindis, Danseys and Dunstan Trail regions.

The landscape, often depicted in the glow of dawn or dusk, achieves remarkable depth, luminosity and atmosphere. Masterfully, Hunt captures the subtle play of light and consequent shadow. The muscular geology of the land seems clothed in folds of soft velvet as he layers translucent paint in warm shades over cool to produce an inner radiance.

Hunt spends much of his time traversing sheep trails or old gold mining paths. “As an artist my fuel is the anticipation of discovering new territories but also the seasoned familiarity of places returned to again and again.”(1) There is a sense that these paintings are inhabited both by the artist and the viewer. We are invited into the works, asked to stand atop a lonely ridgeline or evening valley, and consider the tension between the fleeting nature of humanity and the timeless land we occupy.

Remote trails forged through the isolated landscape, interspersed by the occasional water trough or distant fence line, are the only reference Hunt makes to humankind. Hunt has observed the advance of pylons through the Dunstan Pass, and the current threat of the Project Hayes wind farm proposal makes him anxious. His affinity with the landscape has led Hunt to stress the “urgent need to keep these few remaining landscapes as pristine as possible”(2).

(1) Artist Statement 2007 (2) Ibid Bruce Hunt was born in Wellington 1964 and currently lives in Dunedin. He attended Wellington College 1978-82 and Victoria University 1983-84. Hunt has been practicing as a full time artist since 1983 and exhibits regularly throughout New Zealand. His work is held in private and corporate collections through out New Zealand, including the National Bank.

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BRUCE HUNT b. 1964, lives Dunedin

EDUCATION 1983 – 84 1978 – 82

Victoria University Wellington Wellington College studying Art under Phillip Markham

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 2009 2008 2007

2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1988 1986 1984 1983

Central, milford galleries queenstown Flight, Milford Galleries Dunedin, Auckland New Works, MG, Auckland Summit Fever, Milford Galleries Dunedin The Ochre Triangle II, milford galleries queenstown The Ochre Triangle, Milford Galleries Dunedin New Work, The Art House, Christchurch Trail of Dreams, Ferner Gallery, Auckland Art House - Christchurch Beneath the Surface, Ferner Gallery, Wellington Brown Velvet, Ferner Gallery, Wellington Lands End, Ferner Gallery, Auckland Into Shadow, Ferner Gallery, Wellington A Reflection Of Time, Ferner Gallery, Auckland Valleys of the Lindis, Ferner Gallery, Wellington New Work, Ferner Gallery, Auckland The Distant Landscape, Ferner Gallery, Wellington Face Of The Land, Ferner Gallery, Wellington Road to Erewhon, Ferner Gallery, Auckland Suter Society Guest Artist, Suter Gallery, Nelson Edge Of The World, Ferner Gallery, Auckland Ferner Gallery, Auckland Ferner Gallery, Wellington 45 Degrees South, Ferner Gallery, Wellington North, Molesworth Gallery, Wellington Molesworth Gallery, Wellington Moray Gallery, Dunedin Molesworth Gallery, Wellington

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 2008

2007 2006 2005 1996 1985 1983

Southern Traverse, milford galleries queenstown Southern Landscape, milford galleries queenstown Richard Dunlop, Bruce Hunt & Hannah Kidd, milford galleries auckland Summer Show, Milford Galleries Dunedin Selected Works, milford galleries queenstown Masterworks 2007, milford galleries queenstown Looking South, Milford Galleries Dunedin Summer Show, Milford Galleries Dunedin Location South, milford galleries queenstown Southern Landscape, Milford Galleries Dunedin Coutts Mercedes, Auckland NZ Academy of Fine Arts Group Show, Wellington NZ Academy of Fine Arts Group Show, Wellington

BIBLIOGRAPHY 2007

2006 2004

Moore, Christopher, ‘Unfolding the Mystery’, Christchurch Press. October 2007 Maynard, Anna, ‘Protect Our Inspirational Landscapes..’, Southland Times, June 2007 Benson, Nigel, ‘Central Otago Canvas for Artist’, Otago Daily Times, February 2007 Museth, Tom ‘Great Southern Land’, Urbis Landscape Magazine, Autumn 2006 ‘Top Ten Kiwi Artists’, The Christchurch Press, January 2004

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