NEIL DAWSON

NEIL DAWSON FIVE YEARS 4 - 29 September, 2010 UPSTAIRS GALLERY

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1. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Crater - Archaeology (2005)

1. NEIL DAWSON, Crater - Archaeology (2005), painted steel, size (v x h x d): 1050 x 1050 x 120 mm

2. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Thoughts on Ice - Spiral (2006)

2. NEIL DAWSON, Thoughts on Ice - Spiral (2006), nickel plated & painted steel, size (v x h x d): 1060 x 1060 x 120 mm

3. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Vanishing Point 2 (2007)

3. NEIL DAWSON, Vanishing Point 2 (2007) powder-coated steel, size (v x h x d): 1200 x 350 x 350 mm

4. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Vanishing Point 6 (2007)

4. NEIL DAWSON, Vanishing Point 6 (2007) powder-coated steel, size (v x h x d): 1200 x 350 x 350 mm

5. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Feather Sweep - Yellow (2008)

5. NEIL DAWSON, Feather Sweep - Yellow (2008), painted steel, size (v x h x d): 365 x 1335 x 61 mm

6. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Silver Sweep - Silent Advance (2008)

6. NEIL DAWSON, Silver Sweep - Silent Advance (2008), painted steel, size (v x h x d): 330 (at widest point) x 1740 x 85 mm

7. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Departure Sweep (2008)

7. NEIL DAWSON, Departure Sweep (2008), painted steel, size (v x h x d): 330 (at widest point) x 1740 x 85 mm

8. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Blue Retreat Sweep (2010)

8. NEIL DAWSON, Blue Retreat Sweep (2010), painted steel, size (v x h x d): 350 x 1515 x 95 mm

9. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Plate 6 (2008)

9. NEIL DAWSON, Plate 6 (2008), painted steel, size (v x h x d): 1050 x 1070 x 110 mm

10. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Plate 14 (2008)

10. NEIL DAWSON, Plate 14 (2008), painted steel, size (v x h x d): 1090 x 1100 x 100 mm

11. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, BEAM - Five Fingers (2007)

11. NEIL DAWSON, BEAM - Five Fingers (2007) powder coated steel, halogen light fitting, edition 2/6, size (v x ø): 1535 x 292 mm at base / 145 mm at top

12. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, BEAM - Golden Oak Leaves (2008)

12. NEIL DAWSON, BEAM - Golden Oak Leaves (2008) powder coated steel, halogen light fitting, edition 1/6, size (v x ø): 1535 x 300 mm at base / 135 mm at top

13. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, BEAM - Red Darts (2007)

13. NEIL DAWSON, BEAM - Red Darts (2007) powder coated steel, halogen light fitting, edition 1/6, size (v x ø): 1500 x 300 mm at base / 125 mm at top

14. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, DECK - Ace of Spades (2010)

14. NEIL DAWSON, DECK - Ace of Spades (2010) screenprinted & powdercoated stainless steel, edition 1/6, size (v x h x d): 768 x 450 x 93 mm

15. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, DECK - Eight of Diamonds (2010)

15. NEIL DAWSON, DECK - Eight of Diamonds (2010), screenprinted & powdercoated stainless steel, edition 2/6, size (v x h x d): 500 x 580 x 185 mm

16. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, DECK - Ten of Spades (2010)

16. NEIL DAWSON, DECK - Ten of Spades (2010), screenprinted & powdercoated stainless steel, edition 1/6, size (v x h x d): 501 x 710 x 158 mm

17. DETAIL VIEW NEIL DAWSON, Rua's Temple (2010)

17. NEIL DAWSON, Rua's Temple (2010) screenprinted & powdercoated stainless steel, edition 1/6, temple (v x h x d): 360 x 670 x 670 mm, plinth (v x ø): 670 x 850 mm

EXHIBITION PRICELIST 1

Crater - Archaeology (2005)

19,000

2

Thoughts on Ice - Spiral (2006)

19,000

3

Vanishing Point 2 (2007)

15,000

4

Vanishing Point 6 (2007)

15,000

5

Feather Sweep - Yellow (2008)

14,000

6

Silver Sweep - Silent Advance (2008)

19,000

7

Departure Sweep (2008)

19,000

8

Blue Retreat Sweep (2010)

14,500

9

Plate 6 (2008)

19,000

10

Plate 14 (2008)

22,000

11

BEAM - Five Fingers (2007), edition 2/6

8,500

12

BEAM - Golden Oak Leaves (2008), edition 1/6

8,500

13

BEAM - Red Darts (2007), edition 1/6

8,500

14

DECK - Ace of Spades (2010), edition 1/6

6,000

15

DECK - Eight of Diamonds (2010), edition 2/6

6,000

16

DECK - Ten of Spades (2010), edition 1/6

6,000

17

Rua's Temple (2010), edition 1/6

12,000

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

With over sixty permanent or temporary public works and commissions to his name, in recent years Neil Dawson has returned to making smaller scale work s.

Dawson Five Years celebrates the important bodies of work that explore scale, illusion, structure and shadow.

Crater – Archaeology is explicitly concerned with volcanic landforms and uses the device of descending spirals to debate issues of the built environment (architecture), human settlement and culture. The form of this work alters dramatically with viewing position and the role performed by the internal shadow is, while understated, very powerful.

In 2006 Dawson was invited to visit Antarctica and on his return manifested this unique experience in major works. Thoughts on Ice, a wall-hung disc, is similar structure to Crater- Archaeology, in that the wire mesh forms peaks and valleys and the spiral element is repeated in this work. Thoughts on Ice is noticeably more literal as well as ethereal and transient.

The Vanishing Point works are also informed by Neil Dawson’s time in Antarctica and further develops his interest in the cone form of the Chalice work in Christchurch’s Cathedral Square. He explores illusion, structure, space and spiralling patterns in these. However the important role of shadow is viewed outside the work and is directly influenced by light angle.

The Sweep series is dynamic in character with scale alteration establishing powerful sensations of movement. Dawson juxtaposes constructed and natural objects, using contradiction, humour and illusion. He plays with perspective and notions of rising and falling.

In his major series Old, New, Borrowed, Blue plate works, Neil Dawson uses a nostalgic motif, the blue willow pattern, which is instantly recognisable as a pattern with considerable social significance to New Zealand (although based on British design interwoven with Chinese folk tale). In this series he uses processes

of smashing, reassembling, scale alteration, distortion and illusion to create visually intriguing works. “I’m interested in showing people things they know, not things they don’t know. But doing it with a new and different approach – like I’m breaking things and putting them back together in my own way.” (Dawson, Art News, 2009) Dawson’s most recent body of work DECK plays with cards. While single card works are cut, bent, flipped and playfully manipulated, Rua’s Temple literally becomes a house of cards. This work talks of the meeting (council) house called Hiona at Maungapohatu, an architectural feat that used the playing card motif.

From the windows of Dawson’s intricately constructed work, red and black cards are rhythmically repeated. This builds social narratives; opening up dialogues of culture identity and place.

Dawson’s public works and commissions appear in almost every major city in New Zealand as well as internationally including Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, Phileo Promenade, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, East Main Entry Artwork, Stadium Australia, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australian War Memorial, Canberra and Gouldon Square, Rochdale Road, Manchester, U.K His exhibition schedule has been full in his 30 year career. Neil’s work is included in major public and private collections around the world including international museums, galleries and corporations. In 2003 Neil Dawson was awarded an Arts Laureate by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand.

Crater - Archaeology (2005)

NEIL DAWSON b. 1948, lives Christchurch EDUCATION 1973 1971 1970

DipGrad (Sculpture), National Gallery of Victoria Art School, Melbourne, Australia.

DipTch, Christchurch Teachers College. N.Z. DipFA (Hons), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010

2009 2008 2007

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Five Years, Milford Galleries Queenstown Deck: Second Hand, Milford Galleries Dunedin Deck: Three Of A Kind, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington Deck: First Cut, Jonathan Smart Gallery Old/New/Borrowed/Blue, Milford Galleries Dunedin Vanishing Points, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland Recent Work, Milford Galleries Queenstown Recent Work, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch Thoughts on Ice, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington Craters, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, N.Z Recent Wall Sculptures, Milford Galleries Dunedin Wall Sculpture 2004, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch New Wall Sculptures, Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland Wall Sculptures, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington Domes, City Art, Christchurch Steps and Stages, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch New Work, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch Installation/exhibition, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch Infomuse Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.

Neil Dawson Site Works 1981-89, National Art Gallery, Wellington Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Site Related Work 1981-87, Centre For Contemporary Art, Hamilton Janne land Gallery, Wellington, N.Z Overhead Hardware, Brooke- Gifford Gallery, Christchurch Mirrors, Bosshard Gallery, Dunedin New Wall Works, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland Sunset Constructions, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland Rock Constructions, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Dunedin Holes, Robinson Brooker Gallery, Christchurch Land Escapes, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland Here and There, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland Escapes, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington Boundaries, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch Recent Series, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland Here and There, New Zealand Chancellery, Washington DC, U.S.A. Interiors, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington Order/Chaos, Bosshard Gallery, Dunedin House Alterations, Brooke-Gifford Gallery,Christchurch 3 Black Holes, CSA Gallery, Christchurch Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2008 2006 2004 2003 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1989 1988

1986 1985

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1974

Neil Dawson, Ralph Hotere, Pat Hanly, milford galleries Auckland Tribute, Auckland City Art Gallery.Auckland Birds, Pataka. Porirua Cutouts, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland Project 04, Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island H2O, Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt Incident, Art Now, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington Globe ’89, Virtual Reality, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Canopy, Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia Wellington Festival Exhibition, Gow Langsford Gallery, Wellington Prospect Canterbury, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch Review 1991 Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Magiciens de la Terre, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France NZ Xl, Auckland City Art Gallery From the Southern Cross. A View of World Art, Sydney Biennale,Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia Aspects of Recent New Zealand Art : Sculpture, Auckland City Art Gallery Content /Context, National Art Gallery, Wellington Six New Zealand Artists, Perspecta ’85, Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia Better than Collecting Dust, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North Chance & Change: A Century of the Avant-Garde, Auckland City Art Gallery 4 New Zealand Sculptors, Sargeant Gallery, Wanganui Platforms, CSA Gallery, Christchurch Seventh Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Australia Little Works, Auckland City Art Gallery Enviromental Structures, Christchurch Arts Festival

INSTALLATIONS & PUBLIC COMMISSIONS 2009 2006 2005

2004 2002 2003 2001 2000

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Sky Len, Guthrey Plaza, Christchurch’s City Mall Anchor, Victoria Point, Docklands, Melbourne, Australia Wellsphere, Gouldon Square, Rochdale Road, Manchester, U.K. Bomber Command Memorial, Australian War Memorial. Canberra.

H2O, Lincoln University, Canterbury Mahana Ceiling Dome, Woollaston Estate Winery, Motueka Raindrops, Lumiere Building, Manchester, U.K Fanfare, Sydney Harbour Bridge. Australia Lapped Sphere, Christchurch Girls’ High School, Christchurch Suntrap, Hastings District Council, Hastings Chevron, Kate Edger Commons, University of Auckland Corro Dome, Private Commission, Sydney, Australia Flying Steps, Hunter Courtyard, Victoria University, Wellington Skies, West Main Entry Artwork, Stadium Australia Cones, Dunedin Public Art Gallery Chalice, Cathedral Square, Christchurch Diamonds, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Other Peoples Houses, Private Commission, Waiheke Island Sphere, Cone, Cylinder., Designworks, Wellington Starferns, APEC conference, Auckland Town Hall Feathers, East Main Entry Artwork, Stadium Australia, Sydney Ripples and Rays, Clear Communications, Takapuna, Auckland Ferns, Wellington Civic Square,Wellington Expansion, Pyne Gould Corporation, Christchurch Vanishing Stairs, Phileo Promenade, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Leafsphere, Wisma Perkasa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Decoy Feathersphere, Private Commission, Te Horo Decoy Down, Private Commission, Te Horo Majestic Earth, Majestic Centre, Wellington Plumage, Phileo Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Butterflies, Phileo Avenue, Kuala Lumpur Tranquility, Tsing Yi MTR Station, Hong Kong Flora, Private Commission, Governors Bay Down, Private Commission, Auckland Canoe, SkyCity Casino, Auckland Steps, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Nor’West Arch, Lincoln university, Lincoln Kahu, Takahanga Marae, Kaikoura Horizons, Private Commission, Kaukapakapa Different Skies, Osaka Business Park, Japan.

Flying Chairs, Private Commission, Kaukapakapa Globe, Collection of National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Lens, Petrocorp Building, New Plymouth Untitled, High Court of New Zealand, Wellington Flying Chairs, Sculpture in the Gardens, Christchurch Canopy, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia Snap, Adelaide Festival Centre, Australia Wave Screens, Private Commission, Auckland Throwback, Albert Park, Auckland Echo (re-installation), Arts Centre, Christchurch Globe Installation, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Vertigo, Gallery Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan Perception Room, Capital Discovery Place, Wellington Orb, Private Commission, Taranaki Awakenings, Hastings Boys High School Jetset Globe, Jetset Tours Building, Melbourne, Australia Spectra, Aotea Centre, Auckland Macaw Feather, Private Commission, Wellington Leadlight, Private Commission, Wellington Kei Konei Inaianei : Blue/Green, The Bath House, Rotorua Globe Down Under, Sargeant Gallery, Wanganui Featherlight, Aotea Centre Foyer, Auckland Globe, Magiciens de la Terre : Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Framework, National Art Gallery, Wellington Get The Picture, Wellington Railway Station Vanity 1, The Australian Biennale, Art Gallery of N.S.W. Sydney, Vanity 2, Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, Australia Featherlight, Methodist Trust association Building, Auckland Ripples, Te Whare Taonga O Waikato / The Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton Plumbobs, Private Commission, Christchurch Going For Broke, Sculpture projects 1985-86, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth The Rock, Bank of New Zealand Centre, Wellington Paper, Scissors, Rock. Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch 5 Large Works, Graduate Centre Mall, City University, New York, U.S.A. Lightwell, Private Commission, Wellington Echo, Arts Centre, Christchurch Vanishing Points, Auckland City Art Gallery Reflections, National Art Gallery, Wellington Street Show : Street Grid, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch

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1979

Airspace at the Hansells Sculpture Exhibition, Wairarapa Arts Centre, Masterton Seascape Installation / Documentation, Robert McDougall Art Gallery,Christchurch

SELECTED AWARDS 2006 2004 2003 1985 1980 1973 1972

Invited Artist Programme, Antarctica, New Zealand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Laureate Award. New Zealand Arts Foundation Awarded Queen Elizabeth 2 Arts Council Establishment Grant Awarded Queen Elizabeth 2 Arts Council Travel Grant Gains Graduate Diploma in Sculpture Awarded Queen Elizabeth 2 Arts Council Grant

SELECTED ARTICLES 2009 2006 2005

1996

Suckling, Lee, The Sky’s the Limit, Art News, Summer 2009, pp 52 – 55 Mane-Wheoki, Jonathon, Laureate Feature – Neil Dawson, Applause, Arts Foundation of New Zealand, pp7 Fusco, Blundell, Sally, The Outsider, The Listener, November 26 2005, pp 44 & 46 2003 Dr. Cassandra, Ways of Seeing Presence and Absence- The Work of Neil Dawson, Craft Arts International, Number 58 2003 pp 34 – 412000 Caughey, Elizabeth and John Gow, Contemporary New Zealand Art 2, Auckland; David Bateman, 1997, pp 52 – 55 Brown, Warwick, Another 100 NZ Artists, Godwit Press 1996, pp 26

Plate 14 (2008)

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