KARL MAUGHAN

KARL MAUGHAN The Lost Path

Preview Friday 26th February from 5:30pm Opens Saturday 27th February 27th February - 24th March, 2010

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1. KARL MAUGHAN, Ormond Road (2010), oil o

on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1830 x 1830 x 65 mm

KARL MAUGHAN, Ormond Road (2010) DETAIL VIEW 1

KARL MAUGHAN, Ormond Road (2010) DETAIL VIEW 1

KARL MAUGHAN, Ormond Road (2010) DETAIL VIEW 1

2. KARL MAUGHAN, Conduit Line (2010), oil on

n linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1830 x 1830 x 38 mm

KARL MAUGHAN, Conduit Line (2010) DETAIL VIEW 2

KARL MAUGHAN, Conduit Line (2010) DETAIL VIEW 2

3. KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010), oil on

linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1220 x 1830 x 35 mm

KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010) DETAIL VIEW 3

KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010) DETAIL VIEW 3

KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010) DETAIL VIEW 3

KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010) DETAIL VIEW 3

4. KARL MAUGHAN, Harrisons Line (2010), oil o

on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1220 x 1830 x 35 mm

KARL MAUGHAN, Harrisons Line (2010) DETAIL VIEW 4

KARL MAUGHAN, Harrisons Line (2010) DETAIL VIEW 4

KARL MAUGHAN, Harrisons Line (2010) DETAIL VIEW 4

5. KARL MAUGHAN, Riverena (2010), oil on li

inen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1220 x 1830 x 35 mm

KARL MAUGHAN, Riverena (2010) DETAIL VIEW 5

KARL MAUGHAN, Riverena (2010) DETAIL VIEW 5

KARL MAUGHAN, Riverena (2010) DETAIL VIEW 5

6. KARL MAUGHAN, Green Road (2007/10), oil o

on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1065 x 1065 x 33 mm

KARL MAUGHAN, Green Road (2007/10) DETAIL VIEW 6

KARL MAUGHAN, Green Road (2007/10) DETAIL VIEW 6

KARL MAUGHAN - The Lost Path 1 KARL MAUGHAN, Ormond Road (2010)

27,500

2 KARL MAUGHAN, Conduit Line (2010)

27,500

3 KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010)

25,000

4 KARL MAUGHAN, Harrisons Line (2010)

25,000

5 KARL MAUGHAN, Riverena (2010)

25,000

6 KARL MAUGHAN, Green Road (2007/10)

12,500

There is a sharp sense of place and of ‘being there’ in the paintings of The Lost Path.

In the wonderful “Ormond Road” the garden not only encircles but also towers over. Afternoon light falls along the path, but the compositional elements in the painting are such that the viewer comes to realise she is looking upon this while standing in shadow.

Maughan’s ability to combine naturalism with notions of order is complemented by the rhythmic presence of the artist’s hand. His brush strokes have a calligraphic flourish, surfaces are abstracted, colour hovers in darker space. Viewed close the works traverse the technical virtuosity of realism to the tactile surfaces and pleasures of expressionism.

In “Skye Farm” and “Harrisons Line” the expressions of bright light and high key colour takes us on a journey. We are going somewhere into a pre-ordained world and Maughan implies much by using shadow and scale to tell a story of distance, depth and time of day. Viewed from distance, these significantly inter-related works seem composed of the actual bushes and flowers themselves and this sensation is augmented by their figurative shaping. But Maughan is not ever trying to tell the full story – he is paraphrasing, and suggesting, and thus has the courage to understate and let the expressive qualities of light and colour unite in the viewer’s mind.

The abrupt (and fundamental) role of shadow in his work could easily be overlooked. In the beautiful, sculptural, “Riverena” Maughan introduces a different line of sight to his work – modelled bare limbs both hide and present a view of what is beyond from a lowered position. “Conduit Line” also uses shadow as a key device, framing the work left and right.

KARL MAUGHAN b. 1964, lives Auckland EDUCATION 1983 - 87

BFA and MFA, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 2009 2008 2007/08 2007

2006 2005 2004 2003

2002 2001 2000 1999 1999 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987

The Lost Path, Milford Galleries Dunedin Everyday is Like Sunday, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Blackbarn Gallery, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney, Australia New Works, milford galleries queenstown On A Clear Day, Te Manawa Gallery, Palmerston North New Paintings, milford galleries queenstown Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington Cross Hills, Milford Galleries Dunedin Recent Paintings and Prints, Gow Langsford Auckland Outside, Martin Browne Fine Art Galler, Sydney, Australia Kimbolton, Milford Galleries Dunedin Karl Maughan: Recent Paintings, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland The Visitor, Gow Langsford Gallery, Sydney, Australia Park Lane, Vertigo Gallery, London, UK Blow Up. St. Pauls Gallery, Birmingham, UK Walking in Light, Vertigo Gallery, London, UK Garden Centre, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Yew, Milford Galleries Dunedin Art Lab, Imperial College Exhibition, London, UK Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Karl Maiughan, Art Hotel, Florence, Italy Crowd, Vynel St, London, UK Karl Maughan, Habitat, London, UK Waterview, Milford Galleries Dunedin Great Outdoors, Tinakori Gallery, Wellington Love Lies Bleeding, Milford Galleries Dunedin Day Night, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Green Triumph, Brooker Gallery, Wellington Romance and Irony, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland New Paintings, Milford Galleries Dunedin Brooker Gallery, Wellington Gow Langsford Gallery, Wellington CSA Gallery, Auckland Brooker Gallery, Wellington Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Brooker Galllery, Wellington Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Brooker Gallery, Wellington Brooker Gallery, Wellington Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Garden Series II,Brooker Gallery, Wellington

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009

2008 2007

Masterworks, milford galleries Queenstown John Leech and Gow Langsford Galleries Spring Catalogue, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Clock the Ton, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland In Fluorescents, Gow Langsfor Gallery, Auckland

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Auckland Art Fair Chosen, Milford Galleries Dunedin Master Works, milford galleries queenstown Auckland Art Fair Selected Artists, Tinakori Gallery Wellington Recent Floral Works, milford galleries queenstown Is As: Landscape As Metaphor, Milford Galleries Dunedin Idlewild, The Approach Gallery London Saatchi Collection Catalogue Show, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Karl Maughan and Dick Frizzell, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland MNZA: Landscape, Milford Galleries Dunedin John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 20, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK Under Growth, Holy St Studios, London, UK NZ Real, Milford Galleries Dunedin Blindfield, Coventry Gallery, London, UK Catalogue Exhibition, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Stop Making Sense, City Gallery, Wellington Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch

2006 2005

2003 1999 1998 1997

1996 1995

1992 1990

AWARDS 1997

Finalist John Moore Painting Award, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

COLLECTIONS Te Papa Museum of New Zealand British Council University of Victoria Wellington Robert McDougall Art Gallery Christchurch District Court Wellington Corporate Collections Glaxo Industries Yates Fletcher Challenge Limited Auckland NZ Police PricewaterhouseCoopers Wellington Saatchi & Saatchi Wellington Saatchi Collection London Sky City Casino Sky City Grand

PUBLICATIONS 2008 2008

2006

1998 1998 1998 1997 1997

Thomson, Joelle, Into the Garden, Mindfood, issue 2, May, pp136-139 Somerville, Jane, New Work; Karl Maughan, Artworld, issue 2, April/May, pp144-147 2007Jennings, Nicola, On a Clear Day, Exhibition Catalogue, Te Manawa Art Gallery, Palmerston North Newton, Katie, Up the Garden Path, Sunday Star Times, February, pp 16 & 17 2000 Wolfe, Richard, Interflora, Karl Maughan Paints in the Face of Nature, Art New Zealand 97, Summer pg 62 – 65 Lopdell House Gallery, (Re)visioning the Real, exhibition catalogue The Saatchi Gallery, The New Neurotic Realism, collection catalogue Gregg, Stacy, The Flower and the Glory, Sunday Star Times, February 1 Milford Galleries, 3 Major Surveys-Modern New Zealand Art, exhibition catalogue, 1997 John Moores Liverpool, Exhibition 20, catalogue, 1997

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