Gareth price acatalepsy exhibition catalogue

GARETH PRICE ACATALEPSY

28 August- 28 September 2014

pierre peeters gallery 251 Parnell Road; Habitat Courtyard Parnell, Auckland, p.peeters@xtra.co.nz +6493774832 www.ppg.net.nz

Artist Statement:

‘My work is concerned with the many ways in which humanity attempts to make sense of its world, both internally and externally.

From Science through to Religion, Art and Philosophy, it has been THE central preoccupation of civilization.

Acatalepsy is an ancient Sceptic doctrine stating that human knowledge will only ever amount to probability and never certainty, it seemed exceedingly fitting.

Born in Auckland in 1971, Price is self taught as an artist. He attended Selwyn College and studied art during all his college years.

He has painted continuously throughout his twenties and has been with the Pierre Peeters Gallery since 2005. Prices’s art has been selected for inclusion in a number of calendars and books including the‘New Zealand Gallery Book’published in 2010. In 2009 he received third prize for the surrealist category of the Inaugural Motion Arts Awards, Auckland. His work The Green Box Agreement was selected as part of the Wallace Awards 2012 travelling exhibition and subsequently won the‘Peoples Choice Award’.

1.

The Resurrection of Ophelia Acrylic on canvas 520 x 790 mm, 2011

2.

Holy fire gathers during a baptism at the Blenheim Salt works Acrylic on canvas 1010 x 760 mm

3.

The Green Box Agreement Acrylic on canvas 1200 x 900 mm, 2012

4.

Apocatastasis Acrylic on canvas 1010 x 1010 mm, 2012

5.

Exogenicus Acrylic on canvas 1200 x 900 mm, 2012

6.

The Entomologists Dream Acrylic on canvas, Gareth Price on a prepared canvas by Pearl Sutcliffe 1370 x 1200 mm, 2013

Gareth Price Acatalepsy 28th August - 28th September 2014

1.

The Resurrection of Ophelia

Acrylic on canvas

520 x 790 mm, 2011

Private collection

2.

Holy fire gathers during a baptism at the Blenheim Salt works Acrylic on canvas 1010 x 760 mm

3.

The Green Box Agreement

Acrylic on canvas

1200 x 900 mm, 2012 Private collection

4.

Apocatastasis

Acrylic on canvas

1010 x 1010 mm, 2012

5.

Exogenicus

Acrylic on canvas

1200 x 900 mm, 2012 Private collectio

6.

The Entomologists Dream

Acrylic on canvas

1370 x 1200 mm, 2013

251 Parnell Road; Habitat Courtyard; ph 09 3774832; www.ppg.net.nz

SOLD

$16,300

SOLD

$12,500

SOLD

$15,700