NEIL DAWSON

NEIL DAWSON 26 Oct - 20 Nov

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

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Cloud 9 (2013) painted steel, size: 1090 x 1370 x 240 mm

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Cloud 5 (2013) painted steel, size: 920 x 1390 x 200 mm

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Cloud 10 (2013) painted steel, size: 655 x 1370 x 190 mm

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Cloud 11 (2013) painted steel, size: 990 x 1400 x 185 mm

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Cloud 6 (2013) painted steel, size: 1120 x 1550 x 265 mm

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Cloud 4 (2013) painted steel, size: 1050 x 1430 x 270 mm

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Cloud 12 (2013) painted steel, size: 1030 x 1370 x 185 mm

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Cloud 8 (2013) painted steel, size: 720 x 975 x 170 mm

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Cloud 7 (2013) painted steel, size: 720 x 975 x 195 mm

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Vortex 9 (2013) painted steel, size: 1305 x 1300 x 310 mm

The swirling steel forms Neil Dawson has produced for Silver Linings play with ideas of weight, movement and volume. His use of precise mathematical formulae and a single, repeated motif works with carefully selected colour combinations to create multiple illusions of mass and space.

In Cloud 4 curved construction girders appear frozen in free fall and Dawson’s enjoyment of the paradoxical is obvious as he draws together medium, motif, outline and title. The delicacy of the laser-cut steel and the use of negative space give this work a lightness of being that belies the ‘heavy’ motif.

Beneath the work, the reflected glow of the pink under-painting creates volume out of thin air, and distorted shadows thrown by the lacy girders expand the planes of the work beyond its physical mass.

The ‘swirls’ that form Dawson’s Cloud works are elongated, stretched, and flipped. While retaining an overall cohesion of form, the swirls ‘break free’ from the controlled symmetry Dawson has explored previously in his Vortex series. The eye follows the shapes as they morph into one another and this sense of movement is heightened by the play of light and shadow across and behind the sculpture.

EXHIBITION PRICELIST

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Cloud 9

27,500

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Cloud 5

26,000

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Cloud 10

22,500

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Cloud 11

27,500

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Cloud 6

29,000

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Cloud 4

27,500

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Cloud 12

26,000

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Cloud 8

15,000

9

Cloud 7

15,000

10

Vortex 9

32,500

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

NEIL DAWSON b. 1948, lives Christchurch

Vortex 5 (2012)

"From 'Ferns' in Wellington's Civic Square and 'Chalice' in Christchurch's Cathedral Square, to 'Raindrops' in Manchester, United Kingdom, and the 'Globe' in Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Neil Dawson's public artworks have become city icons." (1) “Born and bred in New Zealand, Neil Dawson is a sculptor of international standing. All of Dawson’s works emphatically echo aspects of this nation’s socio-cultural environments and, literally, elevate these in spatial celebrations that are at once accessible and challenging. A central achievement discernable in this sculptor’s work is his ability to embody in pure space, clusters of socio-cultural and global concerns.”(2) Neil describes his work as "an obsession, like it is for the majority of artists," adding that he "continue[s] to be excited by new projects." In the 1998 catalogue for Ferns, Jim and Mary Barr say his work offers a "multiplicity of views that people can create for themselves as they move beneath or around his sculptures," emphasising that while "Dawson has used the interplay of the constant and the serendipitous in many of his works, in the spheres the combination has proved inspiring." (2) Born in Christchurch in 1948, Dawson gained a Diploma of Fine Arts (Hons) from Canterbury University in 1970, and a Graduate Diploma in Sculpture from Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, in 1973.

Dawson was awarded an Arts Laureate by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand in 2003. In August 2005 he unveiled his Bomber Command war memorial sculpture Canberra, Australia.

1. Lee Suckling, 'The Sky's the Limit' in Art News, Summer 2009 2. Dr Cassandra Fusco, Ways of seeing presence and absence – The work of Neil Dawson, Crafts Arts International No. 58, 2003 3. The Arts Foundation of New Zealand, 2003

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

DipGrad (Sculpture), National Gallery of Victoria Art School, Melbourne, Australia DipTch, Christchurch College of Education, Christchurch DipFA (Hons), School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, Christchurch

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 2012 2011 2010

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Silver Linings, Milford Galleries Dunedin Orange Zone, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington Pulse, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington Incident 1992/2011, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch 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, Christchurch Old/New/Borrowed/Blue, Milford Galleries Dunedin Selected Works, milford galleries queenstown Vanishing Points, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland Recent Sculptures, milford galleries queenstown New Work, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch Thoughts on Ice, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington Craters, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland 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 Incident, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch Infomuse Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch Neil Dawson Site Works 1981-89, National Art Gallery, Wellington Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 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 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

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Here and There, New Zealand Chancellery, Washington DC, USA 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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013

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Small Works, Milford Galleries Dunedin The Review, milford galleries queenstown New Works, Milford Galleries Dunedin Significant Works, Milford Galleries Dunedin Small Works, milford galleries queenstown Parallel, Milford Galleries Dunedin Gems, milford galleries queenstown Bloom, milford galleries queenstown Dawson, Petre, Arnold ‘Recent Works, milford galleries queenstown Masterworks, milford galleries queenstown Neil Dawson, Ralph Hotere, Pat Hanly, milford galleries auckland Masterworks, milford galleries queenstown Masterworks, milford galleries queenstown Tribute, Auckland 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 Art Now, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington 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, Paris, France NZ Xl, Auckland City Art Gallery From the Southern Cross, Sydney Biennale, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia Aspects of Recent New Zealand Art: Sculpture, Auckland 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 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 Art Gallery Environmental Structures, Christchurch Arts Festival

SELECTED INSTALLATIONS & PUBLIC COMMISSIONS 2012 2010

2009 2006 2005

Feather from Afar, International Finance Centre, Shanghai, China Feather and Ripples, Christchurch City Council Building Sky Len, Guthrey Plaza, Cashell Mall, Christchurch Cubes, St Andrew’s College, Christchurch Feather, Two Paddocks Winery, Central Otago Anchor, Victoria Point, Docklands, Melbourne, Australia Wellsphere, Gouldon Square, Rochdale Road, Manchester, UK Bomber Command, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia

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H2O, Lincoln University, Lincoln Mahana Ceiling Dome, Woollaston Estate Winery, Motueka Raindrops, Lumiere Building, Manchester, UK Fanfare, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia Chevron, Kate Edger Commons, University of Auckland Corro Dome, Private Commission, Sydney, Australia Lapped Sphere, Christchurch Girls’ High School Suntrap, Hastings District Council, Hastings Diamonds, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia Other People’s Houses, Private Commission, Waiheke Island Flying Steps, Hunter Courtyard, Victoria University, Wellington Cones, Dunedin Public Art Gallery Chalice, Cathedral Square, Christchurch Skies, West Main Entry Artwork, Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia Sphere, Cone, Cylinder, Designworks, Wellington Starferns, APEC conference, Auckland Town Hall Feathers, East Main Entry Artwork, Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia Ripples and Rays, Clear Communications, Takapuna, Auckland Ferns, Wellington Civic Square, Wellington Expansion, Pyne Gould Corporation, Christchurch Plumage, Phileo Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Butterflies, Phileo Avenue, Kuala Lumpur Tranquillity, Tsing Yi MTR Station, Hong Kong Flora, Private Commission, Governors Bay Vanishing Stairs, Phileo Promenade, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Leafsphere, Wisma Perkasa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Decoy Feathersphere, Private Commission, Te Horo Decoy Down, Private Commission, Te Horo Majestic Earth, Majestic Centre, Wellington Down, Private Commission, Auckland Canoe, SkyCity Casino, Auckland Steps, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia 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, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia 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 Blue/Green, The Bath House, Rotorua Globe Down Under, Sargeant Gallery, Wanganui

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Featherlight, Aotea Centre Foyer, Auckland Globe, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Framework, National Art Gallery, Wellington Get the Picture, Wellington Railway Station Vanity 1, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Vanity 2, Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, Australia Featherlight, Methodist Trust Association Building, Auckland Ripples, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton Plumbobs, Private Commission, Christchurch Going for Broke, 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 of New York, USA 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 Airspace, Wairarapa Arts Centre, Masterton Seascape Installation, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch

SELECTED AWARDS 2006 2004 2003 1985 1980 1972

Antarctica New Zealand Arts Fellowship, Antarctica Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Laureate Award, New Zealand Arts Foundation Awarded Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Establishment Grant Awarded Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Travel Grant Awarded Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2011 2009 2006 2005

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Wolfe, Richard and Stephen Robinson, Artists At Work, Penguin Books, London, England 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 Blundell, Sally, The Outsider, The Listener, November 26 2005, pp 44 & 46 2003 Fusco, 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

Silver Sweep - Silent Advance (2008)

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