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A new New Zealand art - history of NZ painting. BILL CULBERT. BILL HAMMOND. W.D.

BILL HAMMOND

HAMMOND, born 1947 in Christchurch. Bill Hammond is one of New Zealand’s most exciting contemporary artists and his work is in huge demand. He attended Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, from 1966-68. Although it wasn’t until 1980 that he began exhibiting his paintings, it didn’t take long for the New Zealand art community to take notice. CYNTHIA TAYLOR. DEAN BUCHANAN. DICK FRIZZELL. DON BINNEY. ELIZABETH REES. Rees’ works explore the relationship between the body and mind and the environment in which we exist. Within her recent canvases she depicts the body in motion, moving toward or away from the unknown. “What are we fleeing from? What are we hurtling towards? What are we leaving behind and what do we hope to find? EMILY WOLFE. EUAN MACLEOD. FATU FEUU. GEORGE BALOGHY. GERDA LEENARDS. GERDA LEENARDS, born 1946 Nijmegen, Holland Leenards emigrated to New Zealand in 1956.

GERDA LEENARDS

After a career as a draughtswoman and a graphic design assistant, she completed a Diploma of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, in 1970. She first exhibited in Wellington in 1981 and in 1985 she won the Whitcoulls Award for Drawing. Three years later she exhibited for the first time in Auckland, and was given a solo exhibition at the Wellington City Art Gallery, entitled ‘From Pillar to Coast’.

In this exhibition comprising eight large canvasses, she focussed on the shoreline at Moa Point outside Wellington. GRETCHEN ALBRECHT. IAN JARVIS. JAN FITZGERALD. JEFFERY HARRIS. JEFFREY HARRIS, b. 1949 Akaroa A self-taught artist, Harris has been painting since 1970, and was the recipient of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, University of Otago, in 1977.

JEFFERY HARRIS

Then a prolific painter, Harris’s works over the next two decades depicted couples or family groups in various daily situations. They were largely autobiographical, highly symbolic and laden with emotional impact. He was one of New Zealand’s most well-known expressionist painters when he decided, in 1986, to move to Melbourne. There, he began to produce black and white abstract paintings, demonstrating his innate gift for powerful mark-making.

In September 2003, Harris was the paramount winner of the prestigious James Wallace Art Award. LINKS. JOANNA BRAITHWAITE. View Exhibited Artist Profile The ‘sitters’ in Joanna Braithwaite’s portraits in her exhibition “Goes Without Saying” stare out at the viewer with expressions that range from haughty self-importance (Luminary) to bemused resignation (As Luck Would Have it). Each creature in Braithwaite’s menagerie is bedecked with accessories that suit their station in life. The melancholic air of the Huia is enhanced by Victorian mourning brooches; with betting slips tucked into their tweed hats, knowing equine glances suggest that the horses have had the inside running all along. The heroism of "Private Simpson and his little beast” (1) on the beaches of Gallipoli is part of ANZAC history and with Silent Partner Braithwaite acknowledges the unnamed animal.

JOANNA LANGFORD. JOHN BEVAN FORD. JOHN WALSH. JOHN WALSH Aitanga a Hauiti/New Zealand IrishBorn 1954 in Tolaga Bay. 1973-74 attended Ilam SoFA, CU.

JOHN WALSH

JUDE RAE. KATHRYN MADILL. Selected Works by Kathryn Madill Kathryn Madill Away, 8/10 by Kathryn Madill Mezzotint $600 (Unframed)

KATHRYN MADILL

KURA REWIRI THORSEN. LAURENCE BERRY. LAURIE NONA. Laurie Nona has been collected by the National Gallery of Australia since the 1990's and is regarded as one of the most exciting artists in the Torres Strait.

LAURIE NONA

Laurie works beautifully across lino relief, copper plate etching and carving with a unique strength - both in style and symbol. He is ambitious and courageous as an artist, and has successfully completed some superb works including a massive tribal drum, standing over 6 feet tall. All of Laurie's work shows his deep connections to, and recognition of the importance of Island culture. His work recognises his place in the greater wider world and shows beautiful relationships with the fish and other creatures from the ocean, the skies and winds, the storms and currents and the Islands of the Torres Strait. LEN LYE. Drawing on many influences and a diverse range of South Pacific traditions, Lye's graphic works included photograms and batiks as well as works on paper.

LEN LYE

Lye’s graphic works reveal a serious interest in the arts of Maori, Australian Aboriginal, and other Oceanic and African cultures. So-called 'primitive' art was to have the most enduring influence on his work, and like many mid-20th century artists, Lye suspected that an abstract art based on intuition and feeling could reveal elements of the subconscious, or what he termed the 'Old Brain'. In his early sketches, Lye would sometimes attempt to capture the motion of an object, rather than an external appearance. Lye’s photographic works follow the direct approach of his films, and are made without a camera. List of New Zealand artists. The following is a list of New Zealand artists.

List of New Zealand artists

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