NEIL DAWSON

milford galleries queenstown9A Earl Street (03) 442 6896 [email protected]

4 - 29 September, 2010UPSTAIRS GALLERY

www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

NEIL DAWSONFIVE YEARS

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)


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

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


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

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

E X H I B I T I O N P R I C E L I S T 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

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 2010 CV milford galleries queenstown www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

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NEIL DAWSON b. 1948, lives Christchurch

EDUCATION 1973 DipGrad (Sculpture), National Gallery of Victoria Art School, Melbourne, Australia.

1971 DipTch, Christchurch Teachers College. N.Z.

1970 DipFA (Hons), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Five Years, Milford Galleries Queenstown

Deck: Second Hand, Milford Galleries Dunedin

Deck: Three Of A Kind, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington

2009 Deck: First Cut, Jonathan Smart Gallery

2008 Old/New/Borrowed/Blue, Milford Galleries Dunedin

2007 Vanishing Points, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

Recent Work, Milford Galleries Queenstown

Recent Work, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch

2006 Thoughts on Ice, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington

2005 Craters, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, N.Z

Recent Wall Sculptures, Milford Galleries Dunedin

2004 Wall Sculpture 2004, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch

2003 New Wall Sculptures, Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland

Wall Sculptures, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington

2002 Domes, City Art, Christchurch

1994 Steps and Stages, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

1993 New Work, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

1992 Installation/exhibition, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

Infomuse Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1991 Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland




Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.

1989 Neil Dawson Site Works 1981-89, National Art Gallery, Wellington


Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia


Site Related Work 1981-87, Centre For Contemporary Art, Hamilton

1986 Janne land Gallery, Wellington, N.Z

Overhead Hardware, Brooke- Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

1985 Mirrors, Bosshard Gallery, Dunedin

New Wall Works, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland

1984 Sunset Constructions, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland

Rock Constructions, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Dunedin

1982 Holes, Robinson Brooker Gallery, Christchurch

Land Escapes, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland

1981 Here and There, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland

Escapes, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington

Boundaries, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

1980 Recent Series, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland

Here and There, New Zealand Chancellery, Washington DC, U.S.A.

1979 Interiors, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington

Order/Chaos, Bosshard Gallery, Dunedin

1978 House Alterations, Brooke-Gifford Gallery,Christchurch

1975 3 Black Holes, CSA Gallery, Christchurch

1972-73 Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne, Australia


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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Neil Dawson, Ralph Hotere, Pat Hanly, milford galleries Auckland

2006 Tribute, Auckland City Art Gallery.Auckland

Birds, Pataka. Porirua

2004 Cutouts, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

Project 04, Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland

2003 Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island

1995 H2O, Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt

1994 Incident, Art Now, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington

Globe ’89, Virtual Reality, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

1993 Canopy, Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art,

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

1992 Wellington Festival Exhibition, Gow Langsford Gallery, Wellington

Prospect Canterbury, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch

1991 Review 1991 Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1989 Magiciens de la Terre, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges

Pompidou, Paris, France

1988 NZ Xl, Auckland City Art Gallery

From the Southern Cross. A View of World Art, Sydney Biennale,Art Gallery of New South

Wales, Australia

1986 Aspects of Recent New Zealand Art : Sculpture, Auckland City Art Gallery

Content /Context, National Art Gallery, Wellington

1985 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

1980 4 New Zealand Sculptors, Sargeant Gallery, Wanganui

1978 Platforms, CSA Gallery, Christchurch

Seventh Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Australia

Little Works, Auckland City Art Gallery

1974 Enviromental Structures, Christchurch Arts Festival

INSTALLATIONS & PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2009 Sky Len, Guthrey Plaza, Christchurch’s City Mall

2006 Anchor, Victoria Point, Docklands, Melbourne, Australia

Wellsphere, Gouldon Square, Rochdale Road, Manchester, U.K.

2005 Bomber Command Memorial, Australian War Memorial. Canberra.

H2O, Lincoln University, Canterbury

Mahana Ceiling Dome, Woollaston Estate Winery, Motueka

Raindrops, Lumiere Building, Manchester, U.K

2004 Fanfare, Sydney Harbour Bridge. Australia

2002 Lapped Sphere, Christchurch Girls’ High School, Christchurch

Suntrap, Hastings District Council, Hastings

2003 Chevron, Kate Edger Commons, University of Auckland

Corro Dome, Private Commission, Sydney, Australia

2001 Flying Steps, Hunter Courtyard, Victoria University, Wellington

2000 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

1999 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

1998 Ferns, Wellington Civic Square,Wellington

Expansion, Pyne Gould Corporation, Christchurch

1997 Vanishing Stairs, Phileo Promenade, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


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Leafsphere, Wisma Perkasa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1996 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

1995 Down, Private Commission, Auckland

Canoe, SkyCity Casino, Auckland

1994 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

1993 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

1992 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

1991 Orb, Private Commission, Taranaki

Awakenings, Hastings Boys High School

Jetset Globe, Jetset Tours Building, Melbourne, Australia

Spectra, Aotea Centre, Auckland

1990 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

1989 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

1988 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

1987 Ripples, Te Whare Taonga O Waikato / The Waikato Museum of Art and

History, Hamilton

Plumbobs, Private Commission, Christchurch

1986 Going For Broke, Sculpture projects 1985-86, Govett Brewster Art

Gallery, New Plymouth

1984 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

1981 Echo, Arts Centre, Christchurch

Vanishing Points, Auckland City Art Gallery

Reflections, National Art Gallery, Wellington

1980 Street Show : Street Grid, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch


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Airspace at the Hansells Sculpture Exhibition,

Wairarapa Arts Centre, Masterton

1979 Seascape Installation / Documentation, Robert McDougall Art Gallery,Christchurch

SELECTED AWARDS

2006 Invited Artist Programme, Antarctica, New Zealand

2004 Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

2003 Laureate Award. New Zealand Arts Foundation

1985 Awarded Queen Elizabeth 2 Arts Council Establishment Grant

1980 Awarded Queen Elizabeth 2 Arts Council Travel Grant

1973 Gains Graduate Diploma in Sculpture

1972 Awarded Queen Elizabeth 2 Arts Council Grant

SELECTED ARTICLES

2009 Suckling, Lee, The Sky’s the Limit, Art News, Summer 2009, pp 52 – 55

2006 Mane-Wheoki, Jonathon, Laureate Feature – Neil Dawson, Applause, Arts Foundation of

New Zealand, pp7

2005 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

1996 Brown, Warwick, Another 100 NZ Artists, Godwit Press 1996, pp 26

Plate 14 (2008)

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