“taking stock”

December 13 — January 28, 2017

Trish Clark Gallery is pleased to present the annual “taking stock” – a group show of seasonal celebration, opening to the public on 13 December. Rich and full, “taking stock” brings together artists whose work across painting, sculpture, photography and moving image is highly diverse yet resonant with unexpected relationships. “taking stock’” is not just a summer stock show, but reminds us at this juncture that “it’s time for a cup of tea and a lie down” (to paraphrase the immortal words of an earlier New Zealand Prime Minister, David Lange), to collect ourselves and take stock, thinking about our lives, our relationships, our politics, our place in the world…freer than most from the influence of Brexit and Trump, but with our own earthquake stresses…

Works fresh from the studio, including Heather Straka’s new suite and four from Ann Shelton’s new body of works, jane says, unveiled in Dark Matter – her survey exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, sit alongside treasures of extended lineage, including the elemental qualities of Stephen Bambury’s large scale works. The broad material palette of the exhibition also embraces glass by Galia Amsel and new stone pieces by John Edgar. Anthony McCall’s sinuous line drawings make an appearance alongside his seminal 1972 film, Landscape for Fire. The fire theme extends from the conceptual and material basis of Phil Dadson’s March Music, the third iteration in Dadson’s long-durational performance piece to be undertaken during sequential months over a 12-year span. Each day of March 2016, as he had done through February 2015 (referencing the numerals of February) and January 2014 (all light airiness), Dadson prepared with meditation, and then brought paint, ink, wax, burn and smoke marks to bear on Fabriano paper to create a suite of works that speak to our volcanic islands with their fragile ecology and Mars, the ancient god of war, so pressing elsewhere.

WISHING EVERYONE WARM GREETINGS OF THE SEASON

TRISH CLARK GALLERY WILL RE-OPEN ON TUESDAY 3 JANUARY, 2017

  • Phil Dadson, March Music 19, 2016
    mixed media / paint, ink, wax, burn and smoke marks on paper
    560 x 760 mm
  • Phil Dadson, March Music 10, 2016
    mixed media / paint, ink, wax, burn and smoke marks on paper
    560 x 760 mm
  • Phil Dadson, March Music 7, 2016
    mixed media / paint, ink, wax, burn and smoke marks on paper
    560 x 760 mm
  • Phil Dadson, March Music, 2016
    Installation view
  • Phil Dadson, March Music 2016
    Installation view detail
  • Stephen Bambury, Chamatkara, 2016
    chemical action on aluminium, acrylic, 12k white gold, 23k gold, 1678 x 896 mm
  • Marie Shannon, Lights, 2016
    Installation view
  • Anthony McCall, Landscape for Fire, 1972, 16mm film still
  • Anthony McCall, Landscape for Fire, 1972
    Installation view
  • Anthony McCall, Study for Throes (225, 270, 315, 360, 405 seconds), 2012
    charcoal and oil pastel on paper, 762 x 565 mm
  • Heather Straka, X Marks The Spot 16, 2016
    oil on canvas, 605 x 505mm (framed)
  • Heather Straka, Street Parade 2
    oil on canvas, 605 x 505mm (framed)
  • Ann Shelton, The Child Bride, Thistle
    pigment print, 1155 x 885mm (framed)
  • Ann Shelton, The Ingenue, Yarrow (Achillea sp.)
    pigment print, 1155 x 885mm (framed)
  • Ann Shelton, The Vixen, Ginger (Zingiber sp.)
    pigment print, 1155 x 885mm (framed)
  • Ann Shelton, The Handmaid, Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus sp.)
    pigment print, 1155 x 885mm (framed)
  • Ann Shelton, from the series, jane says, installation view
  • Galia Amsel, Ingress, 2016
    cast bent and layered gaffer glass clear cane and black grain, cut, hand smoothed and polished
    diameter 530mm x depth 62mm
  • Chris Corson-Scott, New Year's Day, 2013
    archival pigment print, 1530 x 1870 mm
  • John Edgar, Blue Cross, 2016
    marble (Italy), glass, 147 x 148 x 149 mm
  • John Edgar, Discus, 2014
    basalt (NZ), granite (brazil)
    180 x 660 x 660 mm
  • John Edgar, Discus, 2014, detail
  • John Edgar, Green Cross, 2016
    marble (Italy), glass, 113 x 114 x 144 mm
  • Vincent Ward, Palimpsest / Landform 3 2016
    archival pigment print, 800 x 1000mm
    Installation view
  • Vincent Ward, Palimpsest / Landform 2 2016
    archival pigment print, 800 x 1000mm
  • Kazu Nakagawa, to weigh the fall of light V, 2016
    pencil on paper, 324 x 450 x 31 mm
  • Jennifer French
    "In order to build a solid aspiration from the cycle of existence we must thoroughly examine our condition" - The Dalai Lama, 1994' (Detail 5), 2014
    Archival pigment print, 700 x 1000 mm