Fiona Pardington: A Beautiful Hesitation
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EXHIBITION DETAILS
Explore themes of death, sex, flesh and the female gaze in Fiona Pardington: A Beautiful Hesitation at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. With more than 100 photographs on display, A Beautiful Hesitation is a comprehensive presentation of 30 years of Fiona Pardington's practice. Revealing the key elements that have helped to shape her work, the exhibition celebrates one of New Zealand's most notable photographers.
Pardington's majestic still-life works transform the traditional genre into something wondrously other. Her investigation of museum collections breathes new life into heitiki, natural-history specimens, life casts made on European voyages of discovery, death casts of French criminals and assassins, and much more. Pardington empowers and transform the found object through her photography. Her series One Night of Love re-presents photographs of female nudes destined for men's magazines, while The Medical Suite re-presents photographs of disease from medical textbooks. In all her work, the personal and political – and ways of looking and being – are thoughtfully intertwined.
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| Fiona Pardington My Mother's Roses, Pomegranates and Silver Platter of Ihumoana, Ripiro Beach 2013courtesy of the artist and Starkwhite, Auckland
Blue Room
Name of
work: My Mother's Roses
Year: 2013
Approx
size: 3 by 2
Describe
the Framing: Done on expensive board
Describe
the subject matter and composition: Black and white. I like roses very much.
Describe
the lighting: Harsh Lighting which creates contrast. A bit of shadows.
How does
this image make you feel? Happy and excited
I've been talking about the artists bottles. All the items are together.
Karen has taken this photo of me doing my questions in the gallery.
I took photos with my phone. Unable to load to my blog.
Language of Skulls
Name of
work: Cast of a Man with severe Tertiary Syphillis
Year: 2010
Approx
size: A1
Describe
the Framing: Box Framing with glass.
Describe
the subject matter and composition: She has taken three different portraits and angles.
Tight cropped.
Describe
the lighting: Directional lighting. There is casting shadows.
How does
this image make you feel? Happy. I think this artist had a tough life.
Huia Bird
Becoming
Name of
work: Huia Bird
Year: 2004
Approx
size: 3 by 2
Describe
the Framing: Wooden Picture Framing. I see glass in front of the photo.
is taking up most of area.
I can see reflection of the people sitting in the gallery.
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Now explore the
gallery and find a work that you like and answer the following:
(This work
does not have to be photography)
Name of
artist: Bill Culbert
Name of
work: Stand still
Year: 1987
Approx
size: 6 times different sizes.
Describe
the art work: Lamp shades which are different colours, sizes and shapes.
What are
the ideas in this art work? His theme was to create leading lines with light.
How does
this art work make you feel? Happy
Fiona Pardington
Prize of Lilies: Portrait of Joseph Makea
Flesh
Name of
work: Prize of Lilies: Portrait of Joseph Makea
Year: 1986
Approx
size: 477 x 380 mm
Describe
the Framing: selenium-toned gelatin silver print
Describe
the subject matter and composition: The photo is black and white.
It has been taken straight in front of the person.
Describe
the lighting: This artist has might have used the flash to take the photo.
How does
this image make you feel? Happy
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