August 7 - September 5, 2020
The book launch for Richard Reddaway's it does no harm to wonder / the body of the work was held at Jonathan Smart Gallery on the evening of 7 August. Pictured are the artist (right) and the gallerist enjoying a moment of mirth with an appreciative audience.
The following is an extract from the back cover of it does no harm to wonder...
"it does no harm to wonder / the body of the work reviews 35 years of art and life in Aotearoa New Zealand. Following the exhibition Richard Reddaway: the body of the work / it does no harm to wonder at Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, this publication reframes, extends and at times inverts the conventions of ‘the artist’s retrospective’.
Refusing any didactic position, Richard’s art through those years sought to be present and reactive to the time and place of its making. In this mode, while circumscribed by the artist’s name, the publication has invited six writers and three designers to wonder upon the making of identity through work, art, community and family.
Framed as much as a means to look forward as back, this publication is an assemblage of parts to be looked through and even, if you choose, to make something of."
Zig-zag 1985/2019 - installation view
Equipment 1, 2017 - installation view
A Soldier's Arms, 2017 - installation view
Chris Heaphy - Black Bloom, 2020
Julia Morison - Segue I, 2020
Heather Straka - The Turn III, 2017
John Pule - No Ordinary Day, 2020
Details of accompanying works:
Chris Heaphy
Black Bloom, 2020
acrylic on linen 1200 x 900mm $14,000
Julia Morison
Segue I, 2020
acrylic & varnish on canvas 2000 x 1500mm $32,000
Heather Straka
The Turn III, 2017
oil on canvas 600 x 500mm framed $7100
John Pule
No Ordinary Day, 2020
oil, enamel & polyeurethane on stretched canvas 1500 x 1500mm
$38,000
Prices are GST inclusive
2020
boxed publication, numbered edition of 200
Exhibited in
it does no harm to wonder
2019/1985
wood, hessian and clothing
life-size
Exhibited in
it does no harm to wonder
2017
enamel paint on epoxy resin, fibreglass, & audio components
1000 x 900 x 180mm
Exhibited in
Tales from Elsewhere
it does no harm to wonder
2017
enamel paint on epoxy resin, fibreglass, & audio components
length 1900mm
Exhibited in
it does no harm to wonder
Tales from Elsewhere