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ONEMENT

‘This year he was positioned as one of the significant New Zealand artists of his generation in the exhibition Prospect 2004 held at the City Gallery."

Jonathan Mane-Wheoki

Director, Art and Visual Culture, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Artist Statement

The inspiration for the Onement paintings was derived from studying the work of Barnett Newman who painted vertical lines within monumental fields of colour. His idea was that these lines could take the viewer to the metaphysical or to the spiritual. These paintings are my response to his ambition of giving meaning to minimalist abstraction.

Installation exhibition contemporary

Whakapai (Atonement), 2012, 2300 x 25000mm, Connells Bay Sculpture Park

Whakapai (Atonement), 2012, 2300 x 25000mm, Connells Bay Sculpture Park (4)

Contemporary art installation

Deutsche Bank Commission, Vero Centre, Auckland, 17000 x 2800mm.

Atonement, 2008, 3600 x 1400mm. Private collection.

Washing of the Word with Tony Cragg

The Equaliser, 2006–2007, 10 Panels at 1200 x 800mm. Collection of the Artist.

Art installation exhibition

Onement, 2000 x 4000mm, 2004, oil on canvas

Onement, 2004, 2000 x 1500mm

Matapihi, 2006, oil on canvas, 800 x 1200mm. Private collection.

Matapihi #4, 2006, 800 x 1200mm. Collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Painting art

Matapihi #5, 2006. 1200 x 800mm. Collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Collection.

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