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Grand Central / 20 October - 14 November 2012 / Exhibition Catalogue / milford galleries queenstown / www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
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milford galleries queenstown9A Earl Street (03) 442 6896 [email protected]
www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
Grand Central (2012)oil on linen, stretcher: 1703 x 2402 x 35 mm 1
Country Corner (2012)oil on linen, stretcher: 803 x 1051 x 35 mm2
Sunlit Track (2012)oil on linen, stretcher: 802 x 1051 x 35 mm3
Shaded Track (2012)oil on linen, stretcher: 803 x 1002 x 35 mm 4
The Road West from Lawrence (2012)oil on linen, stretcher: 1502 x 3000 x 35 mm5
The Honey Shoppe (2012)oil on linen, stretcher: 750 x 1052 x 35 mm 6
Hay Rack (2012)oil on linen, stretcher: 450 x 550 x 35 mm8
Abandoned Business (2012)oil on linen, stretcher: 452 x 550 x 35 mm7
Celebrating both the grand and the intimate, Dick Frizzell’s new works are reminiscent of the time-honoured road trip. Small works reveal se-cret spots discovered en route and expansive vistas show lands yet to be explored.
The title work of the show, Grand Central, lays out folded hills and hazy mountains for our contemplation; Frizzell’s brushwork shimmers across the surface of the canvas. We stand on top of the ridge, drawn down into the valley by farm fences, powerlines and the metal road. As well as functioning as strong compositional devices, more importantly these speak to the New Zealand rural vernacular that Frizzell has visited over and again. The foregrounded hills are figured with sheep tracks and trac-tor furrows, but the backdrop to this recognisable, man-made country is an eroded, untamed massif, full of stark grandeur.
The paintings possess a real sense of distances travelled, often due to the repeated motif of roads and paths. Seen from what appears to be the driver’s seat, the familiarity of Frizzell’s scenes make it easy for us to imagine what lies beyond the hill or around the bend. In Shaded Track, he uses literal road markers and tyre tracks to enhance the picture in our mind’s eye. The tiny, golden treetop seen just over the rise, and the low wash of light on the cutting, draw the gaze and allow us to place the scene temporally as well as physically.
Frizzell’s ability to make the ordinary worthy of consideration is something seen throughout his practice: signs advertising apples, wheelbarrows, and tinned fish have all been immortalised in oils by the artist. The Honey Shoppe is the type of small country shop that can be found in any part of the country, although those familiar with the road south out of Dune-din will recognise it instantly. Frizzell presents it honestly, complete with 44-gallon drums, hand-lettered sign and mock-Tudor spelling. He does not mock or denigrate its simplicity, but celebrates its continued existence.
EXHIBITION PRICELIST
All prices are NZD and include GST; Prices are current at the time of the exhibition
1 Grand Central (2012) POA
2 Country Corner (2012) 49,000
3 Sunlit Track (2012) 49,000
4 Shaded Track (2012) 49,000
5 The Road West from Lawrence (2012) POA
6 The Honey Shoppe (2012) 49,000
7 Abandoned Business (2012) 24,000
8 Hay Rack (2012) 24,000
Dick Frizzell 2012 CV milford galleries queenstown www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
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DICK FRIZZELL b. 1943, lives Auckland
Still Life with French Bread (1987)
“It was while working in the environment of commercial advertising that Frizzell began to pluck
familiar objects from their usual context and turn them into arresting images. Several products
that were ‘household’ names to New Zealanders in the late 1970’s became icons in Frizzell’s
hands. From sources as varied as canned fish wrappers, corner shop signage and junk mail,
he turned images into paintings, giving titles that introduced unexpected associations.”(1)
Frizzell’s work has often had “an eclectic quality, brought about by the variety of styles he has
borrowed, pastiched or commented on in his art. In much of his imagery, no line is drawn
between low art sources such as comic book illustrations or packaging and the high art
references with which his painting is freely sprinkled.”(2)
Prints and paintings "inspired by comics, advertising trademarks, Maori iconography and rural
road signs have flowed out of him for more than four decades, during which time Frizzell has
enlivened the local art world with his wit. His is a world in which no image is too sacred or too
banal." (3)
Born in Auckland in 1943, Dick Frizzell studied at the Canterbury School of Fine Arts between
1960 and 1963. He has an art practice that spans over 50 years. His works are held in all major
public, corporate and private collections in New Zealand. He has also completed a number
of major commissions including works for Sky City Casino (Auckland) and the painting of an
Ansett New Zealand aeroplane for Starship Children's Hospital. In 1997 a retrospective
exhibition of his work, Dick Frizzell: Portrait of a Serious Artiste, was toured to major national
institutions. In 2009 his book, Dick Frizzell: The Painter, was published.
1. Elizabeth Caughey & John Gow, Contemporary New Zealand Art 2, 1999
2. Michael Dunn, Contemporary Painting in New Zealand, 1996
3. Grant Smithies, “Accidental Artist,” Sunday Star Times, September 2008
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DICK FRIZZELL b. 1943, lives Auckland
EDUCATION 1964 Ilam Art School, Canterbury, New Zealand
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (1986 -) 2012 Grand Central milford galleries queenstown
2011 Selected Paintings 1981 – 2009, milford galleries queenstown
Rugby, Rhyming and Here, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2010 The Gloves Are Off, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Works on Paper, Milford Galleries Dunedin
2009 Treasures from a Skull Cave, Black Barn Art Gallery, Hawkes Bay
2008 Walking Back to Happiness, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Recent Works on Paper, milford galleries queenstown
2007 Recent Works on Paper, Milford Galleries Dunedin
2006 An Event of One, Dick Frizzell in Antarctica 2005, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2005 Recent Works on Paper, Milford Galleries Dunedin
2004 The Pumpkin is a Red Herring, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2003 Please keep us safe while we sleep by the fire, Hawkes Bay Art Museum
2002 Pleased to remember, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
What is this, Gow Langsford Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
2001 Welcome to Sunny Hawkes Bay, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2000 Home Truths, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1999 Exhibition of Paintings, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
1998 Patched Up, Andrew Jensen Gallery, Wellington
What I Yam - the Junk Mail Narratives, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
1997 Dick Frizzell, Portrait of a Serious Artiste, City Gallery Wellington, Auckland Art Gallery,
Auckland, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Vanity Vanity, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Popova to Remuera, John Leech Gallery, Auckland
Summer Muster, Andrew Jensen Gallery, Wellington
Construction from Freedom, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Lost and Found, Lesley Kriesler Gallery, New Plymouth
1996 Line and Point, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Lesley Kriesler Gallery, New Plymouth
Ambitious Objects, Andrew Jensen Gallery, Wellington
1995 P.O.P. Past on Paper, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
Hoi Te Toi Te, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
1994 No Figure Necessary, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
European Descendant, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1993 Hook, Line and Sinker, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
The Agua Amarga Suite, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Selected Hook, Line and Sinker Works, Lesley Kriesler Gallery, New Plymouth
1992 South Island Landscapes, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
South Island Landscapes, Exhibited at the Carnegie Centre, Dunedin,
Tiki, Works on Paper at Salamander Gallery Art Centre, Christchurch,
Tiki, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
1991 What’s the Big Idea?, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
South Island Landscapes, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
1990 Big Paintings, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Images for Lovers, Works on Paper Gallery, Auckland
1989 Lithographs, Muka Studio and Regent Hotel, Auckland
Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
1987 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1986 Heads On, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 Spring Catalogue, milford galleries queenstown
The Review, milford galleries queenstown
Significant Works, Milford Galleries Dunedin
Royal Queenstown Easter Show, milford galleries queenstown
2011 Spring Catalogue, milford galleries queenstown
Gow Langsford Gallery Spring Catalogue 2011, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Works on Paper, Milford Galleries Dunedin
The Royal Queenstown Easter Show, milford galleries queenstown
2010 Summer Show, Milford Galleries Dunedin
John Leech & Gow Langsford Galleries Spring Catalogue, Gow Langsford Gallery,
Auckland
Bloom, milford galleries queenstown
The Review, milford galleries queenstown
2009 Works on Paper, milford galleries queenstown
2008 Masterworks, milford galleries queenstown
Works on Paper, Milford Galleries Dunedin
2006 Tiki Tour, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei
2005 Recent Floral Works, milford galleries queenstown
2004 Telecom Prospect: New Art New Zealand, City Gallery, Wellington
Notable Works – major investment profile works by leading NZ artists, milford galleries
queenstown
2001-2002 The Cartoon Show, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland
2001 Screens, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
1998 Landscapes, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (with Karl Maughan).
Spring Exhibition, Anderson Park Gallery, Timaru
Dream Collectors, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington; Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
1997 Catalogue Exhibition, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Catalogue Exhibition, Milford Galleries Dunedin
Figurative Exhibition, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
1996 Design Love Story, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
1995 Stop Making Sense, Collaboration with Shane Cotton, Wellington City Art Gallery,
Wellington
Works on Paper, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
The Artistic Process, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
A Peculiar Practice: 40 New Zealand Painters, Wellington City Art Gallery
H2O, Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt
Gaugain Tribute, RKS Gallery, Auckland
Test Strip Fundraiser Show, Test Strip Gallery, Auckland
Ho Ho Ho, Christmas Group Show, Andrew Jensen Gallery, Wellington,
1994 Landscape Survey, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland.
Hammond, Frizzell, Stevenson, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
The Spectrum Collection, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Finalist, Visa Gold Award, Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington
Artist’s Wallpaper, The Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga, Auckland
Artists Fax, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
Christmas Show, FHE Gallery, Auckland,
Elvis in Geyserland, Rotorua Art Gallery, Rotorua
1993 Artists Ceramics, Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga, Auckland
Christmas Giving, Artspace Gallery, Auckland
Helping the Recovery, Works on Paper Gallery, Auckland
1992 Works on Paper Gallery, Auckland
Big Green, Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt
Real Surreal, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
Cleansed by the Blood of the Lamb, James Wallace Gallery, Wellington
Artiture Show Tour, New Zealand with Russian Constructivist Tiki Rug
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1991 Wild West Show, Lopdell House Gallery, Titirangi, Auckland
Art and Organised Labour, Touring Show
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2011 Wolfe, Richard and Stephen Robinson, Artists At Work, Penguin Books, London, England
2010 Frizzell, Dick, Dick Frizzell: The Painter, Godwit: Auckland
1997 Allan Smith, Dick Frizzell: Portrait of a Serious Artiste, (catalogue) The City Gallery,
Wellington/Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1997
Egyptian Style Tiki (1998)