NIGEL BROWN
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BLACK PAPER WORKS10 November - 5 December 2012
NIGEL BROWN
Milford Galleries Dunedin18 Dowling Street (03) 477 7727 info@milfordhouse.co.nz
www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
Wakatipu (2011)acrylic on paper, sheet: 1000 x 700 mm 1
Queenstown (2011)acrylic on paper, sheet: 1000 x 700 mm2
Shotover (2011)acrylic on paper, sheet: 1000 x 700 mm3
You’re Remarkable in the Nude (2011)acrylic on paper, sheet: 1000 x 700 mm4
Wakatipu - Central Otago (2011)acrylic on paper, sheet: 649 x 501 mm5
Bust Yer Guts (2011)acrylic on paper, sheet: 1000 x 700 mm6
Our Otago Dreaming (2011)acrylic on paper, sheet: 1000 x 700 mm7
Gold in My Veins (2011)acrylic on paper, sheet: 1000 x 700 mm8
Finders Keepers (2011)acrylic on paper, sheet: 592 x 417 mm 9
Dart River (2010)acrylic on paper, sheet: 765 x 1125 mm10
Go Weep! (2011)acrylic on paper, sheet: 765 x 1125 mm11
Typical New Zealander (2010)acrylic on paper, sheet: 1125 x 765 mm12
Love Aotearoa (2012)acrylic on paper, sheet: 1125 x 765 mm13
Nigel Brown has had a long term, multi-faceted relationship with the Queenstown
area. His grandfather on the Brown side was the first child born on the Kyeburn
diggings. Relatives such as Moses Brown and John Brown were gold miners who
sluiced extensively. His grandparents ran the Lowburn Station near Cromwell and
he spent formative years on a small farm on the Crown Range. And since moving
to Southland, he has visited Queenstown, Glenorchy and the Paradise Valley
and other places in Central Otago regularly.
This exhibition of paintings on black paper primarily focuses upon the Lakes
District. The works are expressive in character, imaginative in essence and utilise –
as a stylistic convention – a woodcut technique of broad outlines. Brown makes
no especial endeavour to be realistic but actively utilises source material such as
maps; the locations, history and characters of gold mining; the physical
structures, patterns and shadows of the alpine landscape and water.
The evocative place-specific dialogues develop the mythic nature of Brown’s
narratives. These function just as much as incantations as characteristic visual
devices. In works such as Shotover (2011), Our Otago Dreaming (2011,) and
Wakatipu – Central Otago (2011,) the role performed by words is dynamic,
innovative and dramatically varied.
Fundamental to Brown’s works is a humanist philosophy. Time and time again he
has explored the connections and disjuncture between place and belief,
between what we are and what we think we are. This is fully evidenced in the
gold mining works of course but in the iconic Go Weep (2011) and Typical New
Zealander (2010) he returns to his dominant concerns of identity and how we
treat (and mistreat) our environment. In Love Aotearoa (2012), a work which
radiates with light and is strongly suggestive of a stained glass window, he builds
a powerful metaphor of love.
All prices are NZD and include GST; Prices are current at the time of the exhibition
E X H I B I T I O N P R I C E L I S T
1 Wakatipu (2011) 6,275 2 Queenstown (2011) 6,275 3 Shotover (2011) 6,275 4 You're Remarkable in the Nude (2011) 6,275 5 Wakatipu - Central Otago (2011) 4,425 6 Bust Yer Guts (2011) 6,275 7 Our Otago Dreaming (2011) 6,275 8 Gold in My Veins (2011) 6,275 9 Finders Keepers (2011) 4,425 10 Dart River (2010) 6,275 11 Go Weep! (2011) 6,275 12 Typical New Zealander (2010) 6,275 13 Love Aotearoa (2012) 6,275
All prices are for unframed works – framing quotes are available on request
Nigel Brown 2012 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
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NIGEL BROWN b. 1949, lives Southland
Life’s Not Fair (2007-08)
Nigel Brown has established a reputation as one the most important figurative artists working in
New Zealand and is acknowledged as New Zealand’s leading narrative artist. His distinctive
works are a blend of symbolic and expressionistic approaches with a deep social concern.
Brown actively uses story telling precepts within the ‘confines’ of the image. He directly and
selectively employs history, literature, politics, etc. as devices and in so doing examines the
varied plights of the individual and environment with an emotional, intuitive sympathy which is
accurate, incisive and clothed in a vernacular of the human condition.
His work expresses fundamental spiritual and humanistic concerns common to mankind.
These are infused with the particularity of cultural location and reference, the specific of place
and event, the dynamism of individual character and personality with the narrative (artist as
author) point of view.
A potent myth-maker, Brown articulates the conscience of a country reinterpreting and
revisiting its past. He translates this and expresses its (discordant) present with the expectation
of better things to come.
Born in Invercargill, New Zealand in 1949, Nigel Brown (ONZM) gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts
from Elam School of Arts, University of Auckland in 1971 and began his full time artist career in
1972. Since then he has exhibited extensively in public and private galleries throughout New
Zealand and has had several touring exhibitions including in 2000-2001 ‘Points Along the Way’
(a survey). After many years living in suburban Auckland, he moved to a coastal property in
rural Southland in 2000. He has received numerous awards, commissions and residencies and
is represented in most New Zealand public collections and many private collections. Brown
was awarded the Order of NZ Merit for Services to painting and printmaking in 2004 and in
2005 was awarded a three week residency in Russia hosted by NZ’s ambassador in Moscow,
Stuart Prior.
In addition to his painting, Brown is also a printmaker and he has undertaken two significant
stained glass window designs – St Mary’s Catholic Church, Auckland (1991) and Auckland
Cathedral, Parnell (1998). Most recently Brown completed ‘Seven Last Words’ (2009) a suite of
lithographs commissioned by Chamber Music NZ in association with String Quartet in honour of the 200th anniversary of Haydn's death.
Nigel Brown 2012 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
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NIGEL BROWN b. 1949, lives Southland
EDUCATION
1968-71 Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland (BFA) (Tutors include McCahon and Ellis)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Black Paper Works, Milford Galleries Dunedin
Dusky Doubtful, milford galleries queenstown
2011 Travel to Travel, Southland Museum, Invercargill; Lopdell House, Auckland
Mitre, Milford Galleries Dunedin
Short Lives of Birds, whitespace, Wellington
2010 Short Lives of Birds, whitespace, Auckland
New Lemon Tree, Williams Gallery, Petone
The Written Word: Works from the Artist, Wallace and Museum Collections, Tairawhiti
Museum and Art Gallery, Gisborne
Selected Works, milford galleries queenstown
2009 All Our Days, Milford Galleries Dunedin
The Haydn Lithos, Touring Papergraphica Exhibition, Launching at Futuna Chapel, Karori, Wellington
Art of Reading, Williams Gallery, Petone
2008 Conversations, milford galleries queenstown
Lamp, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
Antarctic Visions, Williams Gallery, Petone
2007 Gold Miner, Milford Galleries Dunedin
Will To Meaning, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2006 Worded Image, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
Southern Odyssey Project Commission: Painting for Railway, Mossburn Hotel
Iconic Way, milford galleries queenstown
Personage, Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore
2005 Yeah, Human, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
Allegories, Tinakori Gallery, Wellington
A Russian Journey, Lithographs, Muka, Auckland
Russian Works, New Zealand Embassy, Moscow, Russia
2004 I Am IV, CoCA, Christchurch
Human Condition, Tinakori Galley, Wellington
Dance of the Origin, Milford Galleries Dunedin
2003 Points Along The Way, Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru
I Am III, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
Deco Echo, Statements Gallery, Napier
2002 Points Along the Way, Ashburton Art Gallery; Forester Gallery, Oamaru
I Am II, Tinakori Galley, Wellington
This Human Place, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2001 Points Along the Way, Pataka Porirua Museum of Arts and Culture; Fisher Gallery,
Auckland; Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
I Am, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2000 Points Along The Way, touring show by Milford Galleries Dunedin; Suter Gallery Nelson
Hard Pressed, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
Road Works, Statements Gallery, Napier
1999 Encounter and Discovery: Pacifica, Rotorua Museum of Art and History
1998 Antarctica, touring show Government House, Wellington & Auckland, Southland Museum
and Art Gallery, Canterbury Museum
1996 Pacifica V Southland, Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill
1993 Living Here Aotearoa, Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru; Robert McDougall Art Gallery,
Christchurch
Living Here Aotearoa, A Survey, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
1988 1984 and After, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Nigel Brown 2012 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Delights, Medallion Artists New Zealand, Remuera Gallery, Auckland
My City, Whitespace, Auckland
58th Peace Art Exhibition, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse #1 (Yokohama New Port),
Japan
2009 Medallion Show, Remuera Gallery, Auckland
Masterworks, milford galleries queenstown
57th Peace Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Ueno, Japan
Garden of Delights, New Zealand Medallion Group, Auckland Botanic Gardens Visitor
Centre
Artists to Save Our Water, Chamber Gallery, Rangiora
Taste, Auckland Art Gallery
The Captain, Tauranga Art Gallery
2008 Nine Artists in Fiordland, St Paul’ Cathedral (Caselburg Trust) Dunedin Eden Arts Sketchbook Project: For Artists in Eden Day Select, Old School Puke Ariki, New Plymouth
56th Peace Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Veno Japan
Sinfonia Antarctica, The New Dowse, Lower Hutt
Te Kauri, Zealandia, Warkworth (2008-2009)
Guest Artist (With B. Brickell) NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
Artists to Save our Water, NG Gallery, Christchurch
Showcasing Southland Artists, Southland Museum and Art Gallery
Adornment, Medallion Group, Waiheke
2007 55th Peace Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Veno Japan
Art for Conversation, Michael Fowler Centre / Government House, Wellington
The Printmakers, Catchment Gallery, Nelson
The Shock of the New, CoCA, Christchurch
Ten Renowned Artists, Remuera Gallery, Auckland
2006 Driving Creek collaborative ceramic sculpture with Barry Brickell
The VAANA Fragments, Outreach, Auckland
VAANA Mural, Digitised Version, Karangahape Road, Auckland
Editions, Catchment Gallery, Nelson
Masterstrokes, Gallery 33, Wanaka
Inview: Works from VVA Art Collection, Curated by Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
2005 Everyday Moments, (with Cathy Helps), CoCA, Christchurch
The Hocken Collections in Auckland, Portraits of Artists, University of Otago House
A Celebration of the Life of Lyndsay Crooks, Dunedin Community Gallery
In From the Cold, Christchurch Public Art Gallery
45˚ Below, An Antarctic Summer, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru
53rd Peace Art Exhibition, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan Medallion Group Exhibition, Catchment Gallery, Nelson
2004 McCahon’s Legacy, Ferner Gallery, Wellington
Transit of Venus, milford galleries queenstown
Three Notable Printmakers, Willams Gallery, Petone
A Comparison of Scale, The New Zealand Medallion Group, Percy Thomson Gallery,
Stratford
Pacific Rim, Contemporary New Zealand Medallic Sculpture, Medalia, Rack and Hamper
Gallery, New York
Fidem XXIX 2004, Seixal, Portugal 52 Anniversary Peace Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Uneo, Japan
The Sublime Metaphor, New Zealand House, Haymarket, London; City University of New
York (CVNY)
2003 Oxford University Museum; Leedy-Volkous Art Centre Gallery, Kansas City
Ranges of Inspration, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Waitakere City
Art in the Woolshed, Tawharanui
51st Anniversary Peace Art Exhibiton, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno, Japan
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Connectedness, Hawkes Bay Museum
Barking Mad, The Suter, Nelson On Location, Te Papa Touring Exhibition, Included Southland Museum
The Wind in the Fences, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Overview, AS IS, Landscape and Metaphor, Milford Galleries Dunedin
Artists Against Aqua, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru
2002 Annual Spring Exhibition, Anderson House, Invercargill
Pacific Rim, Simons Gallery , London, England
Southern Exposure, Artists Residence, Cosy Nook 50th Anniversary Peace Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Uneo, Japan
Pacific Rim, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Spiritual Art, Auckland 2001 Cranleigh Barton Drawing Awards, McDougall Gallery, Christchurch (Finalist 2001)
Pacific Rim, Cliff McPherson Gallery, Christchurch
Millennium Medallions, Auckland Museum
49th Anniversary Peace Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno, Japan
Sheep, CoCA, Christchurch 2000 The Artists Chair, Milford Galleries Auckland
Millennium Medallions, Wellington City Art Gallery
Annual Spring Exhibition, Anderson House, Invercargill Text and Image, Lopdell House, Auckland XXVII Fidem 2000 Internationalle Medaillenkunst, Berlin Weimar
48th Anniversary Peace Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno, Japan
1996 Murals for Auckland Town Hall Restoration Project and Green Peace.
1994 Visiting Artist, Hawkes Bay Polytechnic
1987 1987 Print Series, City Gallery, Wellington
1985 Living in the Bomb Age, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
AWARDS & COMMISSIONS
2009 “The Haydn Lithos”, Printed Papergraphica, Christchurch. Commissioned by Chamber
Music NZ in association with NZ String Quartet (performance) and Sara Brodie (video
included in the performance). Performance touring New Zealand, 2009
2007 Cover for Courses and Careers, Cervin Publishing
2006 Work for Railway Hotel, Mossburn, Southern Odessey Trail
2005 Awarded a three week residency in Russia hosted by NZ’s ambassador in Moscow, Stuart
Prior, and partially funded by private contributors in NZ
2004 ONZM for services to Painting and Print Making
1998 Inaugural member Artists to Antarctica
Stained glass window commission Auckland Anglican Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland
Southern Odyssey Project Commission: Painting for Railway, Mossburn Hotel
1995 Finalist Visa Gold
1993 Artist in Residence, Wanganui Regional Polytechnic
1991 Stained glass window commission St Mary’s Catholic Church, Auckland
1986 Awarded QEII Arts Council Grant
1981 Awarded QEII Arts Council Grant for travel to USA, UK & Europe
1978 Awarded QEII Arts Council Grant
COLLECTIONS
Hocken Library Dunedin
Alexander Turnbull Library
Auckland Art Gallery
Sarjeant Gallery
Robert McDougall Art gallery
Te Papa Tongarewa
Manawatu Art gallery
Dowse Art Museum
Waikato Museum of Art & History
Lincoln College
University of Auckland
University of Otago
Chartwell Trust Collection
Aigantighe Art gallery
Creative NZ
University of Canterbury
Porirua Court
Massey University
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University of Waikato
Gisborne Museum & Arts Centre
The Rutherford Collection
Anderson Park Art Gallery
Christchurch City Council
Ministry Of External Relations and Trade
The Suter
Hawkes Bay Polytechnic
ANZ Bank
BNZ
Fletcher Challenge
Bank of NZ
Bromhead Design
Centra Hotel
Russell McVeagh
Simpson Grierson
Eastern Southland Gallery
Canterbury Museum
Fletcher Challenge Petroleum
Natural Gas Corporation
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Westpac Trust
Buddle Findlay
NZ Insurance
Tower Corporation
AMP
Millennium Hotels
Tauranga Art Gallery
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2011 Nigel Brown: Travel To Travel, (catalogue) Southland Museum and Art Gallery; Invercargill,
2011
Wolfe, Richard and Stephen Robinson, Artists At Work, Penguin Books, London, England
2010 Ed. Paul Millar, James K Bazter, Selected Poems, Fyfield Books, Carcanet Press Ltd
Manchester and Auckland University Press, Auckland (work on the cover)
‘Living Icons’, Jam Radio, Depot Artspace, Devonport, Auckland. Denys Trussell Interviews
Artist.
Wolfe, Richard and Stephen Robinson, Artists @ Work, Penguin
2009 ‘North South’, Handwritten and Illustrated by Artist. Poem by Glenn Colquhoun. Steele
Roberts. CNZ Funded.
‘The Christian Symbolism of Nigel Brown’, Alastair Lane, Stimulus, Vol 17, Issue 1, February
2009
The Brown Years, exhibition catalogue, Tauranga Art Gallery. (Catalogue essay by Penny
Jackson)
2008 Gifford, Adam, ‘Shadows of McCahon and More’, Herald, October 11, 2008
Orton, Mark, Nine Artists in Fiordland, A DVD of Break Sea Girl Trip
Kim Hill Interview, Radio NZ, 19 April 2008
The Real Art Show (Promotional pack for touring show)
‘Talk Talk’, Finlay McDonald, Free Air, Recorded June 2008
Johnstone, Christopher, The Painted Garden in NZ Art, Random House NZ, 2008
Wolfe, Richard, NZ Portraits, , Penguin, 2008
Trussell, Dennis, The Expressive Forest, Brick Row Publishing, Auckland, 2008
K.M., Bravado (Cover), Issue 14, 2008, (Included Katherine Mansfield Conference Paper by
P. Jackson, London)
‘Te Ara’, the Encyclopaedia of NZ, Online, Ministry of Culture and Heritage
2007 Fallow, Michael, ‘Vulnerable Stuff’, Southland Times, 2007
Eyley, C.P., No Nukes is Good Nukes, CD, 2007
Clairmont, Sunday Programme, 4/11/2007, TV1 Footage and interview
Will To Meaning, Catalogue 2007, W.H. Gallery, Auckland. (Note by B. Brickell)
2004 Dance of the Origin, DVD material (unedited) of Milford Galleries Dunedin exhibition, 2004,
(TV1 coverage, rehearsal, paintings)
1991 O’Brien, Gregory, Nigel Brown, Random Century
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Inner Truth (2006-09)
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