GLASS
Past exhibition
Overview
GLASS showcases four of the country's leading artists working with glass: Crystal Chain Gang, Te Rongo Kirkwood, Emily Siddell, and Chris Charteris.
Working across cast, blown, and kiln-formed techniques, these artists draw on both time-honoured studio traditions and customary practices, while pushing the material into new and unexpected territory. Their works balance refinement and experimentation, revealing glass as both an ancient medium and a site of contemporary exploration.
This exhibition showcases the vitality of glass as a fine art medium in New Zealand today. Internationally groundbreaking, innovative, provocative, grounded, and stunning in its diversity.
Working across cast, blown, and kiln-formed techniques, these artists draw on both time-honoured studio traditions and customary practices, while pushing the material into new and unexpected territory. Their works balance refinement and experimentation, revealing glass as both an ancient medium and a site of contemporary exploration.
This exhibition showcases the vitality of glass as a fine art medium in New Zealand today. Internationally groundbreaking, innovative, provocative, grounded, and stunning in its diversity.
Works
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Crystal Chain GangHung, Drawn and Slaughtered, 2005Stainless steel, mild steel, enamel, silicone, cast glassHung: 131cm(l)x 53cm(w) x 34cm(d)
Drawn: 131cm(l) x 53cm(w) x 34cm (d)
Slaughtered: 118cm(l) x 53 cm(w) x 34cm(d)
$150,000 -
Chris CharterisLei - Mata, 2006Signed CC (top stone)Obsidian, argillite and steel cable4200 mm$65,000
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Emily Siddell & Chris CharterisKinship, 2013Recycled wine bottles4900 mm$14,000
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Emily SiddellRevolve Necklace (one), 2025Recycled blown glass beads by Stephen Bradbourne with pâte de verre recycled rosé bottles and kiln formed float glass stars
2400mm -
Emily SiddellRevolve Necklace (three), 2025Recycled blown glass beads by Stephen Bradbourne with pâte de verre, recycled rosé bottles2530mm$8,500
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Te Rongo KirkwoodPuru Hau Breath Vessel Series: Io Vessel, Bronze III, 2025Blown etched glass
320 x 300 mm$4,700 -
Te Rongo Kirkwood4th Dimension Harmonics, 2018signed en versokiln formed glassTotal size on wall: 1145 x 1145 x 15 mm
Individual panel size: 531 x 534 x 15 mm -
Te Rongo KirkwoodEchoes of Light, 2025Kiln formed, cold-worked black & transparent glass445 x 590 mm
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Te Rongo KirkwoodLuminary Pulse, 2025Kiln formed, cold-worked black & transparent glass445 x 590 mm
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Te Rongo KirkwoodManawa Marama (heartbeat light), 2025Kiln formed, cold-worked black & transparent glass445 x 590 mm
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Te Rongo KirkwoodSpeaking in a New Tongue, 2025Kiln formed, cold-worked black & transparent glass497 x 780 mm$5,200
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