Dibble Studio | Rewilding
Dibble Studio is a collaborative endeavour, comprising a small team creating sculptures in the studio of the late Paul Dibble and his wife Fran.
Relaunched in 2025, the sculptures now being made by Dibble Studio include small studies based on existing Paul Dibble sculptures, larger scale versions of models made in the artist's lifetime, and works created from drawings not previously realised in sculptural form. The works released by Dibble Studio often reference past works and processes to some degree but increasingly encompasses new directions, ideas, interpretations, techniques and concepts.
The framework for 'Rewilding' is from a discarded piece of an artwork that was re-worked. An abandoned sculptural city was left in the workshop storage area. This cityscape has been cut up and framed into a series of studies. Elements like Kawakawa plants, with their characteristic heart shaped leaves with holes, ferns and birds, explore a narrative of a city left behind that has been reborn as a new site for finding home. Across these works is a continued conversation about time, the human spirit and the spirit world coexisting with the natural world. The birds become metaphoric symbols of who we once were and who we could be now. The Kawakawa are plants of healing.
As Dibble Studio exhibitions always include Paul's works alongside new works, we are proud to present a selection of original Paul Dibble sculptures in addition to the Studio catalogue.
Dibble Studio's 'Rewilding' opens in the gallery on Wednesday 25 March.
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Dibble StudioCreating New Landscapes, 2026Cast bronze2200 x 1250 x 500 mm -
Dibble StudioBrave New World, 2026Cast bronze1650 x 1020 x 440 mm
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Dibble StudioThe Healers, 2026Cast bronze1500 x 600 x 340 mm
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Dibble StudioIn Lost Places, 2026Cast bronze1530 x 550 x 360 mm
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Dibble StudioCoatrack, 2026Cast bronze1960 x 700 x 480 mm
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Dibble StudioTribute: A Tūī in a Kōwhai Tree, 2025Cast bronze350 x 225 x 115 mmEdition of 5$16,000
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Dibble StudioThe Blood-Red Rata, 2026Cast bronze260 x 180 x 150 mm$9,000
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Dibble StudioTribute: Looking Back to the Golden Days, 2026Cast bronze340 x 300 x 90 mm
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Dibble StudioSettling in Cities, 2026Cast bronze280 x 400 x 170 mm
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Dibble StudioRe-building, 2026Cast bronze320 x 300 x 90 mm
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Dibble StudioFinding a Vantage Point, 2026Cast bronze380 x 220 x 160 mm
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Dibble StudioUsing Old Structures, 2026Cast bronze300 x 310 x 160 mm
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Dibble StudioThe Nature Gods Return, 2026Cast bronze480 x 220 x 220 mm
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Dibble StudioThey Gather Like Angels, 2026Cast bronze600 x 220 x 220 mm
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Dibble StudioIn Plain Sight, 2025Cast bronze400 x 170 x 185 mmEdition of 5$12,000
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Paul DibbleHuia Sings Alone 1, 2023Signed, dated and editioned on baseBronze, 24 carat gold
135 x 72 x 48 cmEdition of 12 plus 1 artist's proof$85,000 -
Paul DibbleHuia Sings Alone 2, 2023Signed, dated and editioned on baseBronze, 24 carat gold
145 x 50 x 35 cmEdition of 12 plus 1 artist's proof$85,000 -
Paul DibbleA Moment, 2023Signed, dated and editioned on baseBronze
212 x 41 x 29 cmEdition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof -
Paul DibbleWaiting for Time to Pass, 2023Signed, dated and editioned on baseBronze212 x 41 x 31.5 cmEdition 5 of 5$175,000
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Paul DibbleA Moment Model, 2023Signed, dated and editioned on baseBronze
70 x 19 x 19 cmEdition of 10 plus 1 artist's proof$18,000 -
Paul DibbleStanding Kōwhai, 2023Signed, dated and editioned on baseBronze, 24 carat gold175 x 33 x 38 cmEdition of 10 plus 1 artist's proof$125,000
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Paul DibbleThe Gold of the Kōwhai [Model], 2015Cast bronze and 24kt gold19.7 x 9.1 x 5.9 in
50 x 23 x 15 cm#8/10
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