Still Life
Still Life opens Thursday 18th June. Bringing together fourteen artists - Michael Parekōwhai, Jude Rae, Fiona Pardington, Elizabeth Thomson, Heather Straka, Joe Sheehan, Séraphine Pick, Martin Basher, Richard Killeen, Dick Frizzell, Andrew Drummond, Ben Pearce, Neil Dawson, and Paul Hartigan - this exhibition examines the breadth and depth of something as simple as 'still-life'.
We begin grounded in painting with the likes of Heather Straka, but are pulled into Fiona Pardington's photographs and further still into the world of sculpture.
The tradition of 'still-life' has never been homogenous, this exhibition honours the textured lineage of the practice and invites contemplation. What compels us to capture an object in time, why this image, why now? Still-lifes within Egyptian tombs were thought to manifest their depictions for those in the afterlife; still-life has been used to record and educate, to remind us of the ephemerality of beautiful things, as explorations of shape and form. Honed and delicate, or wild and exploratory still-lifes offer us moments.
Join us to celebrate this exhibition in the gallery from 5pm Thursday 18th June.
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Michael ParekōwhaiActs, 1992Patinated bronze
10 pieces, each approx. 85 x 10mm
Frame 450 x 380 x 43 mm
MLG-MP-9392$15,000 -
Jude RaeSL511, 2025Oil on linen460 x 460 mm$26,000
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Fiona PardingtonStill Life with Nasturtiums in a Crystal vase and an Unknown Organic Object, Ripiro,, 2013-2014Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper
Hand lacquered black Goldie moulding with AR70 non-reflective museum glass1400 x 1760 mm6 of 10$25,000 -
Fiona PardingtonStill Life with Water Lilies, Dragon Fruit and Sphinx, Ripiro, 2014Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper
Framed in hand lacquered black Goldie moulding with AR70 non-reflective museum glass745 x 875 mm5 of 10$9,000 -
Elizabeth THOMSONPūrēhua, 2026Cast bronze, flocked, hand paintedvariable$4,000 each
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Heather StrakaOrchid 1, 2026Titled and signed versoOil on canvas board550 x 370 mm (framed)$5,500
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Heather StrakaOrchid 2, 2026Titled and signed versoOil on canvas board550 x 370 mm (framed)$5,500
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Joe SheehanPaint Tubes, Pounamu, Set of 12 , 2026PounamuP.O.A
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Seraphine PickUntitled, 1993Signed and dated en versoOil on canvas380 x 300 x 22 mm$8,000
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Richard KilleenRepetition SeriesUV injet on plywood550 x 550 mm
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Dick FrizzellIn/Out Juan Gris, 2020Oil on canvasFrame: 755 x 620 x 60 mm
Image: 615 x 480 mm$35,000 -
Dick FrizzellJuan Gris Fruit and Knife, 2020Oil on canvasFrame: 675 x 905 x 70 mm
Image: 500 x 730 mm$35,000 -
Martin BasherUntitled, 2026Signed and dated en versoAcrylic on canvas460 x 355 mm
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Martin BasherUntitled, 2026Signed and dated en versoAcrylic on canvas460 x 355 mm
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Martin BasherUntitled, 2026Signed and dated en versoAcrylic on canvas1000 x 750 mm
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Andrew DrummondVented Hanging Device, 1994Mixed media62 x 30 x 30 cm$14,500
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Ben PearceProtected One, 2026Bronze, patina
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Neil DawsonRenovation, 1979/2023Nickel plated steel155 x 258 x 220 mm$5,000
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Paul HartiganTHE WAHS (set of 2)Bronze with blue and black patina
120 x 50 mm$5,300 -
Paul HartiganThe Metaphors , 2025Unique [engraved & dated]Bronze + 24ct [gold plate]100 x 80 x 60mm$5,300
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Paul HartiganThe Metaphors [Carmine], 2024Unique [engraved & dated]Bronze patina100 x 80 x 60mm$2,800
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