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David Trubridge & Peata Larkin30 June - 25 July 2012

WOVEN

1. DAVID TRUBRIDGE, Tipu I (Bush) (2012) composit of bioplastic & flax fibres, light fitting, size

composit of bioplastic & flax fibres, light fitting, size (ø x d): 1590 x 320 mm

2. DAVID TRUBRIDGE, Tipu II (Grass) (2012) composit of bioplastic & flax fibres, light fitting, size

composit of bioplastic & flax fibres, light fitting, size (ø x d): 1630 x 380 mm

3. DAVID TRUBRIDGE, Tipu III (Spiral) (2012) composit of bioplastic & flax fibres, light fitting, size

composit of bioplastic & flax fibres, light fitting, size (ø x d): 1690 x 350 mm

4. PEATA LARKIN, PATIKITIKI FLOW (Black_2011)

acrylic on mesh on plexiglass, frame: 1000 x 600 x 60 mm

5. PEATA LARKIN, PATIKITIKI FLOW (White_2011)

acrylic on mesh on plexiglass, frame: 1012 x 613 x 60 mm

6. PEATA LARKIN, KARU HAPUKU ABC (Black_2011)

acrylic on mesh on plexiglass, frame: 773 x 773 x 60 mm

7. PEATA LARKIN, KARU HAPUKU 010 (Black_2011)

acrylic on mesh on plexiglass, frame: 998 x 599 x 60 mm

8. PEATA LARKIN, KARU HAPUKU 010 (White_2011)

acrylic on mesh on plexiglass, frame: 998 x 599 x 60 mm

Woven is an exhibition of textures and light, uniting the ‘raw sophistication’ of

David Trubridge with the abstracted weaving patterns and tactility of Peata

Larkin.

David Trubridge needs no introduction as an internationally acclaimed furniture

designer. He has also received extraordinary acknowledgement for his lights –

including being judged best of the year in 2006 by the French editors of “Elle

Décor” magazine. His designs are in the permanent collection of the Pompidou

Centre, Victoria and Albert Museum and numerous others; he was listed in 2008

as one of the top 15 designers of the world.

Trubridge is exhibiting three brand-new, unique sculptural scale abstract forms.

These are also delicate and entrancing lights. They are generically titled Tipu

(meaning swelling or lump) and then further identified by the naturalistic

reference that comprises the design language of each work – bush, grass, spiral.

Each work has profoundly different sensations, presence and shadow patterns.

They have been made using a (sustainable) pioneering formulation made from

plant material and NZ flax fibre. The works express their organic origins and

naturalistic impulses with the overlays and lattice character of each work

defining, interceding and fracturing the soft role played by light and shadow as

the forms flow, spin and come to deepen.

Peata Larkin has risen to national prominence through building complex visual

matrices that link the traditions of Maori weaving patterns to the morphing digital

world. Her works explore the phenomenon of light and colour, using the

sculptural qualities and tactility of paint.

All of Larkin’s five works in Woven are backed by clear plexiglass. A shadow play

of weave and pattern occurs. The works seem to float or hover in space away

from the wall. This quality is further enhanced by the receding and advancing

nature of each work. There is duality everywhere in her work – metaphors of light

and dark, the dialogues of old and new.

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 TE X H I B I T I O N P R I C E L I S TE X H I B I T I O N P R I C E L I S TE X H I B I T I O N P R I C E L I S T

D A V I D T R U B R I D G ED A V I D T R U B R I D G ED A V I D T R U B R I D G ED A V I D T R U B R I D G E

1 Tipu I (Bush) (2012) 14,000

2 Tipu II (Grass) (2012) 15,500

3 Tipu III (Spiral) (2012) 16,500

P E A T AP E A T AP E A T AP E A T A L A R K I NL A R K I NL A R K I NL A R K I N

4 PATIKITIKI FLOW (Black_2011) 5,500

5 PATIKITIKI FLOW (White_2011) 5,500

6 KARU HAPUKU ABC (Black_2011) 5,500

7 KARU HAPUKU 010 (Black_2011) 5,500

8 KARU HAPUKU 010 (White_2011) 5,500