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Artist Talk: Peter Bauhuis
Peter Bauhuis GRAND BLOB CHAIN–necklace 2014; copper, silver, gold, bronze, 13 elemtents, ø 30 - 72mm. Photo © Peter Bauhuis
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
Free
Munich-based jeweller and object-maker Peter Bauhuis gives a public talk about his practice in conjunction with his solo exhibition opening at the National in Christchurch on 23 November 2018.
Peter Bauhuis’s work consists of jewellery and objects, but his oeuvre is not limited to these genres. In his challenging exhibitions, both the exhibit and exhibition concept are autonomous artworks; his numerous books must also be seen as independent art productions and form part of a network of making and its perception.
Bauhuis was born in Germany and lives and works in Munich. He trained as a jeweller and studied at the Munich Academy for Fine Arts, finishing with the prestigious title „Meisterschüler“. He has exhibited worldwide since 1999 and won numerous awards and prizes, including the highly esteemed International Silver Triennial in Hanau, Germany, in 2013. His work can been seen in public collections in Europe, the USA and Australia. Bauhuis taught at Alchimia, Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence, Italy for ten years, and is a much sought after guest professor and lecturer in universities and institutions around the world. His solo exhibition opens at the National, Christchurch, 23 Nov 2018.
Bauhuis is in New Zealand courtesy of the National and will be teaching workshops in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin.
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Exhibition
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Collection
Fiona Pardington Mauria mai, tono ano
The title of this work translates from Mâori as ‘to bring to light, to claim again’. Each of the seven silver gelatin photographs depicts a Ngai Tahu heitiki (greenstone pendant) from the Auckland Museum. All from South Island locations, the heitiki are very sacred objects and it took Fiona Pardington 18 months to get permission from hapu (sub-tribes) to photograph them. Traditionally worn close to the heart, heitiki are fertility symbols and so are strongly connected with life and death.
Pardington has used an average of ten flashes for each exposure. This process recalls a Mâori idea that light is held within greenstone, suggesting that what Pardington was doing was not illuminating the heitiki, but releasing a light that was already there.
Pardington was born in Auckland. She is of Scottish and Mâori (Ngai Tahu, Kati Mamoe) descent. Since graduating with a degree in photography in 1984 from the University of Auckland, Pardington has exhibited widely and lectured on photography throughout New Zealand. She lives in Auckland.