One of New Zealand’s foremost photographers, Pardington's solo exhibition of recent works will encompass some of the defining features of her practice: memory, mourning, beauty and sensuality.

Exhibition Dates: 2 May – 24 May 2014

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is pleased to present its first exhibition with artist Fiona Pardington. One of New Zealand’s foremost photographers, Pardington's solo exhibition of recent works will encompass some of the defining features of her practice: memory, mourning, beauty and sensuality. Her captivating images draw heavily on the European tradition of the vanitas or momento mori painting, where the luxury and opulence of the material world is undermined by the imminence of decay. Pardington meticulously composes each study by using found objects imbued with their own history, such as rediscovered family heirlooms or native botanical items. Life, death, longing and loss are all intertwined in these photographs.  

Fiona Pardington has exhibited widely since 1989. Recent exhibitions include Contact at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany in 2012, the 2012 Ukraine Biennale and the 17th Biennale of Sydney curated by David Elliot in 2010. Her work is represented in several major international museum collections including the Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C and in New Zealand the Christchurch Art Gallery, The University of Auckland, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland Art Gallery and Govett Brewster Art Gallery.

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Fiona Pardington My Mother's Roses, Pomegranates and Plastic Bottles, Ripiro, 2013; Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm; 110 x 146 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 82.5 x 110cm; Edition of 10; enquire
My Mother's Roses, Pomegranates and Plastic Bottles, Ripiro, 2013
Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm
110 x 146 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 82.5 x 110cm
Edition of 10
Fiona Pardington Still Life with Mussel Spat, My Name Sigil Crystals and Wolf Moon Holy Water, Ripiro, 2014; Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm; 110 x 146 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 82.5 x 110cm; Edition of 10; enquire
Still Life with Mussel Spat, My Name Sigil Crystals and Wolf Moon Holy Water, Ripiro, 2014
Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm
110 x 146 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 82.5 x 110cm
Edition of 10
Fiona Pardington Still Life with the Knight of Cups, the High Priestess and my Grandmother's Pearls, Ripiro, 2013; Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm; 82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm; Edition of 10; enquire
Still Life with the Knight of Cups, the High Priestess and my Grandmother's Pearls, Ripiro, 2013
Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm
82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm
Edition of 10
Fiona Pardington Still Life with Black Candle, White Candle and Kriselle's Pururi Flower, from the Colin McCahon Residency, 2013; Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm; 82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm; Edition of 10; enquire
Still Life with Black Candle, White Candle and Kriselle's Pururi Flower, from the Colin McCahon Residency, 2013
Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm
82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm
Edition of 10
Fiona Pardington Still life with Kookaburra, Deodorant bottle and Protea, 2013; Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm; 82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm; Edition of 10; enquire
Still life with Kookaburra, Deodorant bottle and Protea, 2013
Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm
82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm
Edition of 10
Fiona Pardington Still life with Barnacles and Rubber Ball Ripiro Beach, 2013; Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm; 82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm; Edition of 10; enquire
Still life with Barnacles and Rubber Ball Ripiro Beach, 2013
Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm
82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm
Edition of 10
Fiona Pardington Tamarillo, Cut Passionfruit and A Camellia, McCahon, 2013; Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm; 82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm; Edition of 10; enquire
Tamarillo, Cut Passionfruit and A Camellia, McCahon, 2013
Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm
82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm
Edition of 10
Fiona Pardington Still Life with Nasturtiums in a Crystal Vase and an Unknown Organic Object, Ripiro, 2013; Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm; 82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm; Edition of 10; enquire
Still Life with Nasturtiums in a Crystal Vase and an Unknown Organic Object, Ripiro, 2013
Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm
82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm
Edition of 10
Fiona Pardington Colin's Flagon with Precarious Kowhai Flowers and a Pansy, McCahon, 2013; Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm; 82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm; Edition of 10; enquire
Colin's Flagon with Precarious Kowhai Flowers and a Pansy, McCahon, 2013
Pigment inks on Epson Hot Press Natural 320gsm
82.5 x 110 cm; 3 edition sizes: 55 x 82.5 & 110 x 146cm
Edition of 10