4 - 29 May 2013
milford galleries queenstown9A Earl Street (03) 442 6896 [email protected]
www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
SUEHAWKERA SingularOccasion
The Bride (2013)pate de verre glass, size: 535 x 380 x 320 mm1
He Does (2013)pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 535 x 195 mm2
Oma (2013)pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 475 x 270 mm3
In the Pink (2013)pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 425 x 235 mm4
Prayer Reader (2013)pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 430 x 240 mm5
Portrait of Celina (2012)pate de verre glass, size: 415 x 312 x 275 mm6
State of Grace (2012)pate de verre glass, size: 405 x 320 x 277 mm7
Likely Lads (Blue) (2013)pate de verre glass, size: 430 x 200 x 143 mm9Likely Lads (Red) (2013)
pate de verre glass, size: 490 x 245 x 140 mm8
Likely Lads (Blue) (2013)pate de verre glass, size: 430 x 200 x 143 mm
Likely Lads (Yellow) (2013)pate de verre glass, size: 450 x 200 x 140 mm10
Paranymph (2013)pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 460 x 190 mm11
Energy Contained (2013)pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 330 x 140 mm12
Living Figment (2013)pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 450 x 275 mm13
Social Butterfly (2013)pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 103 x 147 mm14
With her latest exhibition A Singular Occasion, Sue Hawker continues to push
the boundaries of the pâte de verre technique. Hawker speaks of this suite of
works as ‘portraits’ based on actual people (1). She uses form and palette to
delineate individual characters and the interactions between them.
Hawker uses the visual traditions of a wedding to explore dialogues about the
role of family and of the dichotomy between male and female. Large, floral
vase forms in traditionally ‘feminine’ hues are cast as the female players in this
‘frozen’ theatre. The Bride evokes (through its very title) thoughts of tulle and
figured satin and Hawker plays on this with her use of massed blossom shapes
in translucent lemon to suggest the sweep of a veil and the train of a gown.
The drama of the form sets it apart from all other works while the repetition of
floral patterning and soft hue clearly links it to the other flower-bedecked
‘females’.
The new columnar forms are assigned masculine roles and an element of
phallocentrism can be read in their strongly defined shapes. The glittering
black and upright stance of the cylinders are reminiscent of sober suits and
the curved tops of the Likely Lads suggest an animated camaraderie as they
lean in to one another. The pops of primary colour Hawker has used in the
three works link them further, at the same time differentiating them from the
groom figure, He Does. Each of Hawker’s works plays its part in this stylised
ritual, their individual characters speaking to one another to create a unified
whole.
The works in A Singular Occasion reveal the breadth of Sue Hawker’s ability to
imagine a myriad of possibilities to be explored and her technical excellence
in a demanding medium enables her to turn these into realities.
1. Artist’s statement, 2013
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 T
1 The Bride (2013) 6,500
2 He Does (2013) 6,000
3 Oma (2013) 6,500
4 In the Pink (2013) 5,750
5 Prayer Reader (2013) 5,750
6 Portrait of Celina (2012) 6,500
7 State of Grace (2012) 6,500
8 Likely Lads (Red) (2013) 3,750
9 Likely Lads (Blue) (2013) 3,500
10 Likely Lads (Yellow) (2013) 3,500
11 Paranymph (2013) 5,750
12 Energy Contained (2013) 2,000
13 Living Figment (2013) 6,500
14 Social Butterfly (2013) 495
Sue Hawker 2013 CV milford galleries queenstown www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
P a g e | 1
SUE HAWKER b. 1948, lives Kerikeri
Connexions Group (2009/10)
"Glass is a mesmerising medium with its refractive, reflective and transparent qualities. I harness
these qualities when designing and creating my forms. In fact, I create art with light itself". (1)
Sue Hawker creates unique glass sculpture and has employed cast glass, etching and pâte
de verre techniques in her practice to date. “Pâte de verre is an exacting technique requiring
meticulous work and is often used to create fragile pieces. Sue’s piece, however, represents
quite a departure from traditional pâte de verre creations.” (2)
Her works are often composed of individual flowers or vines and are delivered with a
celebratory, colourist’s flourish. Visual contradictions abound – the suggestive fragility of the
pâte de verre style (its fragmentary, sand-grain quality) has been retained but this is an illusion,
for these works have considerable structural strength. The result is works of astonishing
complexity, quality and remarkable presence.
Hawker’s 2013 series, A Singular Occasion is a delicate series of portraits of guests at a
wedding celebration and the artist employs flower, vines, punga trunk and butterfly forms to
depict a variety of characters including The Bride, He Does, Oma, Social Butterfly, Paranymph,
Prayer Reader and The Likely Lads.
In 2011 Hawker received the Juror’s Choice award for the New Glass Review 32 at the Corning
Museum of Glass in New York and in 2010 she won the prestigious Ranamok Glass Awards with
her pâte de verre work Too Much Is Never Enough. She has been a finalist in a number of
other awards over the years including the Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards in 2010, 2009, 2008
& 2007, the Bombay Sapphire NZ Collection, 2007, finalist of the Wallace Art Awards in 2010
and a recipient of an Honourable Mention at the Mazda Art Glass Awards, 2007.
1. Artist Statement, 2010
2. Northtec, “Kerikeri Artist Wins Ranamok Glass Prize", The Big Idea/ Te Aria Nui, 2010
Sue Hawker 2013 CV milford galleries queenstown www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
P a g e | 2
SUE HAWKER b. 1948, lives Kerikeri
EDUCATION
Selected papers, including glass sculpture, from the Bachelor of Applied Arts degree at NorthTec,
Kerikeri SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 A Singular Occasion, milford galleries queenstown
2011 Florescentia, milford galleries queenstown
2008 I am….Pakeha, Milford Galleries Dunedin
2006 Woman, Pioneer Tavern, Kerikeri
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Focus, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Off the Wall, Waiheke Community Gallery, Waiheke Island
2012 30/30, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Reboot, milford galleries queenstown
2011 Traverse, Milford Galleries Dunedin
Collect 2011, Saatchi Gallery, London (with Glass Artists’ Gallery), England
Royal Queenstown Easter Show, milford galleries queenstown
Encore, Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010 The Earl Street Journal, milford galleries queenstown
Bloom, milford galleries queenstown
Objec-tive, Waiheke Community Gallery
Ranamok Contemporary Glass, Touring Australia
Crush, Lane Gallery, Auckland
2009 Glass 09, milford galleries queenstown
Two, Gravel Gallery, Kerikeri
Te Iti Kahurangi, Waiheke Community Art Gallery
Ranamok Contemporary Glass, Touring Australia
Glass, Whakatane District Museum, Whakatane
New Zealand Showcase, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong
2008-2010 Glass Invitational NZ, touring exhibition; Canterbury Museum, Christchurch; Milford Galleries
Dunedin; Lopdell House, Auckland
2008 Far North Glass Showcase”, Te Papa Store, Wellington
Glass, Whakatane District Museum, Whakatane
Artworks 2008, Hilton Hotel, Auckland
Northern Light, Morgan Street Gallery, Auckland
Open Slather, Ausglass, Canberra, Australia
2007 Luminous Objects, Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington
Matariki, Whangarei Old Library Gallery, Whangarei
Matariki, Copthorne Hotel, Waitangi
Traces of Light, Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington
The Green Exhibition, Nikau Gallery, Maharangi
2006 18 Degrees, Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangarei
Luminous, Hilton Hotel, Auckland
Illumination, Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington
A Touch of Glass, Mairangi Bay Arts Centre, Auckland
2005 Cast and Pressed, Indigo Gallery, Kerikeri
AWARDS
2012 Finalist, Ranamok Contemporary Glass Prize Australia
2011 Finalist, Ranamok Contemporary Glass Prize Australia
Jurors’ Choice, New Glass Review 32, Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA
2010 Winner, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
Sue Hawker 2013 CV milford galleries queenstown www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
P a g e | 3
Finalist, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane
2009 Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane
2008 Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane
2007 Finalist, Bombay Sapphire NZ Collection
Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane
Honourable Mention, Mazda Art Glass Awards BIBLIOGRAPHY 2012 Liz Caughey, “Too Much is Never Enough: Radical Steps in Reinventing Pâte de verre”,
Craft Arts International, no. 86 (2012), pp 51-54.
2011 ‘Ranamok Glass’, Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Australia, 2011
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAnfaB4B2Ec>
2010 ‘Too Much Is Never Enough’, News On ABC, ABC News, 2010,
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeLUlnRFzcA&feature=related>
2008 Benson, Nigel, ‘Moulding Identity’, Otago Daily Times, October 23, 2008
2008 Carrick, Chanelle, ‘Art Seen’, Otago Daily Times, October 30, 2008
Oma (2013)
Top Related