The Artist
‘Artist’ is an umbrella term encompassing a full spectrum of visible, and invisible, creative activities that touch and affect almost every aspect of contemporary life. The Artist series honours the often unseen and undervalued workers at the creative coalface to highlight generous and valuable contribution artists make to us all through their work.
The eight works presented here mark the beginning of a developing new series of collaborative artist-to-artist Performance Painting portraits begun while Artist in Residence at Dunedin School of Art. Each artist’s ‘doppelgänger’ portrait incorporates an element or attitude associated with the artist’s preferred arts practice.
All works archival pigment prints, 65 x 52cm, edition 1/1, framed. 2024
The Poet: Isla Huia
The Painter: Michael Greaves
The Artist / Curator: Wesley John Fourie
The Artist: Sarah McGaughran
The Writer / Director: Pennie Hunt
The Photographer: Charly Walsh
The Jeweller: Octavia Cook
The Artist: Ana Rathbone