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Dr Fiona Pardington 'Kākāpō, South Canterbury Museum'
Estimate:
$14,000 - $20,000
Sold
$17,000
Live Auction
The Sanctuary Mountain® Maungatautari Art Auction
ARTIST
Fiona Pardington
Description
Dr Fiona Pardington
Kākāpō, South Canterbury Museum
inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, 2024
H. 1120 x W. 1400mm
Dr Fiona Pardington (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Ngāti Kahungunu) has a Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Auckland and became the New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate in 2011. She is a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, and in 2016 was named a Knight (Chevalier) in the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Prime Minister. Her work is represented in many significant art collections, both in Aotearoa and overseas.
Pardington has worked closely with hapu and iwi advisors, curators and museum professionals over many years to identify taonga from national and international collections. In her most recent work, Te taha o te rangi, translated as ‘The edge of the heavens’, she makes the connection between the sky and the realm of birds. In this series, the kākāpō are joined by many other rare, endangered and extinct manu of Aotearoa.
Instagram: fionapardington
Website: starkwhite.co.nz
Available for auction courtesy of Fiona Pardington and Starkwhite
Kākāpō, South Canterbury Museum
inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, 2024
H. 1120 x W. 1400mm
Dr Fiona Pardington (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Ngāti Kahungunu) has a Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Auckland and became the New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate in 2011. She is a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, and in 2016 was named a Knight (Chevalier) in the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Prime Minister. Her work is represented in many significant art collections, both in Aotearoa and overseas.
Pardington has worked closely with hapu and iwi advisors, curators and museum professionals over many years to identify taonga from national and international collections. In her most recent work, Te taha o te rangi, translated as ‘The edge of the heavens’, she makes the connection between the sky and the realm of birds. In this series, the kākāpō are joined by many other rare, endangered and extinct manu of Aotearoa.
Instagram: fionapardington
Website: starkwhite.co.nz
Available for auction courtesy of Fiona Pardington and Starkwhite
