hannah kidd

17th October - 11th November, 2009

HANNAH KIDDANTARCTICAANDOTHERADVENTURES

M i l f o r d G a l l e r i e s D u n e d i n18 Dowling St (03) 477 7727 www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

Preview: Friday 16th October from 5:30pmArtist Talk: Saturday 17th October from 11am

steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 190 x 185 x 385 mm

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steel rod, corrugated iron, polar bear & figure (v x h x d): 1720 x 1330 x 2010 mm, penguins (v x h x d): 555 x 670 x 660 mm, 545 x 540 x 790 mm

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steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): approx 560 x 670 x 660 mm

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HANNAH KIDD - Antarctica and Other Adventures

1 1,950HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Mole Rat 1) (2009)

2 1,950HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Mole Rat 2) (2009)

3 8,500HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Walrus) (2009)

4 6,000HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Walrus Skull) (2009)

5 3,750HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Four-horned Antelope) (2009)

6 4,250HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Gerenuk) (2009)

7 8,500HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Hartebeest) (2009)

8 25,000HANNAH KIDD, Artist to Antarctica (2009)

9 18,000HANNAH KIDD, The Hedge Trimmer (2009)

10 5,000HANNAH KIDD, Penguin (single) (2009)

11 8,500HANNAH KIDD, Penguins (pair) (2009)

Hannah Kidd's meteoric rise as a sculptor of real importance has been founded in her

fundamental mastery of the representational disciplines. Her eye for detail is matched by

the formal unity of an idiosyncratic visual language which adapts to every task at hand

readily and so convincingly that every animal or object is delivered with compelling

accuracy and imbued with individual character and social values.

Hannah Kidd has an uncanny way of giving everyday materials a life essence.

Using recycled corrugated iron and steel rod armatures (and the flattening device of a

back and forth 4WD truck or an agricultural roller ), Kidd transforms the mundane into the

extraordinary - not only in the materials she uses but the subject matter she chooses to

convey. She has a quirky and witty way of reflecting on life and although her works may at

first appear to be observations, they delve into the darker and deeper areas of human

nature.

Domestic New Zealand life is revealed in the work ‘The Hedge Trimmer’. A monument to

the kiwi “do it yourself” attitude, and the relationships between people and their everyday

environment.

‘Antarctica and Other Adventures’ comprises three large-scale artworks. Clad in an

orange body suit, the artist pats a polar bear while penguins waddle along. It is remarkable

how Kidd can animate even the most lifeless of materials and ‘Artist to Antarctica’

demonstrates this without doubt. Kidd 's ability to present movement, to show them as

real forms while also playing the joke of uniting an Arctic polar bear in an Antarctic

adventure is remarkable and another powerful example of the intellectual adroitness of

her work.

A variety of trophy heads and weird and wonderful animals make up the work ‘Highlights

from the Museum’. Many of the animals are odd and difficult in shape and form but they

did exist once in reality and now still do as taxidermy. These animals - mole rats, gerenuk,

four-horned antelope and hartebeest - are all part of exhibited animals at the Tring

Museum in England. How do we as humans relate to animals - as pets, trophies, sport or

dinner? Hannah Kidd asks us to address our relationships.

Rising already to international prominence, Hannah Kidd reveals aspects of our everyday

life we often take for granted. Using humour as a dramatic device, she explores elements

of the human condition. Relationships are exposed and explored through a visual

language that is entirely her own and without parallel in NZ sculpture.

Hannah Kidd 2010 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

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HANNAH KIDD b. 1979, lives Franz Joseph

Artist to Antarctica (2009)

Franz Josef based sculptor Hannah Kidd predominantly crafts and welds sculptural creations

from steel rod and corrugated iron as a means to investigate people and the relationships

they have with their surrounding environment. “Kidd’s works remind us we are New Zealanders

and explore our relationships with each other and our environments”. 1

Kidd’s subject matter has focused on witty and often comical animal studies which she has

used as a vehicle to discuss the human condition.

“Kidd’s works are covered with flat tin, spot-welded, and remarkably detailed,

notwithstanding their clear origins in bits of roofing iron. She will take on any living subject, from

humans to horses.” 2

Hannah Kidd graduated in 2001 from the Otago Polytechnic School of Art majoring in

sculpture. Kidd’s work has featured in “I’m sure I’ve seen that before”, Vienna, Austria (2002),

Sculpture By the Sea, Sydney (2007) Sculpture By the Sea, Denmark (2009) along with

numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout New Zealand.

1. Brown, Warwick ‘Seen this Century’, Godwit, 2009

2. ibid

Hannah Kidd 2010 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

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HANNAH KIDD b. 1979, lives Franz Joseph

EDUCATION 2001 BFA Otago Polytechnic School of Art (Sculpture Major)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Antarctica and Other Adventures Milford Galleries Dunedin

2008 Heartland CoCA, Christchurch

The Locals Milford Galleries Dunedin

Tapestry Addiction Little River Gallery

2007 Go, Dog. Go! CoCA, Christchurch

The Gentlemens Club Little River Gallery

2006 Quarter Acre Dreaming Little River Gallery

2005 Road Kill, CoCA, taxidermy and mixed media, CoCA,

Christchurch

Run Away to the Circus Little River Gallery

2004 Best in the Show CoCA, Christchurch

Made to Rust Little River Gallery

2003 Down on the Farm CoCA, Christchurch

2002 Good Breeding CoCA, Christchurch

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe Peth, Australia Masterworks milford galleries queenstown

Sculpture by the Sea Aarhus, Denmark

2008 NZ Sculpture OnShore Auckland

3B’s Works’milford galleries auckland

3 Some Letham Gallery, Auckland

Kiwi Caravan Uxbridge, Auckland

2007 Sculpture by the Sea Sydney, Australia

Sculpture on the Peninsula Banks Peninsula

Sculpture in Central Otago Olssen’s Vineyard, Bannockburn

The Great Art Auction NG Gallery, Christchurch

The CoCA Art Awards CoCA, Christchurch

A show with Ross Whitlock Morgan Street Gallery, Auckland

2006 A&P Show Christchurch Art Gallery

The Art Event Christchurch Art Gallery

Sculpture in Central Otago Olssen's Vineyard, Bannockburn

Art in a Garden Flaxmere, North Canterbury

2005 Urban Life-A Celebration in Art Wellington

Sculpture in the Garden Banks Peninsula

Sculpture in Central Otago Ollssen’s Vineyard, Otago

Art in a Garden Hawden, Canterbury

The Art Event Christchurch Art Gallery

Wine and Art Auction Christchurch Hospital

2004 Art in the Garden North Canterbury

The Big Art Auction Banks Peninsula Greens

NZ Sculpture Onshore Auckland

Aotearoa Barbie CoCA, Christchurch

CoCA Art Awards CoCA, Christchurch

2003 Gardenz, Sculpture Symposium Christchurch

Sculpture in the Garden Banks Peninsula

I’m sure I’ve seen that somewhere before Vienna, Austria

SELECTED ARTICLES (as attached) 2009 Brown, Warwick, Seen This Century: 100 Contemporary New Zealand Artists, A Collectors

Guide, Godwit, Auckland, pg 216 – 219

2008 Benson, Nigel, Welding a View of NZ Rural Life, ODT, pg 37

2008 Hanton, Jamie, Innocence and Exploitation, The Press

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Documents

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steel rod armatures

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