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Fiona Pardington

FIONA PARDINGTON

The Popular Recreator Starkwhite 11–23 December 2015 Auckland
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Fiona Pardington has created a new suite of photographs fired onto high quality ceramic plates, cups and saucers revisiting a technique used in the early nineties. The works respond to the steel engravings illustrated in a rare encyclopaedic publication The Popular Recreator A Key To In-Door And Out-Door Amusements Vols. 1 And 2 1873/1874. Fiona’s investigations are concerned with how skill-focused pastimes are disappearing due to modern technology and highlight how profoundly contemporary notions of masculinity and femininity have diverged from the Victorian period.

There is only a small number of each artwork available before Christmas so please contact the gallery with enquiries if you are unable to attend the launch. Works range from NZD150-200.

Fiona’s comprehensive survey A Beautiful Hesitation, curated by Aaron Lister, received an outstanding response during it’s time at City Gallery Wellington and we look forward to seeing it at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki this February. To coincide with the opening a new book will be published that brings together new and classic writings on the artist’s work, published by Victoria University Press.

Other Works by Fiona Pardington

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Matius Huia Feathers Te Papa by Fiona Pardington contemporary artwork print
Fiona Pardington Matiu's Huia Feathers, Te Papa, 2023 Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, framed in black Goldie moulding with AR70 non-reflective museum glass
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Laughing Owl Canterbury Museum by Fiona Pardington contemporary artwork photography print
Fiona Pardington Laughing Owl, Canterbury Museum, 2009 Pigment inks on Hahnemuhle
176 x 140 cm
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Modernist Heitiki From The Burnet Collection Whanganui Museum by Fiona Pardington contemporary artwork photography
Fiona Pardington Modernist Heitiki From The Burnet Collection Whanganui Museum, 2008 Gelatin silver photograph taken with a 4 x 5" Sinar caera printed on fibre based archival paper
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One Night of Love by Fiona Pardington contemporary artwork photography
Fiona Pardington One Night of Love, 1997 Silver gelatin hand prints in black box frames, dimensions variable
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Hinekoheuheu Auckland War Memorial Museum by Fiona Pardington contemporary artwork print works on paper
Fiona Pardington Hinekōheuheu, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 2025 Inkjet print on hahnemühle paper, framed in hand lacquered black goldie moulding with ar70 non-reflective museum glass
176 x 140 cm
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Small Portrait of a Fugitive by Fiona Pardington contemporary artwork photography
Fiona Pardington Small Portrait of a Fugitive, 2005 Gold-toned silver gelatin hand print on fibre-based archival paper
65.5 x 79 cm
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D63.32 Taiwhatiwhati or Roroa Otago Paphies Australis Gemelin 1790 D63.28 Pipi North Island Roroa South Island Paphies Australis Gremlin 1790 by Fiona Pardington contemporary artwork photography
Fiona Pardington D63.32 Taiwhatiwhati or Roroa, Otago, Paphies Australis, Gemelin, 1790 D63.28 Pipi North Island, Roroa South Island, Paphies Australis Gremlin, 1790,, 2005 Gold-toned silver gelatin hand print on fibre-based archival paper
72.5 x 85 cm
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Te Rapurapu Kiwi South Canterbury Museum by Fiona Pardington contemporary artwork print works on paper
Fiona Pardington Te Rapurapu, Kiwi, South Canterbury Museum, 2024 Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, framed in hand lacquered black Goldie moulding with AR70 non-reflective museum glass
176 x 140 cm (incl frame) Starkwhite Sold
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About the Artist
Dr Fiona Pardington was born in Auckland. She is of Maori (Ngāi Tahu, Kati Mamoe and Ngāti Kahungunu) and Scottish (Clan Cameron of Erracht) descent. She holds a Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Auckland.
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FIONA PARDINGTON Greatest Misses Starkwhite 3 May–6 June 2026 Auckland
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Starkwhite is a contemporary art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, specialising in the presentation of interdisciplinary visual art exhibitions with an international focus. Starkwhite is committed to a strong art fair programme engaging with the best of contemporary art practice.

In 2022 Starkwhite partnered with 1301PE (Los Angeles) to open 1301SW in Melbourne, Australia. 1301SW opened its second space in Sydney in October 2024. www.1301SW.com.

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Starkwhite contemporary art gallery in Auckland New Zealand
Starkwhite
94 Newton Road, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 307 0703
http://www.starkwhite.co.nz

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Tue - Fri, 10pm - 5pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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