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Denis O’Connor

DENIS O’CONNOR

Lucken’s Alphabet Two Rooms 4 July–9 August 2025 Auckland
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Lucken’s Alphabet explores the affinities of language and text to an image. The exhibition takes this theme from Denis O’Connor’s collaborations, translations and encounters with poets for over forty years.

Each letter of the English alphabet prefaces a word that is engraved and matched with an image on the slate’s front. On the reverse side is the line or stanza of verse that enhances, haunts and teases both the enigma of the image, and the duplicity of the word.

The provenances of the slates are the roofs of heritage status architecture in Tāmaki Makaurau. The poets range across broad territories and diverse sensibilities. Song lyrics make a guest appearance, as do found objects.

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A for Anybody by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork painting
Denis O'Connor A for Anybody, 2024 Pigment on welsh slate
25 x 20 cm
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B for Beginish by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork painting
Denis O'Connor B for Beginish, 2024 Carved catskill mountain slate, pigment, wax
26 x 33.5 cm
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C for Culbert by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor C for Culbert, 2024 Carved catskill mountain slate, pigment, wax
25 x 17 cm
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D for Doorness by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor D for Doorness, 2024 Pigment on welsh slate
20 x 25 cm
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E for Equals by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor E for Equals, 2024 Carved catskill mountain slate, pigment, wax
26.5 x 25 cm
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F for Flaneur by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor F for Flaneur, 2024 Carved, pigment on catskill mountain slate
17 x 15.5 cm
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G for Glimmerman by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor G for Glimmerman, 2024 Carved welsh slate, pigment, wax
19.5 x 25 cm
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H for Hat by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor H for Hat, 2025 Carved, pigment on catskill mountain slate
24 x 25.5 cm
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I for Inklings by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork painting
Denis O'Connor I for Inklings, 2024 Pigment, wax on welsh slate
24.5 x 19.5 cm
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It Is My Y by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork painting
Denis O'Connor It Is My Y, 2025 Carved, pigment, acrylic, gloss on catskill mountain slate
25.5 x 13.5 cm
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J for Jargon by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor J for Jargon, 2025 Carved, pigment on catskill mountain slate
17.5 x 24 cm
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K for Known by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor K for Known, 2025 Carved catskill mountain slate, pigment, wax
26 x 19 cm
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L for Lingo by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor L for Lingo, 2024 Pigment, wax on welsh slate
24 x 26 cm
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M for Maunga by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor M for Maunga, 2024 Carved, pigment, wax on catskill mountain slate
24 x 17 cm
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N for Neighbourhood by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor N for Neighbourhood, 2024 Pigment, wax on welsh slate
29.5 x 25 cm
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O for Operetta by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor O for Operetta, 2024 Carved, pigment, wax on welsh slate
20 x 25 cm
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P for Perhaps by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor P for Perhaps, 2025 Welsh slate, pigment, wax
30 x 25 cm
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Poems by Bob Orr AUP Auckland University Press by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork drawing works on paper
Denis O'Connor Poems by Bob Orr, AUP, Auckland University Press, n.d. Ink on paper
51 x 41 cm
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Q for Quota by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor Q for Quota, 2025 Carved, pigment, wax, catskill mountain slate
16 x 23 cm
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R for Raupo by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor R for Raupo, 2024 Pigment, wax on welsh slate
20 x 26 cm
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S for Silence by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor S for Silence, 2024 Carved, pigment, wax on chinese slate
40 x 19 cm
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T for Timing by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor T for Timing, 2024 Pigment, wax on welsh slate
26 x 22 cm
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U for Unsaid by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor U for Unsaid, 2024 Carved, pigment, wax on lake district slate
19.5 x 15.5 cm
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U for Unsay by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor U for Unsay, 2025 Carved, pigment, wax on welsh slate
250 x 195 cm
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V for Vinyl by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor V for Vinyl, 2025 Carved, pigment, wax on welsh slate
25 x 30 cm
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Vitrine Book Cover AUP Auckland University Press by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor Vitrine Book Cover, AUP, Auckland University Press, n.d. Carved, pigment on Lake District slate
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X is for 3 by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor X is for <3, 2025 Pigment, wax on welsh slate
19 x 25 cm
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Zaoshus Dharma Path by Denis OConnor contemporary artwork sculpture
Denis O'Connor Zaoshu’s Dharma Path, 2025 Carved, pigment, wax on chinese inkwell
18 x 12 cm
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