This artist is listed in the following standard biographical references. Original new zealand art from new zealand realist artist brian mccracken featuring. Brian mccracken new zealand landscape artist new zealand. Reimagining mundane objects and transfiguring their forms into enchanting largescale sculptures, new zealand artist david mccracken transforms the everyday. From abstract to still life paintings, and photography to sculpture, our art comes in all mediums including acrylics, oils, wood, metal. Art exhibition brian mccracken, mark thomas, graham brinsley.
Richard williams, nancy tschetner, barbara smith, brian mccracken, lindsay muirhead, lynn henry, mark thomas, sue currie, lorna allan, lyn hewitson. Artists exhibited with concise dictionary of new zealand artists. This book is widely available in new zealand libraries. We carry art by over 100 established, new zealand artists and have a huge range of unique, contemporary and affordable artworks to select from. New zealand artist brian mccracken is inspired by the wide open spaces of the canterbury and otago countryside. Francis mccracken new zealand, 18791959 harold mccracken. Brian campbell is an artist living in gisborne, new zealand. Pages public figure artist brian mccracken artist videos these works are available from the garage. These works are available from the garage gallery at kimbell on the fairlie tekapo road, just out of fairlie. Landscape art exhibition opening at bryce gallery in christchurch. Mar 30, 2017 beautiful new paintings by new zealand artist s peter hackett, richard wilson and brian mccracken.
Mobile art gallery is new zealands largest online art gallery. Diminish and ascend christchurch, new zealand atlas. Featuring works by well known nz artists dale gallagher, richard wilson, peter beadle, peter hackett, ross jones,tim wilson, graham brinsley,tania verrent, mark thomas, ben ho, philip beadle, simon payton, brian mccracken to name but a few. The otautau gallery can be found in a beautifully restored old church nestled on main street, which. Brian mccracken artist acrylic on canvas, lindis pass, new zealand. After leaving school, he became an apprentice signwriter, which involved pictorial art, commercial design and cartooning all of which have elements of realism and abstraction. Nz original artwork mobile art gallery art for sale art. About uscentral art gallery is one of new zealands oldest privately. Simon denny is a new zealand artist born in 1982 and he is his countrys latest artist for the venice biennale, in which he will be participating with a project titled secret power. Brian s works are all highly finished oil paintings, depicting the new zealand landscape in a unique, stylised manner with. His first solo exhibition was held in 2000 at the mcpherson gallery in auckland, new zealand, and since then mccracken has experienced a meteoric career as a visual artist. Ralph hotere, clark esplin, tom esplin, kelvin mcmillan, brian mccracken.
These include major holdings of new zealand historic, modern and contemporary art, and outstanding works by maori and pacific island artists, as well as european painting, sculpture and print collections ranging in date from 76 to the present day. Situated at 71 beach street queenstown opposite the earnslaw wharf. Mccracken is a hereditary surname derived from ulster and nearby galloway, scotland. Brian baxter art studio 28 elisha drive blenheim phone 03. Strong studied at the university of canterbury gaining a diploma of fine arts with honours. Billy apple 20th and 21stcentury pop and conceptual artist. Fabulous new paintings by some of new zealands best known artists. Auckland art gallery toi o tamaki is the largest art institution in new zealand, with a collection numbering over 15,000 works. All these artists appear in the book concise dictionary of new zealand artists painters, printmakers, sculptors by kate mcgahey, published by gilt edge in 2000.
Situated in the heart of queenstown opposite the earnslaw wharf central art displays over paintings by leading and emerging nz artists. Mccrackens rest and lookout, te waewae, new zealand beautiful. It is an anglicisation of mac reachtain an ulster gaelic variant of the patronymic surname mac neachtain commonly anglicised as mcnaughton. His work reflects an innate feel for complementary colors, natural shapes, and fantastic. From mount maunganui solo loop artist now based out of auckland new zealand. Situated in the heart of queenstown opposite the earnslaw wharf central art displays over 250 paintings by leading and emerging nz artists. Central art gallery is one of new zealand s oldest privately owned galleries. Central art gallery, 71 beach st, queenstown, new zealand phone 64.
Mccracken is a selftaught artist who creates works of art in many different mediums. His art deals with digital media, science and popular culture, technology and communication. Unveiled in 20 at the sculpture by the sea exhibition in sydney, the staircaselike. Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art. New zealand landscape artist brian mccracken specialising in original paintings 03 310 7807. Some of the information in this publication is now known to be incorrect. David mccracken new zealands innovative visual artist. Our database has art auction market prices for australian and new zealand artists covering the last 40 years sales. Diminish and ascend is a welded aluminum sculpture by new zealand artist david mccracken. Original new zealand art from new zealand realist artist brian mccracken featuring many artworks depicting central otago and canterbury. Since a very early age, brian has drawn anything and everything. Aug 17, 2015 the group of handpicked artists from around the country include brian mccracken, adele souster, don mcara, janie porter, john gillies, bill moore, myself sofia minson, simon williams and adrienne pavelka. In order to create the monochrome finish of his works, mccracken used fiberglass and resin to coat wooden planks which he polished to create intensely smooth surfaces before applying thin stains of paint. Diminish and ascend christchurch, new zealand atlas obscura.
My work is in constant demand and is held in many private collections both here in new. The gallery is filled with diverse and incredibly brilliant works or art and craft by local and nationally renowned artists of new zealand. I will personally have two new large landscape works in the show, both measuring 2 metres x 1 metre. John mccracken was an american minimalist best known for his planks, plinthlike reflective sculptures painted in various hues. Mens journal, tiny houses new zealand, david tesch, nzhistory, new zealand.
James mccracken american, 18751967 john mccracken american, 19342011 kurt mccracken. Join facebook to connect with kate renton and others you may know. Aug 20, 2017 brian mccracken artist acrylic on canvas, lindis pass, new zealand. During the years 1968 and 69 he was a pupil of dame louise henderson, studying figure, portrait and landscape.
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