STANLEY PALMER

Milford Galleries Dunedin18 Dowling Street (03) 477 7727 [email protected]

6th - 24th November, 2010

www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

STANLEY PALMERNew Prints and Paintings

1. STANLEY PALMER, Karamea (2010)

bamboo engraving & lithograph on paper, imp 1/100, frame (v x h x d): 703 x 904 x 22 mm, printed image (v x h): 350 x 555 mm

2. STANLEY PALMER, Bell - Marae Pahaoa (2010)


3. STANLEY PALMER, Rakau Tapu - Harataonga (2010)


4. STANLEY PALMER, Harataonga (2010)


5. STANLEY PALMER, Matauri (2010)


6. STANLEY PALMER, Road - Mahurangi (2010)


7. STANLEY PALMER, Rakau Tapu II (2010), screenprint on linen, edition 15/25, frame (v x h x d): 915 x 1263 x 60 mm, printed image (v x h): 750 x 1155 mm

8. STANLEY PALMER, Punakaiki II (2010), screenprint on linen, edition 18/30, frame (v x h x d): 1098 x 1570 x 60 mm, printed image (v x h): 970 x 1450 mm

9. STANLEY PALMER, Afternoon - Karamea (2010), oil on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 905 x 1153 x 35 mm

9. DETAIL VIEW STANLEY PALMER, Afternoon - Karamea (2010)

10. STANLEY PALMER, Waiaro - Colville (2010), oil on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 700 x 1400 x 35 mm

10. DETAIL VIEW STANLEY PALMER, Waiaro - Colville (2010)

11. STANLEY PALMER, Estuary, Waiaro - Colville (2010), oil on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 700 x 1400 x 35 mm

11. DETAIL VIEW STANLEY PALMER, Estuary, Waiaro - Colville (2010)

12. STANLEY PALMER, Road - Te Paki (2009), oil on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1603 x 1000 x 35 mm

12. DETAIL VIEW STANLEY PALMER, Road - Te Paki (2009)

Significant New Zealand printmaker and painter Stanley Palmer shows a variety of

techniques and processes from screen prints in linen, to his pioneering bamboo

etchings and from lithographs to paintings in his exhibition ‘New Prints and Paintings’.

Stanley Palmer has developed a unique printing process using a combination of

lithograph and bamboo etching. The effect is distinctive, showing the subtle texture

of the bamboo plate while capturing the wide range of tones and colours. With six

new prints for 2010, the landscape of the New Zealand coastline is depicted as

rugged, natural, and with only small remnants of human life; a red roofed building, a

mailbox or a winding road.

Large-scale screen prints on linen show a new and innovative part of Palmer’s art

practice and demonstrate his wide range of skills, techniques and understanding of

form and colour while capturing the essence of the land and native plant life.

Stanley Palmer’s work shows deep connection to the New Zealand landscape.

Environmental Issues are prevalent, particularly the forever-changing coastline of

New Zealand. As well as an overall feeling of peace and tranquillity, there is a sense

of an underlying threat of loss.

Karamea (2010)

All prices are NZD and include GST; Prices are current at the time of the exhibition

E X H I B I T I O N P R I C E L I S T

P R I N T S

1 Karamea (2010), imp 1/100 1,500*

2 Bell - Marae Pahaoa (2010), imp 3/100 1,500*

3 Rakau Tapu - Harataonga (2010), imp 3/100 1,100*

4 Harataonga (2010), imp 3/100 1,500*

5 Matauri (2010), imp 1/100 1,500*

6 Road - Mahurangi (2010), imp 2/100 1,500*

7 Rakau Tapu II, edition 15/25 3,000*

8 Punakaiki II (2010), edition 18/30 4,000*

*prices include framing

P A I N T I N G S

9 Afternoon – Karamea (2010) 15,000

10 Waiaro – Colville (2010) 14,000

11 Estuary, Waiaro – Colville (2010) 14,000

12 Road - Te Paki (2010) 17,000

Stanley Palmer 2010 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

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STANLEY PALMER

b. 1936, lives Auckland

Nikau Punakaiki (2008)

Stanley Palmer ‘s rugged and beautiful landscapes are expressive, emotive and distinctively

New Zealand. Using painting and printing techniques, he has developed a unique and

personal style that captures the essence and colours of our natural coastlines, rural scenes

and native flora.

“Often focusing on the coastline – the border across which the colonisers and the colonised

first tentatively merged – Palmer’s work is imbued with a sense of loss, yearning and

disappointment.” (1) Stanley Palmer’s works show a deep connection to the New Zealand

landscape and speak of environmental issues.

Stanley Palmer has established himself as one of New Zealand’s most significant printmakers. A

“method of printmaking that Stanley Palmer employs is one that he invented. It is a

combination of engraving and lithography, using bamboo rather than metal as an etching

plate. Engraving on a wooden surface is much easier, it can be done with tools rather than

with acid, and requires less pressure to print. Less pressure allows more control of any ink

applied directly to the plate and maintains the subtle texture of bamboo grain as an integral

part of the design.”(2)

Stanley Palmer lives in Auckland and has worked as a fulltime artist since 1968. He began

exhibiting in 1958 and has an art practice that covers both painting and printmaking

processes including bamboo prints, woodcuts and monoprints. His works are part of Public

and Private collections including Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington,

City Art Gallery, Auckland and The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington.

1. O’Brien, Gregory. Lands & Deeds, Godwit Publishing 1996 2. Pleasure in Print, Art News, Spring 1999


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STANLEY PALMER b. 1936, lives Auckland

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 New Prints and Paintings, Milford Galleries Dunedin

2007 Portraits of Places Revisited, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

To the Harbour, Lopdell House

2006 After the Storm - Pacific, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

French Pass, Janne Land Gallery,Wellington

2005 Islands, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

2004 Return - Karamea Punakaiki, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

2003 Great Barrier - Aotea, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

2002 Chart of the Far North, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington & Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

2001 Chart of the Far North, Janne Land Gallery,Wellington& Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

2000 East 2000, Janne Land Gallery,Wellington & Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

1999 Summer's Pass Over the Fractured Ocean, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

1998 Monoprints, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

1997 Paintings and Monoprints, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington

From Westland, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

1996 Westland, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington

Return Northland, Salamander Gallery,Christchurch

Paintings 'Return Northland.' Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

1995 Westland, Claybrook Gallery,

1994 Entries for a New Zealand Index, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

Entries for a New Zealand Index, Claybrook Gallery, Auckland

Janne Land Gallery, Wellington

1993 Piopiotahi, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

Piopiotahi, Milford Gallery, Dunedin

1992 Memories of Whangarei Heads, Works on Paper Gallery, Auckland

Poor Knights, Milford Gallery, Dunedin

Quotations from Westland, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

1991 Monoprints, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

1990 Monoprints and Prints, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

Fragments and Reflections – Northland, Portfolio Gallery

1989 Monoprints and Prints, Ginkgo Gallery, Christchurch

1988 Monoprints, Southern Cross Gallery

Memories of Northland, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland

1987 Return and Departure, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland

1986 Paintings and Monoprints, Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington Paintings and Monoprints 'East Coast.' Portfolio Gallery, Auckland

1985 Prints and Drawings, Ginkgo Gallery, Christchurch

Paintings and Prints, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland

1984 Monoprints and Prints 'At the Bay.' Portfolio Gallery, Auckland

Monoprints and Prints, Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington

Monoprints and Prints, Ginkgo Gallery, Christchurch

1983 Monoprints and Prints, Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington

Summer, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington

Banners, Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum

Banners and Drawings, Centre Gallery, Hamilton

Prints and Monoprints, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland

Prints and Monoprints, Ginkgo Gallery, Christchurch

1982 Banners and Drawings, Space Gallery, Auckland

Monoprints and Prints, New Vision Gallery

1981 Prints and Monoprints, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

1980 Prints, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington

Prints and Monoprints, New Vision Gallery

1979 Prints and Drawings, Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland


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Prints and Drawings, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington

1980 Prints and Paintings, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington

Prints, Paintings and Drawings, New Vision Gallery

1976 Islands and other sets of prints released New Vision Festival Exhibition

1975 Prints and Drawings, New Vision Gallery

1973 Prints and Watercolours, New Vision Gallery

1972 Rocks and Sea, New Vision Gallery

1971 Prints and Drawings, New Vision - Festival Exhibition

Prints and Paintings, Bett-Duncan Gallery, Wellington

Prints and Drawings, Dawson Gallery, Dunedin

1970 Fragments of a Vanishing Landscape, New Vision Gallery

1969 Woodcuts and Bamboo Engravings, New Vision Gallery

1968 Paintings, New Vision Gallery 1966 Paintings, New Vision Gallery

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Works on Paper, milford galleries queenstown

Southern Landscape, milford galleries queenstown

2008 Works on Paper, Milford Galleries Dunedin

2007 Looking South, Milford Galleries Dunedin

2006 Location South, milford galleries queenstown

Works on Paper, milford galleries queenstown

Masterworks, milford galleries queenstown

2003 Is As – Landscape as Metaphor, Milford Galleries Dunedin

1999 Parihaka Exhibition, City Gallery, Wellington

1990 New Acquisitions 'Memories of Northland' - Monoprints, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland

1986 Prints, New York Expo

Eighth Norwegian International Print Biennale

1981 Parihaka Centennial Exhibition 'A Flag for Te Whiti', Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth

1978 Western Pacific Biennale – Australia

1976 'New Zealand Prints', 'Clouds and Sky', Auckland City Art Gallery

6 x 4 Exhibition, New Zealand and Australian Prints (toured in Australia)

1973 Tokyo International Biennale of Prints - Invited artist

1971 World Print Exhibition, San Francisco

6 x 4 Exhibition, New Zealand and Australian Prints

36th Biennale Venice

1970 Ninth International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Ljubljana

Second Triennale Art, India

Second Biennale Engraving, Buenos Aires, Argentina

International Association of Art Cities Woodcuts, Madrid / Paris

1968 Tokyo International Biennale of Prints

1967 Woodcuts and Bamboo Engravings, New Zealand Print Council

1966 Woodcuts, New Zealand Graphics Exhibition

COLLECTIONS

The University of Auckland

City Art Gallery, Auckland

Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington

The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth

Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch

Private collections in both New Zealand and overseas

BIBLIOGRAPHY 2000 West: Stanley Palmer, Godwit - Random House 2000

1999 Fusco, Dr C. Postcards & Emanations West, Craft Arts International 1999

1996 Lands & Deeds: Profiles of Contemporary New Zealand Painters, Godwit Publishing Ltd, 1996

1995 100 New Zealand Paintings, Godwit Publishing Ltd 1995

1992 Ensing, Riemke. Stanley Palmer: Poor Knights, Academy Interprint Ltd 1992

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