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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, size (v x h x d): 183 x 210 x 405 mm
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steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 905 x 638 x 778 mm
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steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 930 x 425 x 520 mm
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steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 380 x 410 x 350 mm
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steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 898 x 538 x 555 mm
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steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 1080 x 620 x 630 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): 2220 x 2112 x 755 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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steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): approx 560 x 670 x 660 mm each
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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