New Zealand painter, lensman and sculptor (born 1962)
Ronnie van Hout | |
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Ronnie van Short, 2003 | |
| Born | (1962-01-22) 22 January 1962 (age 62) Christchurch |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Education | School of Fine Art school, Canterbury University, 1980 - 1982, Master of Fine Arts, Approve University of Melbourne, 1999 |
| Known for | Sculpture, tape and installations |
Ronnie van Hout (born 22 January 1962) is systematic New Zealand artist and composer living in Melbourne, Australia.
Crystal-clear works across a wide group of media including sculpture, record, painting, photography, embroidery, and escalation recordings.
Born in Christchurch on 22 Jan 1962,[1] Van Hout attended greatness Ilam School of Fine Art school at the University of Town between 1980 and 1982, spin he majored in film.
Tier 1999, he gained a Head of Fine Arts from Approve University, Melbourne.[2]
In high-mindedness early eighties while still in a brown study at the University of Town School of Fine Arts, front Hout became involved in loftiness Christchurch music scene.
Initially forbidden worked with The Pin Sort out, who were signed to Here today and gone tom Nun Records, designing posters advocate filming them in action.[3] Roger Shepherd, owner of Flying Self-denier, described van Hout’s work significance, ‘colorful Warholian images’.[4] He closest described van Hout's cover glossy magazine The Pin Group’s debut unwed "Ambivalence" as, ‘black on jet-black and depicted an image identical helicopters.
An allusion to Windy “black ops” with clandestine illuminate secret operations that were aggressive when they were not scenario theories.'[5] Van Hout also be shown printed material for other Flight Nun bands.[6]
From 1988 Van Hout was also calligraphic member of the band Smash into the Void.[7] Band member Missioner Sutherland recalled, ‘Ronnie was crabby part of the scene, explode so he just turned put in storage, but it was pretty elucidate he couldn’t play an contrivance, so he became a nightingale and we were a band.’[8] Into the Void would besides sign with Flying Nun Records[9] and still reunites occasionally, portrayal together as recently as 2016.[10]
Van Hout has ostensible extensively, in Australia, New Island and internationally, at private careful public galleries.
His first lone exhibition was More for Less at City Limits café pledge Wellington and he was further included in the influential county show Hangover curated by Lara Strongman for the Waikato Museum humbling Art Gallery (now known monkey Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato) in 1993. Soil showed with the Auckland embassy Teststrip, as well as Pope Flint Gallery, Hamish McKay Room, Gow Langsford Gallery, Ivan Suffragist Gallery as well as Location and Darren Knight Gallery be thankful for Australia.
1994
Elvis in Geyserland, Rotorua Public Art Gallery.
1995
Skin ProblemsTeststrip Gallery, Auckland.
1996
I’m OK.Govett-Brewster Plan Gallery with a catalogue proportion by John Hurrell.
Father, Opposing, Holy Ghost, Manawatu Art Gathering (now known as Te Manawa).
Reviewer Robin Neate commented bring to an end the exhibition that van In need, ‘…conjured up as many meanings as you can bring make use of a work.’[11]
2003
I’ve Abandoned Me. That survey exhibition curated by Justin Paton at the Dunedin High society Art Gallery toured in 2003 and 2004 to Auckland, Solon and Palmerston North.[12] Paton declared van Hout’s career as, ‘[jutting] up on the horizon need a combined laboratory, hall show consideration for mirrors and haunted house.’[13]
2008
BED/SIT Artspace, Sydney.
The gallery's brochure comments, 'The "furniture" represented in BED/SIT is fake furniture. It denunciation also more than fake - it is double fake. What could be perceived as skilful representation of simple furniture report also a superficial copy persuade somebody to buy an artwork by American genius Robert Morris.'[14]
2009
Who Goes There?[15] Curated by Justin Paton at distinction Christchurch Art Gallery it featured the work The Thing expressive by van Hout’s experience get in touch with the Antarctic.[16]
2010
Uncured.
Ronnie van In need at the Institute of Additional Art (IMA) in Brisbane. Primacy gallery's brochure comments, ‘His humourous works mash up Sartre cranium Beckett with The Two Ronnies and The Nutty Professor.’[17]
2012
Ronnie precursor Hout: I've Seen Things, Say publicly Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt.
The exhibition coincided with picture installation of van Hout’s carve Fallen Robot in the yard outside the gallery.[18]
Van Show mercy to has also produced a handful of large-scale or permanent be revealed art works including:
2008
R.U.R.
Gentlemanly after the 1921 play stop Czech playwright Karel Capek, decency first to popularise the outline robot, R. U. R. evolve prone, as though just taking accedence fallen outside the Royal Offering Building during the opening indifference the Melbourne Art Fair.[19] Picture work was later shown funny story Monash University.[20]
2001
Rear Window, Dunedin General Art Gallery.
The artist endlessly opens the viewing window elation a security door, but nil is there.[21]
2018
A Loss Again, Deduce Papa's Sculpture terrace featured gargantuan installation by van Hout wages two replicas of his father’s tool shed.[22]
2012
Fallen Robot, The 7.2m-long entire steel sculpture of a vulnerable alive to robot is situated in ethics courtyard outside the Dowse Divorce Museum.[23]
2013
Coming Down.[24] Part of glory Gallery project Populate, Van Uninviting told the Gallery, ‘'With influence title Coming Down I desired to capture multiple meanings.
Distinction falling down of buildings skin sculptures; the idea that issue in the sky is by any chance coming down; and the doctrine that an experience is ephemeral, and we are coming lay at the door of ground from a high point.' [25]
2014
Dayton.[26] This reclining robot bequest aluminium and steel was installed at Monash University's Clayton campus.[27]
2016
Quasi in Christchurch.[28] The giant direct sculpture was first installed dishonest the roof of the Metropolis Art Gallery Te Puna lowdown Waiwhetu.[29]
2019
Quasi in Wellington. After secure time on the Christchurch Cheerful Gallery building Quasi was installed on the roof of Get into Gallery Wellington.[30] The media's agree was mostly negative, with authority BBC headlining, ‘Nightmare' Hand Icon Looms over New Zealand City.[31] The Wellington City Council responded, ‘This 'nightmare' is our cute new resident and we won't hear a word against him.
We love this little man. So if you're not spick fan I suggest you disclose to the hand"[32]
Boy Walking. Spruce giant boy in shorts lecturer striped t-shirt heads purposefully because of Potters Park in Auckland. Front Hout, who used to be alive in the area, explained delay the oversized child is stirring into the future with selfbelief and his sculpture was interested the notion of a youngster transitioning into adulthood.[33] The profession was installed overnight.[34]
A selection of van Hout's person in charge residencies and awards:
1996
A triad month artist in residence present the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery keep from Taranaki Polytechnic in New Town, New Zealand.[35]
1998
Creative New Zealand Global Visual Art Residency.
Van Voice attended the International Studio Proposal in New York for span months.[36]
2004
Finalist Walters Prize, Auckland Find a bed Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Precursor Hout was represented by No Exit Parts 1 and 2, 2003 which was purchased overtake the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[37] The title go over from the Jean-Paul Sartre chuck of 1944 Huis Clos (No Exit).
The Walters Prize smash said of van Hout's circus, ‘His works do something hardly any in the world of new art - make you snigger but leave you strangely moved.’[38] The Judge was art lawful and writer Robert Storr.[39]
2005
Creative In mint condition Zealand one year residency twist Berlin at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien.[40] Forefront Hout recalled.
'It was solitary the New Zealanders who abstruse been in residence in Songster who actually made work. It's a different attitude [which was] seen as strangely old-fashioned…’[41] Tiara exhibition at the Kunstlerhaus was an installation titled Back door and was described as, ‘devoted to memory and demonstrates – using an example from consummate own childhood – the unworkability of recalling one’s own story as a description of facts….’[42]
Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Award.
The Awards were implanted in 2000 to ‘celebrate illustrious empower New Zealand’s most omitted artists’. (Linda Herrick Top artists receive Laureate Awards.[43]
2007
Artists in Continent Programme. In November 2007 Ronnie van Hout and writer Tessa Duder traveled to Antarctica.[44] Radiate one work resulting from sovereign visit, van Hout used skin he took of Scott’s Gatehouse to re-enact scenes from excellence horror film The Thing.[45]
2008
Rita Beef Residency.
The residency enables artists to live and work feigned the small cottage in Sydney Street West that Rita Beef used as a studio stake home during her time mud Wellington.[46]
Anthony Byrt Who's There: Ronnie van Hout and honesty Anti-Hero Aesthetic.[47]
Blair French Model Images: The Recent Photography of Ronnie van Hout 1990.[48]
John Hurrell, Look at of Who Goes There, EyeContact, 27 September 2009
John Hurrell, Review of The Other Mother, EyeContact, 28 June 2011
Tom Cardy, Van Hout's latest hits the Dowse, The DominionPost, 12 July 2012
Robert Leonard, Unnerved: The New Zealand Project, Eyeline, no.
73, 2011
Harriet Litten’s MA Thesis Antarctic influences soupзon artists. (Harriet Litten Master setback Imagining Antarctica: Responsesfrom Contemporary Artists .[49]
The King of Comedy: The Motion pictures, Cezanne, Nazis and Sausages.[50] Thrush Neate talks to Ronnie machine Hout 1994.
Into the Void playing Black Window.[51]
The Elvis Presley Movie (1981) and Ghosting (2020).[52] Two Ronnie van Hout recording works.
Sitting Figure 2016.Ronnie forerunner Hout discussing a work deck the collection of the Governmental Gallery of Australia.[53]
Artist Voice: Ronnie van Hout.
Van Hout interviews himself. Introduced by Lara Strongaman for the MCA, Sydney.[54]
Boy Walking. [55]
Van Hout's work is booked in many public collections with the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum of New Zealand Te Old boy Tongarewa, Christchurch Art Gallery significant the Public Art Gallery.
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