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In The Hand that Made the Garden T.J McNamara reivews Karl Maughan's exhibition Every Day is Like Sunday and draws comparision to Impressionist painter Monet. Read the full exhibition review here.
18. 11. 2008 I Karl Maughan in Collaboration with Christensen Estate
Gow Langsford invites you to the launch of a collaborative work between Karl Maughan and Christensen Estate. Karl Maughan has collaborated with Christensen Estate to produce unique oil on canvas labels to mark its final vintage, the 2005 Christensen Estate Waiheke Island Merlot. One thousand numbered labels were cut out of Forest Road (2008), an original five metre oil painting produced by Maughan and featuring his characteristic rhododendron flowers in saturated reds and purples. These pieces have been hand labelled onto the limited edition merlot series which will be available for purchase from Gow Langsford Gallery for $250 per bottle, or $1,500 for the signed boxed set of six which will be accompanied by an print of Maughan’s Forest Road painting.
Christensen Estate and Maughan have also collaborated with the SKYCITY Entertainment Group on a special package that will be auctioned to benefit Kidz First Children’s Hospital at Middlemore. This package will be auctioned at a function at Gow Langsford Gallery at 7pm Thursday 4 December. The package will include a sumptuous dinner for four people at SKYCITY Grand Hotel’s Dine by Peter Gordon restaurant, hosted by Maughan and the Christensens. Internationally renowned chef, Peter Gordon, will design a special degustation menu to accompany the 2005 Christensen Estate Waiheke Island merlot and guests will receive their own boxed set of six bottles which will include those labels which carry part of Maughan’s signature on the painting. Contact the gallery to order
28.04.08 I Karl Maughan in MiNDFOOD Magazine
Gallery artist Karl Maughan shares his thoughts with Joelle Thomson in the current May edition of MiNDFOOD Magazine. When asked about the origins of his subject matter, Maughan states, "I always painted what was around me, and my mother was really interested in gardening. She's a landscape architect and her use of gardens and her own garden at home made it seem incredibly natural to paint gardens."
26.04.08 I Karl Maughan in Artworld Magazine
Karl Maughan is interviewed by Jane Somerville in the April/May edition of ARTWORLD Magazine. Karl talks about his recent foray into printmaking. "I wanted to make the prints like I make a painting, but I realised it's a very different medium, it's much more methodical...it's a real collaboration..." Karl's latest prints are available from the gallery.
A mid career retrospective of one New Zealand's most recognised artists Karl Maughan, has recently opened at Palmerston North's Te Manawa Art Gallery. Curated by Nicola Jennings, the exhibition's location is particularly poignant - the area being Maughan's home-town.
Jennings writes:
Maughan’s dedication to his subject has not prevented development in his work... Having worked through the immersive views of rampant gardens that characterise his early work, Maughan stepped back in the mid 1990s to view the wider landscape. The sense of barely contained chaos that pervaded his early work has been supplanted by a sense of order emanating from carefully manicured lawns and shaped shrubbery. And while Maughan still paints on a large scale, the viewer is no longer thrust into the garden in quite the same way. In works of the last few years the foreground is again often dominated, now by Maughan’s characteristic rhododendron bushes full of flower, yet glimpses of sky and distant landscape are still evident.
Essay: A Clear Day, Nicola Jennings, 2007
Karl Maughan: A Clear Day
10 November 2007 - 30 March 2008
Te Manawa, 326 Main Street, Palmerston north
Limited edition screen-prints by Karl Maughan
For his current show, Karl Maughan: Recent Paintings and Prints, Maughan has produced 4 limited edition prints which are available and currently on show at the gallery. Images and details can be viewed in the Editions section of the website.