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HANNAH KIDDBeastly Delights
@ Aigantighe Art Gallery4th December - 27th February, 2011
1. HANNAH KIDD, Cow Cocky (2008) corrugated iron, mild steel, paint, clear powdercoating, cow
corrugated iron, mild steel, paint, clear powdercoating, cow (v x h x d): 1500 x 2020 x 1400 mm, man (v x h x d): 1980 x 690 x 440 mm
2. HANNAH KIDD, "Great Rack" (Stag) (2008)
steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 2410 x 1870 x 1800 mm
2. DETAIL VIEW HANNAH KIDD, "Great Rack" (Stag) (2008)
3. HANNAH KIDD, Happy Camper (2008)
steel rod, corrugated iron, paint, size (v x h x d): 1882 x 820 x 550 mm
3. DETAIL VIEW HANNAH KIDD, Happy Camper (2008)
4. HANNAH KIDD, Common Kotuku (2008)
steel rod, corrugated iron, paint, size (v x h x d): 1375 x 585 x 670 mm
5. HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Hartebeest) (2009)
steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 1080 x 620 x 630 mm
6. HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Gerenuk) (2009)
steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 898 x 538 x 555 mm
7. HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Four-horned Antelope) (2009), steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 380 x 410 x 350 mm
8. HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Walrus) (2009), steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 905 x 638 x 778 mm
9. HANNAH KIDD, Highlights from the Museum (Walrus Skull) (2009)
steel rod, corrugated iron, size (v x h x d): 930 x 425 x 520 mm
10. HANNAH KIDD, Delphine and Beatrix Buttercup the 3rd (2010) steel rod, corrugated iron, paint, figure
size overall (v x h x d):
steel rod, corrugated iron, paint, figure (v x h x d): 1750 x 1350 x 780 mm, poodle (v x h x d): 1100 x 1260 x 520 mm
): 1750 x 1350 x 1750 mm
11. HANNAH KIDD, Weekend Warrior (2010), steel rod, corrugated iron, paint,
11. DETAIL VIEW HANNAH KIDD, Weekend Warrior (2010)
11. DETAIL VIEW HANNAH KIDD, Weekend Warrior (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
1 Cow Cocky (2008) 19,000
2 "Great Rack" (Stag) (2008) 21,000
3 Happy Camper (2008) 12,500
4 Common Kotuku (2008) 6,500
5 Highlights from the Museum (Hartebeest) (2009) 8,500
6 Highlights from the Museum (Gerenuk) (2009) 4,250
7 Highlights from the Museum (Four-horned Antelope) (2009) 3,750
8 Highlights from the Museum (Walrus) (2009) 8,500
9 Highlights from the Museum (Walrus Skull) (2009) 6,000
10 Delphine and Beatrix Buttercup the 3rd (2010) 19,000
11 Weekend Warrior (2010) 15,000
Hannah Kidd’s “Beastly Delights” at Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru (until 27 February, 2011)
features key works from the last three years.
In that time Hannah Kidd has risen to national prominence and international success. Her
work is compellingly distinctive and possesses an authentic rural voice.
Kidd demonstrates in every work a vast array of technical and engineering skills. Her work
traverses portraiture, event and circumstance, building persuasive, focused, narratives.
“Happy Camper” (2008) has a smiling man displaying the reward of his sporting
endeavours. “Common Kotuku” (2008) paradoxically contrasts two white herons
squabbling over a small fish on the ubiquitous plastic chair. “Weekend Warrior” (2010) sees
a wet-suited figure, holding a crayfish in each hand. Kidd’s virtuosity and ability to sculpt
anything with representational aplomb is demonstrated in each work.
Kidd brings to her subjects insider’s observation and outsider’s detachment. “Delphine and
Beatrix Buttercup the 3rd” (2010) encapsulates humour, fact and event, achieving the status
of exacting social comment. The plurality achieved in this work means we know it can be
located in Remuera or Methven without any loss of relevance or meaning.
Kidd is no apologist for rural NZ, nor one championing a rural arcadia. Her work has content
informed by what goes on and how it happens. Her sculpture is attuned to important
environmental debates and the breadth of her concerns can be seen in the suite of works
“Highlights from the Museum” (2009) where she presents extinct animals as trophies and
potent reminders of what has been so easily lost we at first think we recognise them.
“Cow Cocky” (2008) is a remarkable work. A stoic farmer, arms crossed, gum booted feet
planted apart, watches, waiting for the cow to stop licking a teat. The unerring accuracy of
this work is accompanied by insightful humour and courageous contradiction.
“Great Rack” (2008) is unmistakably a major work. Kidd’s ability to deliver the physical
reality of the stag is matched by an unequalled capacity to present its animal nature. The
stag watches back and an undercurrent of threat emerges from the black sockets of its
eyes and the caverns of its nostrils.
Hannah Kidd’s first exhibition at a public institution conclusively establishes that she is a key
figure in contemporary NZ sculpture, possessing a unique voice and delivering content of
very real importance.
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 has quickly risen to critical acclaim and her distinctive and unique work has been
exhibited around the world, from Australia to Denmark including “I’m sure I’ve seen that before”,
Vienna, Austria (2002), Sculpture By the Sea, Sydney (2007) Sculpture By the Sea, Denmark (2009),
Sculpture By the Sea, Perth (2009) along with numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout
New Zealand. Hannah Kidd graduated in 2001 from the Otago Polytechnic School of Art with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in sculpture. In 2010 she was the Winner of the Montalto Sculpture
Award, Australia and the People’s Choice Award at NZ Sculpture On Shore.
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
2010 Top Dog, milford galleries queenstown
Only Real Men Need Apply, Little River Gallery
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
2010 Anthony Harper Award, CoCA, Christchurch
Shapeshifter, Wellington
2009 Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe, Peth, Australia
Masterworks, milford galleries queenstown
Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark
2008 NZ Sculpture OnShore, Auckland
Recent 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
Hannah Kidd 2010 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
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AWARDS
2010 Winner People’s Choice Award, NZ Sculpture OnShore, Auckland
Winner Montalto Sculpture Award, Australia
Finalist Anthony Harper Awards, CoCA, Christchurch
SELECTED ARTICLES
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