23 january - 16 february: jeff thomson

Thomson produces an extraordinarily diverse range of sculptures, all from corrugated iron. Celebrating what is distinctly of this land Thomson playfully explores objects from New Zealand’s culture and draws on a wide array of motifs from gumboots to feathers. The results nearly always defy the medium. Parodying traditional sculpture they are more about worldly art than they are about marble statuary. Thomson bends, burns and welds, belying the iron in order to capture a certain refinement. But as with his fine filigree lace-work curtains or flower bouquets, this has more to do with depicting the subject matter itself, not the surface. Sculpture like Thomson’s, hell bent on construction and demolition, also makes its own statement on the vagaries of Fine Art.

Good-Luck Knot, 2010, Braided corrugated iron,1300x1100x100mm

French Knit 1, 2009, French knitted baby iron, 950x380x410

Champagne, 2009, Corrugated champagne bottle wire tops,700x400x50mm

Untitled, 2007, Woven corrugated iron,950x860x75

Fine Weave, 2010, Woven corrugated iron, 1650x600x50mm

French Knit 2, 2008, French knitted baby iron, 1100x440x370mm

French Knit 3, 2010, French knitted corrugated iron, 1080x390x430mm

Barn Red, 2010, Woven corrugated iron, 1860,180x45mm

Ocean plait, 2008, Braided corrugated iron, 800x500x50mm

Ridge Caps, 2010, Woven corrugated iron, 1960x710x60mm

Mesh, 2010, Mesh and perforated steel mesh, 1470x730x143

Pacific Plait, 2008, Braided corrugated iron,1080x400x160

Coil, 2010, Braided corrugated iron, 740x590x100mm

Fireman Knot , 2008, Braided corrugated iron, 1370x520x180mm