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  • Description

    Etching, printed in red ochre, from one plate; carborundum etching, printed in red ink, from one plate; drypoint and etching, printed in black ink, from one plate; stencil, printed in silver ink, from one stencil on paper. "In response to extensive reading on New Zealand service and Richard Flanagan’s Narrow Road to the Deep North, John Reynolds created a multi-layered etching.

    In the serif font favoured by the military, a haiku by Japanese poet Issa that is quoted by Flanagan, has been stenciled in silver. It floats over a rich ‘kimono fabric’ of camouflage and ottoman motifs, wound-like poppies and violent zigzagged gashes." - Australian War Memorial

  • Other Id

    4118 (Presto content ID)

    PD-2019-9-8 (Reference Number)

    PD-2019-9-8 (accession number)

    ACQ-2018-41 (Acquisition number)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Untitled
  • Primary Maker
  • Date
    2014
  • Physical Description

    760 x 560mm on Rives BFK paper

  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Is Part Of
  • Subject Category
  • Provenance Details
    All of the printmaking was carried out at the Megalo Studio in Canberra between May 2014 and June 2015, under the technical oversight of printmaker John Loane.
    The prints exist in an edition of 20, the others having been distributed to similar cultural institutions. This set was offered as a gift to Auckland Museum by the Australian War Memorial in 2018.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Richard Flanagan, Issa, haiku]

  • Subject Notes
    Artist's bio:
    "Reynolds is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated contemporary painters and printmakers. Engaging literary, religious, art historical and architectural references, his text-based works often allude to New Zealand’s cultural identity and its formation from complex histories, ideas and moral values. Reynolds has a strong interest in history, including that of military conflict. In 2014 he worked with the New Zealand Navy Museum at Torpedo Bay, creating a 2.5m Anzac frigate. Reynolds has featured in key exhibitions and publications on contemporary New Zealand art, and has taken on major commissions, including a work for the 2006 Biennale of Sydney." - Australian War Memorial
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    20 Jun 2023

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