1 / 40
IRIS EICHENBERG
Candles & Sticks
Untitled
, 2022
Candle holder, Edition of 3
Copper, oxidised
90 x 550 x 70mm
$980 | ENQUIRE

2 / 40
ISOBEL THOM
Candles & Sticks
Candleholder
2023

Glazed stoneware
120 x 170 x 180mm

$1100 | SOLD

3 / 40
MARCOS GUZMAN
Candles & Sticks
Good Night Dear Shapes
2022
Acrylic
265 x 190 x 190mm
 + 57 x 107 x 90mm

$900 (set) | ENQUIRE

4 / 40
WARWICK FREEMAN
Candles & Sticks
Handle Candle Holder
2016
Lava, tin, paint
155 x 160 x 180mm
$5,000 | ENQUIRE

5 / 40
MAIA MCDONALD
Candles & Sticks
Wahine wahine wahine
2021
Buff Raku Trachyte clay
400 x 100 x 100mm 

$3,250 | ENQUIRE

6 / 40
MAIA MCDONALD
Candles & Sticks
Kōwhaiwhai III
2021

Scarva clay, spray paint
150 x 200 x 320mm
$2,250 | ENQUIRE

7 / 40
MAIA MCDONALD
Candles & Sticks
Hauhake II
2021

Wood-fired Driving Creek clay, spray paint
260 x 255 x 35mm
$1,250 | SOLD

8 / 40
MAIA MCDONALD
Candles & Sticks
Platter for aunty
2021

Wood-fired Driving Creek clay, spray paint
50 x 300 x 430mm

$2,250 | ENQUIRE

9 / 40
MAIA MCDONALD
Candles & Sticks
Installation view
$1250-3250 | ENQUIRE

10 / 40
TRACY KEITH
Candles & Sticks
Lava flow vessel
2022
Raku fired ceramic
160 x 130mm
$1900 | SOLD

11 / 40
TRACY KEITH
Candles & Sticks
The skin of Papatūānuku
2022
Raku fired ceramic
195 x 260mm
$2000 | ENQUIRE

12 / 40
TRACY KEITH
Candles & Sticks
The skin of Papatūānuku
2022
Raku fired ceramic
195 x 260mm
$2000 | ENQUIRE

13 / 40
TRACY KEITH
Candles & Sticks
Earth cloak
2019
Raku fired ceramic
175 x 270mm
$1800 | ENQUIRE

14 / 40
TRACY KEITH
Candles & Sticks
Midnight vessel
2022
Raku fired ceramic
200 x 290mm
$2200 | SOLD

15 / 40
TRACY KEITH
Candles & Sticks
Twilight vessel
2022
Raku fired ceramic
200 x 300mm
$2000 | SOLD

16 / 40
AARON BEEHRE

Candles & Sticks
Ilarion
2023

ACM (Aluminium Composite Material)
470 x 430 x 30mm incl shelf. 
Edition of 3

$790 | ENQUIRE

17 / 40
BENJAMIN LIGNEL
Candles & Sticks
Ici j’étudie / Là je tremble (pour Gaston Bachelard)

2023

Unglazed porcelain, steel, candles
300 x 290 x 40mm (x 2)

$POA | SOLD

18 / 40
BENJAMIN LIGNEL
Candles & Sticks
Ici j’étudie / Là je tremble (pour Gaston Bachelard)

2023

Unglazed porcelain, steel, candles
300 x 290 x 40mm (x 2)

$POA | SOLD

19 / 40
JEN ALEXANDRA
Candles & Sticks
I Burn for you
2023
Bronze
From 25 – 60mm

$125-170 each | ENQUIRE

20 / 40
JEN ALEXANDRA
Candles & Sticks
I Burn for you
2023
Bronze
From 25 – 60mm

$125-170 each | ENQUIRE

21 / 40
WAYNE YOULE
Candles & Sticks
Totem
2023

Cast bronze, carved wood
 1lb cast iron weight

220 x 75 x 75mm

$1650 | SOLD

22 / 40
WAYNE YOULE
Candles & Sticks
Progress (the price of…)
2023

Cast bronze, railway iron

265 x 120 x 60mm

$1800 | SOLD

23 / 40
CAT FOOKS
Candles & Sticks
Snickerdoodle

2023
Mixed media, enamel paint
520 x 140 x 150mm

$POA | ENQUIRE

24 / 40
CAT FOOKS
Candles & Sticks
Pencil Tree
2023
Mixed media, enamel paint
395 x 265 x 110mm

$POA | ENQUIRE

25 / 40
CAT FOOKS
Candles & Sticks
Pencil Tree
2023
Mixed media, enamel paint
395 x 265 x 110mm

$POA | ENQUIRE

26 / 40
CAT FOOKS
Candles & Sticks
Jingle Shell
2023

Mixed media, enamel paint
310 x 110 x 110mm

$POA | ENQUIRE

27 / 40
CAT FOOKS
Candles & Sticks
Bog Bean
2023
Mixed media, enamel paint
365 x 110 x 200mm
$POA | ENQUIRE

28 / 40
GAVIN HIPKINS


Candles & Sticks
Blue Strips (12)

2023
12 unique cyanotype prints
1200 x 1000mm total size

$14500 | ENQUIRE

29 / 40
STEVE CARR
Candles & Sticks
Cigarette Tree
2007

3 min 52 sec
 Single channel / Silent
Edition 3/3

$7500 | ENQUIRE

30 / 40
JACQUELYN GREENBANK
Candles & Sticks
Bon Rappetit with cucumber
Candle holder, 2023
Enamel painted bronze, faux carved wood incense
80 x 60 x 120mm

$600 | ENQUIRE

31 / 40
JACQUELYN GREENBANK
Candles & Sticks
Bon Rappetit

Incense holder
, 2023
Enamel painted bronze, faux carved wood incense
80 x 50 x 100mm

$500 | SOLD

32 / 40
JACQUELYN GREENBANK
Candles & Sticks
Mandy
Candle holder
, 2023
Enamel painted bronze
65 x 65 x 50mm

$250 | SOLD

33 / 40
JACQUELYN GREENBANK
Candles & Sticks
Cucumber Slice, Slice, Slice

Incense holder
, 2023
Enamel painted bronze, faux carved wood incense
70 x 20 x 20mm

$165 | SOLD

34 / 40
JACQUELYN GREENBANK
Candles & Sticks
Weetie

Incense holder
, 2023
Enamel painted bronze, faux carved wood incense
15 x 40 x 80mm

$300 | ENQUIRE

35 / 40
Installation view
Candles & Sticks

$POA | ENQUIRE

36 / 40
Installation view
Candles & Sticks

$POA | ENQUIRE

37 / 40
Installation view
Candles & Sticks

$POA | ENQUIRE

38 / 40
Installation view
Candles & Sticks

$POA | ENQUIRE

39 / 40
Installation view
Candles & Sticks

$POA | ENQUIRE

40 / 40
Installation view
Candles & Sticks

$POA | ENQUIRE

Candles & Sticks

Ōtautahi

26 Jul – 19 Aug 2023

Allona Goren, Marcos Guzman, Iris Eichenberg, Tracy Keith, Meredith Turnbull, Manon van Kouswijk, Benjamin Lignel, Steve Carr, Isobel Thom, Jacquelyn Greenbank, Cat Fooks, Sung Hwan Bobby Park, Warwick Freeman, Jen Alexandra, Gavin Hipkins, Maia McDonald, Kate Fitzharris, Wayne Youle & Aaron Beehre

Candles & Sticks
 is a multidisciplinary exhibition project that brings together the work of 19 artists, designers and other makers from Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, France, and USA.  The first iteration of this project was presented in Melbourne in 2022, curated by Manon van Kouswijk (Melbourne based artist/educator) and Sassy Park, and realised with artist Allona Goren.

This new exhibition, curated for The National by Caroline Billing and Manon van Kouswijk, includes work by seven artists from the original Melbourne 2022 exhibition, and we are excited to include work in the Ōtautahi iteration from twelve new makers

Candles & Sticks presents a range of works that reinterpret and/or reflect on the candlestick as an object that holds, supports or frames a candle, or on the ritual of burning candles. Artists’ responses could be object or image based, autonomous or functional, sculptural, durational, with scope for diverse approaches and interpretations of this subject and matter.

“Sculpturally, the candlestick can be thought of as a composition made up of a base, a foreground and background, vertical and horizontal, light and shadow. Beside the formal and material possibilities at play in this object, the burning of candles is ritual and symbolic, celebratory and commemorative and can be found in the public as well as the private realm.

We were curious to see how artists/designers/ceramicists and other makers might rethink / rework / remake this object as it has so much sculptural and poetic potential that goes beyond it being merely a functional object. There is drama and transformation in the melting of wax, the flickering of flames and the throwing of shadows”.    Manon van Kouswijk, 2022

 

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