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The Rabbit Room

49 Tennyson Street
Napier, Hawke's Bay, 4110
021-139-5369
29A Hastings St, Napier 4110. 021-139-5369

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The Rabbit Room

  • Every Day Jane Burn & SJ Blake
  • The Back Room
  • About us
  • Contact and open hours
  • Leslie Falls
  • Exhibitions-past- please enquire if works are still available
  • Jo Blogg
  • Instagram
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1     The Specimen's Voyage I (private collection, Napier)

Peter Ireland

Artist statement

This show consists of three parts: first, the complete Specimen Voyage series of 13 -which is concerned with aspects of climate change - second, the Ancestor Diptych, and third, 14 other works which, broadly, continue a theme of the past few years of small works linking late Medieval imagery with current environmental and cultural issues within Aotearoa/New Zealand, with three of them referencing the recent introduction of a history component to the education syllabus.

Opens 5pm Friday 7 July closes 19 August

Peter Ireland

Artist statement

This show consists of three parts: first, the complete Specimen Voyage series of 13 -which is concerned with aspects of climate change - second, the Ancestor Diptych, and third, 14 other works which, broadly, continue a theme of the past few years of small works linking late Medieval imagery with current environmental and cultural issues within Aotearoa/New Zealand, with three of them referencing the recent introduction of a history component to the education syllabus.

Opens 5pm Friday 7 July closes 19 August

1     The Specimen's Voyage I (private collection, Napier)

1 The Specimen's Voyage I (private collection, Napier)

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

2     The Specimen's Voyage II (private collection, Gisborne)

2 The Specimen's Voyage II (private collection, Gisborne)

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

3 The Specimen's Voyage III (waka) (private collection, Gisborne)

3 The Specimen's Voyage III (waka) (private collection, Gisborne)

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

4     The Specimen's Voyage IV (shipping containers

4 The Specimen's Voyage IV (shipping containers

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

5  The Specimen's Voyage V (after 13th century Italian mosaic

5 The Specimen's Voyage V (after 13th century Italian mosaic

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#6: The Specimen's Voyage VI (after Ostian tomb painting 2nd century BCE) 260 x 283

#6: The Specimen's Voyage VI (after Ostian tomb painting 2nd century BCE) 260 x 283

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

$510

#7: The Specimen's Voyage VII (after 14th century German book illustration) 268 x 187

#7: The Specimen's Voyage VII (after 14th century German book illustration) 268 x 187

(private collection, Wellington)

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

8     The Specimen's Voyage VIII (tug & barge) (private collection, Gisborne)

8 The Specimen's Voyage VIII (tug & barge) (private collection, Gisborne)

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

#9:The Specimen's Voyage IX (four trees & boat) 216 x 290

#9:The Specimen's Voyage IX (four trees & boat) 216 x 290

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#10: The Specimen's Voyage X (half mast) 217 x 282

#10: The Specimen's Voyage X (half mast) 217 x 282

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

11    The Specimen's Voyage XI (floating log)

11 The Specimen's Voyage XI (floating log)

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

178 x 310

SOLD

#12: The Specimen's Voyage XII (Camo 1) 217 x 257

#12: The Specimen's Voyage XII (Camo 1) 217 x 257

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#13: The Specimen's Voyage XIII (Camo 2) 218 x 314

#13: The Specimen's Voyage XIII (Camo 2) 218 x 314

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#14: The Sorcerer's Garden 272 x 318

#14: The Sorcerer's Garden 272 x 318

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#15: Ancestor Diptych (after Torcello Madonna mosaic & unknown tekoteko) Each 575 x 383

#15: Ancestor Diptych (after Torcello Madonna mosaic & unknown tekoteko) Each 575 x 383

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in black frames

SOLD

#16: Natural Nativity (after 11th century unknown icon painter) 187 x 270

#16: Natural Nativity (after 11th century unknown icon painter) 187 x 270

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#17: The Scholar's Dream of the Black Sea (after 15th century Italian book illumination) 254 x 224

#17: The Scholar's Dream of the Black Sea (after 15th century Italian book illumination) 254 x 224

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

18: Indigenisation (after Richard Wilson and Sidney Nolan) 358 x 283 (can be hung either way)

18: Indigenisation (after Richard Wilson and Sidney Nolan) 358 x 283 (can be hung either way)

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#19: Guidoriccio's New Syllabus (after Simone Martini) 200 x 530

#19: Guidoriccio's New Syllabus (after Simone Martini) 200 x 530

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#20: New Syllabus Lesson I (raft) 180 x 568

#20: New Syllabus Lesson I (raft) 180 x 568

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#21: New Syllabus Lesson II (Renaissance Nativity) (after Taddeo di Bartolo) 245 x 342

#21: New Syllabus Lesson II (Renaissance Nativity) (after Taddeo di Bartolo) 245 x 342

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#22: Scenes from the Monastic Legends (after Paolo Uccello) 290 x 290

#22: Scenes from the Monastic Legends (after Paolo Uccello) 290 x 290

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#23: The Sermon's Congregation (after 15th century Italian book illumination) 263 x 350

#23: The Sermon's Congregation (after 15th century Italian book illumination) 263 x 350

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

$810

#24: The Anchorage of the Magi (after Cenni di Francesco) 240 x 413

#24: The Anchorage of the Magi (after Cenni di Francesco) 240 x 413

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

25.Flotilla of Expectation (after Bernardo Daddi)  267 x 282mm

25.Flotilla of Expectation (after Bernardo Daddi) 267 x 282mm

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

#26: Contemporary Nativity (after Johann Koerbecke) "Be still and know" 355 x 285

#26: Contemporary Nativity (after Johann Koerbecke) "Be still and know" 355 x 285

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

$810

#27: Conversazione (after Vittore Carpaccio) 268 x 319

#27: Conversazione (after Vittore Carpaccio) 268 x 319

oil on paper, 2022/2023, framed in a white frame

SOLD

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