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Milford Galleries Dunedin18 Dowling Street (03) 477 7727 [email protected]
6th - 24th November, 2010
www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
JENNA PACKERProvisioning
1. JENNA PACKER, Carnival (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 762 x 1015 x 37 mm
1. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, Carnival (2010)
2. JENNA PACKER, Anniversary Day (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 761 x 1015 x 32 mm
2. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, Anniversary Day (2010)
3. JENNA PACKER, Supply Lines (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 916 x 1120 x 32 mm
3. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, Supply Lines (2010)
4. JENNA PACKER, The Engagement (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 557 x 709 x 37 mm
4. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, The Engagement (2010)
5. JENNA PACKER, The Incident (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 558 x 709 x 37 mm
5. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, The Incident (2010)
6. JENNA PACKER, Quadrille (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 558 x 710 x 37 mm
6. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, Quadrille (2010)
7. JENNA PACKER, Rescue of the Good Fortune (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 559 x 712 x 37 mm
7. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, Rescue of the Good Fortune (2010)
8. JENNA PACKER, Pataka (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 558 x 710 x 37 mm
8. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, Pataka (2010)
9. JENNA PACKER, Souvenir (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 557 x 710 x 37 mm
9. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, Souvenir (2010)
10. JENNA PACKER, Clearing (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 760 x 1015 x 32 mm
10. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, Clearing (2010)
11. JENNA PACKER, Provisioning (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 760 x 1013 x 32 mm
11. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, Provisioning (2010)
12. JENNA PACKER, Orokonui High Tide (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 759 x 1014 x 32 mm
12. DETAIL VIEW JENNA PACKER, Orokonui High Tide (2010)
13. JENNA PACKER, Beached (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 403 x 508 x 37 mm
14. JENNA PACKER, Freshwater (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 355 x 455 x 37 mm
15. JENNA PACKER, Downstream (2010), acrylic on canvas, stretcher (v x h x d): 355 x 458 x 37 mm
Sailing ships, war air-balloons, waka, aeroplanes, blimps, Chinese junks and dragon
flies take to the skies and sea, on the search for new and abundant lands;
provisioning. Jenna Packer reflects on history by creating a painted world, perhaps
fantastical, of another dimension.
Amidst vast oceans, pataka (storehouses on posts) offer sustenance to the pioneers,
on their long journeys to the unknown. These could be looked upon as marker posts,
supply routes, also doubling for the airship docking mast or WWII warning system
radar towers. They act as points along the way, to stop, reflect, and renew before
carrying on the journey (both physical and psychological).
Oil rigs stand elegantly, like unfinished Eiffel Towers amidst vast ocean - a monument
of the industrial age, with so much promise, yet at what cost?
Landforms appear in a number of the works, familiar, and recognisable as the
shapes and forms around Otago’s peninsular. Sailing ships and waka travel across
water, weaving their way through wild and untamed bush in the work Provisioning,
looking for shoreline in which to dock. A single tuft of smoke looms over the dark
trees, someone has already claimed their piece of the land. Is this a history that is
only now being recorded - a snippet of time forgotten amongst historical accounts
of grandeur?
Two waterways meet in Orokonui High Tide, generating an abundance of provisions. Land has been cleared, trees are felled, and figures fish in the waist deep waters.
Land has also been domesticated in Clearing and Beached, where fires burn and
huts are erected. By picturing a past, Packer comments about our future; we are
always in search for the next discovery, changing the environment to suit our needs,
but what happens when we run out of provisions? Or when the natural environment
is so manipulated it can no longer be cultivated? Or when there is nowhere new to
go?
Jenna Packer’s delicate and detailed works have an illustrative quality that at times
crosses the boundaries between painting and drawing. The old world colours speak
of the past yet the themes and ideas within her subject matter opens dialogues
about provisioning that affect us in our contemporary world and as we look towards
the future.
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 Carnival (2010) 3,750
2 Anniversary Day (2010) 3,750
3 Supply Lines (2010) 4,000
4 The Engagement (2010) 2,250
5 The Incident (2010) 2,250
6 Quadrille (2010) 2,250
7 Rescue of the Good Fortune (2010) 2,250
8 Pataka (2010) 2,250
9 Souvenir (2010) 2,250
10 Clearing (2010) 3,750
11 Provisioning (2010) 3,750
12 Orokonui High Tide (2010) 3,750
13 Beached (2010) 2,000
14 Freshwater (2010) 1,750
15 Downstream (2010) 1,750
Jenna Packer 2010 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
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JENNA PACKER lives Waitati
Carnival (2010)
Jenna Packer paints metaphorical and alternate histories commenting on journeys of discovery, evolution, the survival instinct of escape, fragility and the endless possibilities of life. Jenna Packer draws on a lifelong interest in history and the telling of it, and in image making. "I am looking at the past in order to find some clues to what is happening, what to expect and how to live it. This is not just in painting but reading, conversations, thoughts. I keep returning to the period of the 1930’s and to the exodus of people across Europe at the onset on WWII. I want to affirm the fragility and the possibility of life, but the dark shadows which have been in the background – (sometimes as zeppelins or parachutes) keep encroaching further into the pictures." (1) Jenna Packer is a graduate from the Ilam School of Fine Arts. A painter, printmaker and illustrator she has exhibited in New Zealand, France and Japan. (1) Jenna Packer, Artist Statement (2009)
Jenna Packer 2010 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz
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JENNA PACKER lives Waitati
EDUCATION
1996-97(3months total) La Rouelle Studio (printmaking), France 1996 (July) The Slade School of Art (Fresco), London 1995 Otago Polytechnic School of Couture (Couture), Dunedin 1992 (March – May) Glasgow Print Workshop (printmaking), Glasgow 1989 BA (History) (First-Class Honours), University of Canterbury, Christchurch
1988 Bachelor Fine Arts, Ilam School of Art, Christchurch
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Provisioning, Milford Galleries Dunedin 2009 A History of Flight, Milford Galleries Dunedin
2008 Plant, Gallery on Blueskin, Waitati 2007 The Island, Solander, Wellington 2006 The Island, Milnes Court Gallery, Port Chalmers 1995 Imprints, Ground Essence, Dunedin 1994 Moroccan Notebook, Ground Essence, Dunedin
Etchings (solo), Ground Essence, Dunedin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Southern Landscape, milford galleries queenstown 2008 Etched in Memory, PaperGraphica, Christchurch
Opening, Gallery on Blueskin, Waitati
2007 The Paper Show, The Artists’ Room, Dunedin Spring Exhibition, Anderson’s Park Art Gallery, Invercargill
The Knowne Worlde Illuminated, Salisbury House Art Gallery, Dunedin Impressed Atatoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton
2006 ‘10’, The Print-makers’ Studio, Dunedin 1997 Féte de Papier, Maison de Josianne, Génolac, France
1995 Three Printmakers, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch Fishing for Camels in the Bush, Arthouse Gallery, Dunedin Arthouse Members Show, Arthouse Gallery, Dunedin
1994 Exposure II (Invited Dunedin Artists), Applied Art NZ, Christchurch Nakhodka – Dunedin – Otaru, Sister Cities Art Exhibition, Otaru, Japan
Five Printmakers, Left Bank Art Gallery, Greymouth Women Show, Arthouse Gallery, Dunedin
1990 Printmakers Exhibition, Aigantigue Art Gallery, Timaru Prints: Jenna Packer and Neave Fraser-Davies, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
COLLECTIONS
Work held in private collections in NZ, Australia, UK, Canada, France and Italy.