Second Nature (Animals)
Bunny
1993
Cibachrome photograph. 465 x 590 mm.
The six works in the series Second Nature were also exhibited in photographic form in a solo show of the same name at The Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton in 1990, accompanied by a sculptural work Large Neurological Fictions.
Also exhibited in the group exhibition Signatures of Place: Paintings and Placenames, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, curator Francis Pound, 1991. The work appears in monochrome on the cover of the catalogue.
Also in the solo exhibition Second Nature at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 1992.
Faun
1993
Cibachrome photograph, back mounted onto acrylic. 800 x 1200 mm.
From the series Souvenirs (Animals). One of several works in the solo exhibition Animals at the New Work Studio/Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Wellington.
Also exhibited in Lest We Forget: On Nostalgia, Gallery at Takashimaya, New York City, curators Lynn Gumpert and Tom Sokolowski, 1994.
Exhibited in light box form at the Wellington airport for Art Now: The First Biennial Review of Contemporary Art, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, curator Christina Barton, 1994.
Collection Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.
© All images copyright Ruth Watson