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Ms Louise Marie Palmer

Contact

Department: Fine Arts

Email: louise.palmer@canterbury.ac.nz

Office: Fine Arts, Block 3, Room 139

Language: English

About
Research / Creative works
Networks
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Fields of Research

  • Sculpture
  • Installation
  • Drawing
  • Site specific art
  • Artist run initiatives

Researcher Summary

Current research explores the intersection between the practical considerations of sculptural practice and the personal underpinnings of an artwork. I have utilised traditional sculptural processes and materials such as casting, which inform the work both materially and conceptually. It is through a reconsideration of tradition that the role of contemporary sculpture is explored; cast from residues of everyday life, recent sculptures suggest a re-consideration of the conventional meanings and values ascribed to objects.

Recycled materials  are the starting point for an ongoing series of cast plaster and bronze works. These everyday materials are repeated and reformed into conflated and doubled objects. The forms, then cast, perform acts of recycling as the prosaic everyday items are rendered strange and ambiguous through replication and repetition.

Drawing is also an important part of ongoing research research, with drawing considered as an expanded field of practice and two-dimensional works often exhibited alongside sculptural works.  

www.louisepalmer.com

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Visual Arts and Crafts: Drawing; Installation; Sculpture

Resources

  • Staff webpage
  • Artist website

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Exhibition/Curatorial Exercises
  • Palmer L. (2020) track and trace: a selection of work by Ilam SoFA staff Louise Palmer, Robin Neate, Tim Veling, John Chrisstoffels, curated by Aaron Kreisler.. Exhibiting Artist: Ilam Campus Gallery, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury. 27 Feb-20 Mar 2020. [Drawing].
  • Palmer L. (2017) Homeshow, 90 Canon. Curator, contributing artist, catalogue editor and writer: 90 Canon St, St Albans, Christchurch. 23-26 Nov 2017. [Curated group exhibition with edited catalogue].
  • Palmer LM. and Bannan S. (2017) Homeshow, 90 Canon, Exhibition Catalogue. Editor, contributor and artist.: [Catalogue, 6-page? fold out, A4, printed for exhibition 'Homeshow, 90 Canon' (see NRO2) which I edited. Included a text I'd written in relation to the ?exhibition, an artist text work I'd commissioned from Sophie Bannan and images of work by exhibit].
  • Palmer L. (2016) 90 Canon. Solo artist project: 90 Canon St, Christchurch, New Zealand. 29 Jan-5 Feb 2016. [Site specific sculptural deconstruction/installation].
  • Veling T., Carr S., de Vries T., Flanagan S., Hood R., Rhodes P., Oberg-Humphries N., Palmer L., Oram J. and Greenbank J. (2016) '90 Canon (a series of empty rooms)' in Contemporary Christchurch: Survey exhibition of Christchurch artists. Artist in curated exhibition: CoCA Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki, Christchurch, New Zealand.. 20 Aug-6 Nov 2016. ['90 Canon, (a series of empty rooms)', seven archival photographic prints (each 510x760mm) and accompanying text work (A4). Selection for group exhibition by expert panel consisting of Dr Lara Strongman, Senior Curator, Christchurch Art Gallery Te P].
  • Akehurst M., Bywater J., Galloway M., Geoghegan C., Sutherland E., Wells D., Kerr S., Middleton T., Palmer L. and Walls M. (2015) Community Service: A Reading Room. Exhibiting artist/contributor: North Projects, Manchester St, Christchurch, New Zealand. 23 Oct-14 Nov 2015. [Mixed Media. Artist contribution to a group exhibition at North Projects, an artist-run space in Christchurch. I contributed a curated selection of books and ephemera relating to my time as Director of the High St Project, an artist-run project in Ch].
  • Palmer L. (2013) Ruby Kiss. Solo exhibiting artist: 'Glov of Idle Bone', Artist-run space at 183 Milton St, Christchurch, New Zealand. 19-27 Oct 2013. [Installation; 24k gold plated bronze (30x80x30mm), MDF plinth, photographic print (510x760mm)].
  • Palmer L. (2011) �??Opekta Offene Ateliers�?? (Open Studio). Opekta Ateliers, Nippes, Cologne, Germany. 7-9 Oct 2011. [Four site specific drawings and series of small sculptural objects: Gold leaf, mirror paint, receipts, post-it notes].
  • Palmer L. (2011) 'Inventories, Envoy from Mirror City'. Opekta Ateliers, Cologne, Guest Studio and Project Space. 25-28 Nov 2011. [Sculpture, Installation].
  • Palmer L. (2010) 'The Chained Lady, The Microscope and The Southern Fish', Group exhibition curated by Tessa Giblin. SOFA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand. 20 Apr-4 Jul 2010. [Included works: ???Is-land??? - Pigment and plinth; ???Pigment Explosion, 149??? and ???To the Is-land??? - Framed A4 drawings; pigment and coloured pencil].
  • Palmer L. (2009) 'Arcadia', Solo exhibition. Marsupial Project Space, Christchurch, New Zealand. 14-20 Mar 2009. [Sculptural installation: Glasses, pigment, plinth and limited edition postcards].
  • Palmer L. (2009) 'Ghost Shadows'. Site specific sculpture as part of Headland Sculpture on the Gulf. Waiheke Island, New Zealand. 23 Jan-15 Feb 2009. [Site Specific Sculpture].
  • Palmer L. (2009) 'Lisa Louise'. Included works 'Goodbye 20th Century' and 'Passages in Modern Sculpture'. Collaborative Exhibition with Lisa Jones. SoFA Campus Gallery, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. 31 Mar-10 Apr 2009. [Polychromos pencil on tracing paper and wall drawing].
  • Palmer L. (2009) 'Vertical Horizon', Solo exhibition. SOFA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand. 19 Apr-14 Jun 2009. [Sculptural Installation: 'Ghost Shadows 2' - Cast forton, steel; 'Vertical Horizon' - Glasses, bottles, plinth].
  • Palmer L. (2008) 'Jam', Group exhibition. Peloton, Sydney, Australia. 27 Nov-20 Dec 2008. [Two drawings: Coloured pencil on paper, pigment on paper].
  • Palmer L. (2008) 'Outside the Square', Group exhibition in Platform Festival. SoFA Campus Gallery, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. 21 Apr-1 Jun 2008. [Curator of major student exhibition of sculpture and drawing. 25 works].
  • Palmer L. (2008) 'small monuments, little jewels'. Peloton, Sydney, Australia. 31 Jan-23 Feb 2008. [Sculpture].
  • Palmer L. (2007) 'Canterbury Landscape' in Art School 125, Group exhibition. Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand. 9 Nov 2007-17 Dec 2008. [Sculpture].
  • Palmer L. (2007) 'Cut 'n' Paste', Group Exhibition. Peloton, Sydney, Australia. 18 Apr-12 May 2007. [Two A4 framed drawings: Coloured pencil on paper].
  • Palmer L. (2006) 'Winter Garden' in Group Exhibition 'Sculpture at Peloton'. Peloton, Sydney, Australia. 19 Jan-5 Feb 2006. [Site-specific sculpture: Cast polyurethane].
  • Palmer L. (2004) 'Castle' in the exhibition 'white'. Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, Australia. 3-24 Apr 2004. [Site specific installation].
  • Palmer L. (2003) 'Avoiding Eye Area'. MOP Gallery, Sydney, Australia. 1 May 2003. [Glass].
  • Palmer L. (2003) Waterfall. Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia. 9-21 Dec 2003.
  • Palmer L. (2002) 'In-Forme'. Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia. 1 Aug 2002. [Sculpture, Mixed media].
  • Palmer L. (2000) One installation in the "In the House" show. STUFFgallery, London, UK. 22-26 Aug 2000. [Sculpture/installation].
Artefacts, Objects, Craftworks
  • Palmer L. (2017) Ghost Shadows (Campus). Sole artist: Commissioned by University of Canterbury Art Acquisitions Committee. University of Canterbury Campus, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Site specific sculpture; Fabricated aluminum (900x1260x100mm), Corten steel plate (600x600x6mm), Cast concrete (380x680x1130mm), Cast bronze bollards (each 870x120x120mm)].
  • Palmer LM. (2017) 'Living: Unit 1' and 'Study: Unit 1 and 2' in Homeshow, 90 Canon. Artist: 23-26 Nov 2017. ['Living: Unit 1', 2017, plywood, polyurethane (800x1200x 450mm); 'Study: Unit 1 and 2', 2017, plywood, polyurethane (750x2300x1000mm). New sculptural furniture works made for the exhibition 'Homeshow, 90 Canon', (see NRO2). Each work made specificall].
  • Palmer LM. (2017) 'Paired objects, glasses' in Homeshow, 90 Canon. Artist: 90 Canon St, St Albans, Christchurch. 23-26 Nov 2017. ['Paired objects', 2017, wine glasses and adhesive (200x180x70mm) and glass tumblers and adhesive (80x160x80mm). New work of melded and mended glassware made for the exhibition 'Homeshow, 90 Canon', (see NRO2). Each work made specifically for the exhi].
  • Palmer L. (2016) 'Tattoo Studies; Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire' in it's pretty open, a drawing show. Exhibiting artist: Demo gallery, 21 Shaddock St, Eden Terrace, Auckland. 14-23 Apr 2016. [Coloured pencil on tracing paper, 3 x A3 drawings presented as series. 'Tattoo Studies; Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire'. Selected group exhibition of drawing at experimental art space].
  • Palmer L. (2014) 'Kiss 2' in Black Modular, (First Edition), MAP. Haines/Hinterding House, Lawson, NSW. 22 Jun 2014. [Sculpture, Photographic Print].
  • Palmer L. (2013) 'Kiss', in Wallace Art Awards, Travelling Exhibition.. Exhibiting artist: The Pah Homestead, Auckland, Pataka Art Museum, Porirua and Wallace Gallery Morrinsville, New Zealan. 3 Sep 2013-20 Apr 2014. [Cast bronze and shelf (150x150x100). Finalist in Annual Wallace Arts Awards touring exhibition. New work made and selected for this exhibition].
  • Palmer L. (2005) Winter Garden. Commissioned by Peloton Gallery, Sydney, Australia. [Cast polyurethane].
Theses / Dissertations
  • Palmer L. (2003) Waterfall: A Conversation Between. Sydney, Australia. Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.
Chapters
  • Montgomery K. and Palmer L. (2004) Interview with Louise Palmer. In Wood AP (Ed.), &Ampersand, A Catalogue of Art and Essays: 53-63. Christchurch: The High Street Project.

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Future Research

  • Ongoing studio research
  • Site specific sculpture for UC campus, part of UC art collection
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