O'Connor, Denis, 1947-

Date: 1986

By: Auckland City Art Gallery

Reference: Eph-E-SCULPTURE-1986-01

Description: Shows a photograph of "Pediment XXI" by Denis O'Connor. Lists sculptors represented in the show: Chris Booth, Bronwynne Cornish, Bing Dawe, Jacqueline Fraser, Christine Hellyar, Robert Jesson, Vivian Lynn, Selwyn Muru, Denis O'Connor, Maria Olsen, Warren Viscoe. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 840 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Jo Torr, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 1993

By: Dowse Art Museum

Reference: Eph-D-SCULPTURE-1993-01

Description: Shows a photograph of a relief sculpture incorporating Irish coins, by sculptor Denis O'Connor. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph 630 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Jo Torr, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 2011

Reference: Eph-D-GRAPHIC-ARTS-2011-PML

Description: Posters produced under the supervision of Xavier Meade, each showing a myth or legend "concerning the nature of reality and the human condition" ("Purakau" catalogue page [2]). The series draws on legends from the cultures of each country, and expresses ideas about indigenous sovereignty, colonisation and decolonisation, keeping the purity of the land: Aotearoa: 1. The duke, his hat, the Chief and his feather, by Natalie Robertson 2. The tangler (in favour of artists), by Denis O'Connor 3. God is on our side, by Michael Reed 4. 100% pure New Zealand, by Xavier Meade Cuba: 5. Origin of the poisonous maiden plum or guao plant, by Michele Miyares Hollands 6. Cafunga, by Giselle Monzon Calero 7. Twelve laps around the ceiba, by Eric Silva Blay 8. Flew away like Matias Perez!, by Claudio Sotolongo Mexico: 9. To be Cortes does not prevent one from being courageous, by Carlos PeZ [sic] 10. I sing, therefore I suffer, by Arturo Meade 11. Hun Nal Ye, first maize seed, in the beginning of time, by Yescka (ASARO Collective) 12. Blessed Virgin of the barricades, by Xavier Meade This set of posters is numbered 6 out of a print run of 50. The posters are documented fully in: "Purakau; myths and legends, mitos y leyendas international poster project". Auckland, N.Z. : Clouds, 2011. Copy held in ATL NZ&P q507668, Wellington General lending NZ Pacific PAM 398.08999442 PUR 2011, and in the Ephemera Workroom. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 6/50 Quantity: 12 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprints, 720 x 510 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2012.

Date: 1985

Reference: Eph-D-ARTS-1985-1

Description: Includes: AND/4. Last stand [1985?] Artists in residence; a project of the Arts Access Programme. Queen Elizabeth Arts Council, Private Bag, Wellington, Aotearoa. Design / Screenprint Wellington Media Collective 1985 (2 copies) Auckland City Art Gallery. Major events in the Wellesley Auditorium, 1985 [Shows a photograph of Claude Monet in his studio](2 copies) John Bailey. "In situ" National Art Gallery Wellington, NZ, 1 May - 16 June 1985 (2 copies) Dowse Art Museum. Feb-May '85 (shows Dennis O'Connor "Vessel maker". (2 copies) Dowse Art Museum. "In the eye of the sun". 14 December 1985 - 14 September 1986 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and screenprints, sizes up to 760 mm.

Date: 1990 - 1999

Reference: Eph-B-SCULPTURE-1990s

Description: Includes: 1990: Jonathan Craig. An exhibition of bronze & steel sculpture. Last Decade; contemporary New Zealand art, 2-21 April 1990. Invitation to opening Karen Dennis. Sculpture. Fish Shop Gallery, 186 Ponsonby Road Auckland, 13 February - 3 March 1990. Flier Len Lye. Kinetic sculpture. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth, 15 December 1990 - 3 February 1991. Flier Richard Roberts. Kudos Gallery, 2-21 April [1990]. Flier/invitation to opening Elizabeth Thomson. New work in bronze. Catherine Scollay Gallery, 13 November - 1 December 1990. Catalogue / flier Ruth Watson. "Second nature". Centre for Contemporary Art, 2-9 October 1990. Exhibition handout "Composing motion; Len Lye's kinetic sculptures". National Art Gallery, 29 March - 30 June 1991; "Trilogy" at Shed 11, the Temporary/Contemporary, 27 April - 30 June 1991. Catalogue; and flier 1991: Bronwynne Cornish. "Homage to potatoes". Wellington City Art Gallery, 28 March - 26 May 1991. Catalogue "Trophies and emblems"; kinetic sculpture by Peter Roche. Wellington City Art Gallery, 24 May - 30 June 1991. Catalogue and programme of related videos, 25 May - 30 June 1991. 1992: Artiture Exhibition Group. Artiture; 6th annual New Zealand contemporary design exhibition. Catalogue 1992 David Sarich. "Pathway"; ceramic relief icons. Bowen Galleries [1992?]. Catalogue Vogue, vague; waves. New sculptors, new sculpture, curated by William McAloon. CSA Gallery, 11-28 June 1992. Catalogue 1993: Len Lye. Free radical; kinetic sculpture and film. Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, 21 March - 16 May 1993. Flier Sculpt; sculpture by Marie Shannon. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 27 November 1993 - 30 January 1994. Catalogue (2 copies) [Inia Te Wiata]. Pouihi; some basic facts. Flier [ca 1993?] 1994: Denis O'Connor. 13 Stemmata. Gow Langsford Gallery , 22 November - 10 December 1994. Catalogue Michael Parekowhai. Kiss the baby goodbye. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth 1 April - 6 June; Waikato Museum of Art and History 18 June - 4 September 1994. Exhibition handout Katharine West. Catena. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 10 June - 10 July 1994. Exhibition handout Carin Wilson. The politics of constraint. Artis Gallery Auckland, June 1995. Exhibition handout 1996: John Edgar. Cross country [touring 21 June - 20 October 1996]. Catalogue (2 copies) Kazu Nakagawa; New Zealand works. Dowse Art Museum, 14 December 1996 - 16 March 1997. Exhibition handout (2 copies) Tāreitanga; sculpture. Symposium 18 January - 3 February; Exhibition 4-18 February [1996], Frank Kitts Park. Pamphlet Povi Tau Vaga; a project by Michel Tuffery, 1996 Rita Angus Fellow. Flier Ronnie van Hout. I'm OK. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth New Zealand, 9 November -15 December 1996. Catalogue 1997: Andrew Drummond. Samples and speculations. Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 9-20 December 1997. Exhibition handout Callum Morton. Now and then. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 26 October - 8 December 1997. Exhibition handout Tāreitanga Sculpture symposium [Wellington], 15 January - 16 February 1997. Exhibition catalogue (2 copies) 1998: John Edgar. Lie of the land [touring 21 February 1998-10 May 1999]. Catalogue (2 copies) Morrison Kent ... proudly presents an exhibition of Peruvian sculpture by Felipe Letterston. Wellington Civic Centre, 101 Wakefield St, 28 July - 15 August [1998]. Flier only (2 copies) 1999: Stella Brennan. Anima, L: vital breath. Manawatu Art Gallery, 13 February - 5 April 1999. Catalogue John Edgar. Digit. Artis Gallery Auckland, 7 September - 3 October 1999. Catalogue (with essay "Words for stone" by Peter Simpson) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and pamphlet, sizes varying up to 300 x 210 mm.

Date: 1985-1989

Reference: Eph-D-SCULPTURE-1985/1989

Description: Includes: 1986: Branches from the wishing tree; stone carvings by Denis O'Connor. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 3 June - 6 July 1986; Dowse Art Museum, 18 July - 24 August 1986 (2 copies) Robert Shay; an introduction. City Gallery Wellington, March - April 1986 (2 copies) 1987: Matt Pine; selected works 1965-1985. Prepared by the Sarjeant Gallery for touring nationally with the support of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and the New Zealand Art Gallery Directors Council. Shed 11, the Temporary / Contemporary, 10 April - 24 May [1987]. 1988: Raymond Ansin. Heart of stone; carvings in marble & jade. Bishop Suter Art Gallery, 12 September - 2 October 1988. 1989: John Edgar. Stone lines; an exhibition of stone carvings 1977-1989. National Museum of New Zealand Wellington, 16 June - 6 August 1989; Auckland Institute & Museum Auckland, 19 August - 1 October 1989 (3 copies) Len Lye. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 19 December 1988 - 18 February 1989. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying around 595 x 420 mm.

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From: Arts Marketing Board of Aotearoa New Zealand : Records

Reference: 95-263-09

Description: Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: 1994

Reference: ArtEph-1994-O-03

Date: 2000 - 2004

From: O'Brien, Gregory, 1961- :[Collection of posters, fliers and other ephemera. 1980s-2000s].

Reference: Eph-B-ARTS-OBrien-2000s

Description: Includes fliers and pamphlets illustrated by Gregory O'Brien or featuring mainly his artworks or writings by himself or Jenny Bornholdt. Bell Gully National Schools; Poetry Award 2003. Judge Gregory O'Brien. Application form. "Between writer and reader"; the Mt Eden Writers & Readers Festival. 12-13 August [2000?]. Pamphlet. "Creative writing in New Zealand"; a conference sponsored by the University of Canterbury English Department and the University Bookshop. 22-24 August 2003. The Evening Post presents John Drawbridge "Wide open interior". Wellington City Gallery, 8 December 2001. Invitation card. Ralph Hotere "Black light". Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Guest lecture by Gregory O'Brien "Carey's Bay and beyond; landscape and spirituality in Ralph Hotere's art". 19 May [2000?] Flier. Ralph Hotere. "Black light"; major works including collaborations with Bill Culbert. Te Papa, 28 October 2003 - 25 February 2004. Folded pamphlet. An invitation. On Saturday a group of Wellington people, admirers of Oscar Wilde, will gather at Quilter's Bookshop at 3 pm. Fine-printed invitation.[by Brendan O'Brien? 2000] Jenny and Greg invite you to a party to celebrate their departure to france from 6-8pm. 21 March 2002. [Handprinted by Brendan O'Brien?] Gregory O'Brien "After bathing at Baxter's". 2002. Book cover. Denis O'Connor. "The feather trade"; seven found poems. City Gallery Wellington, 30 March - 29 April 2001. "Oscar Wilde Place", by Michael O'Leary. Poem 2000. Flier. Janet Paul at Wellington City Gallery. "Caught in this sensual music all". 14 April - 14 May 2000. Invitation card. Forum @ The Sarjeant. Joanna Margaret Paul; a tribute in words, art, music. Participants will include Wellington poets Gregory O'Brien and Jenny Bornholdt. September 6, 2003. Flier. "Right under our noses"; Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, 2 August [2003]. Jointly selected by Paula Savage and Greg O'Brien. Invitation card. Rosslyn Gallery presents "The wind in the fences"; artists respond to James K Baxter. Dunedin, June 2003. Brochure / application form. Victoria University Press. "Summer", by Jenny Bornholdt. 2003. Flier. Wellington City Gallery. "Parihaka; the art of passive resistance". 26 August 2000 - 19 January 2001. Brochure. Wellington City Gallery. Peter Black - Real fiction. Poetry reading, 29 June 2003. Card. Wellington City Gallery. Peter Black - Real fiction. Invitation to opening, 22 March 2003. Quantity: 19 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (some black & white). Physical Description: Fliers and pamphlet, sizes varying up to 300 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated by Greg O'Brien, Wellington, in 2004

Date: 1993

Reference: ArtEph-1993-O-04

Date: 1989

By: Gow Langsford Gallery (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: ArtEph-1989-O-01

Description: Includes a short essay by the artist, a catalogue of works displayed, and photographs of two works. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1984 - 1985

By: Silverfish (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-SCULPTURE-1984-01

Description: Shows a a photograph of Tradestone; the sailmaker (dedicated to Captain Emilius Le Roy), woodfired porcelain, 415 x 355 x 50 mm. Other Titles - Captain Emilius Le Roy Sailmaker Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 617 x 420 mm.