Phil Dadson
Little Doomsdays
14 November – 3 December 2023
Little Doomsdays, is the fifth collaboration between Nic Low and Phil Dadson, win Lloyd Jones’ kōrero series. The selected works in this exhibition are all a part of this collaborative project. Originals and limited edition prints are available. If you are interested in the print series, available in A2 & A3 sizes at $350 & $250 respectively – do let us know. The text is available for purchase from Unity Books.
‘Little Doomsdays’…takes an abstract, circular and mystical approach to themes of knowledge, the vessels that contain it – both institutional and living – and the shifting values that might be applied to it, throughout time and space. The arc is a central motif: Bothe the ark as a floating holder of things and beings, real and recorded; and the arc, a portion of a circle, as a metaphor for living and learning. Low’s text intrigues and baffles, and is neatly paired with images made by Dadson, which range from line-centric doodles to blooming washes of colour, which could be maps, moons or molecules. As with other books in the series, this volume rewards those who do not require their reading experience to be linear, conductive and / or logical, and is all the better for it. Don Abbott, Art New Zealand, 188, Summer 2023-24, p. 106.
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays July Music Montage, p. 37 2022, photographic print on rag paper 1/5, 700 x 530 mm $1600 * ltd ed prints available $350 / $250
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays Arc series, p. 74 - 75 2022, ink pens on 300g art paper, 595 x 420 mm unframed $1600
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays Arc series, p. 10 2022, Indian ink & acrylic on 300g art paper, 700 x 530 mm framed $2000
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays Arc series, cover & p, 90 2022, Indian ink, ink pens & acrylic on 300g art paper, 700 x 530 mm framed $2000
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays Rock Records, p. 56 circa 2019, graphite, Indian inks and acrylic on 300g art paper, 530 x 700 mm framed $2200
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays Nine Fold, p. 32 2022 graphite, Indian inks and acrylic on 300g art paper, 530 x 700 mm framed $2000
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays Ark Island: seedbank, p. 31 2023 Indian ink and acrylic on original photograph, 590 x 330mm unframed $1200
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays Seedbank #2, p. 77 2023, acrylic on photographic print, 590 x 410 mm unframed $1600 * ltd ed prints available $350 / $250
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays Q Stone, p. 73 2023, Indian ink and acrylic on original photograph, 560 x 410 mm unframed $1200
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays Intersection, p. 19 2023, Indian ink & acrylic on original photograph, 330 x 585 mm unframed $1200
Phil Dadson, Little Doomsdays (from May Music series), p. 40 - 41 2018, photographic print on rag paper 1/10, 500 x 500 mm unframed $350 * ltd ed prints available $350 / $250