Louise Purvis
C87300
4 September – 24 September 2023
This exhibition of Louise Purvis’ work is timed to coincide with the celebration of the Wellington Sculpture Trust’s 40th Anniversary. It is entitled C87300, the technical name for silicon bronze, and the primary medium for this exhibition. Works are grouped in four different organic themes:
• Plants & Paperbags, reflecting the diversity around you, both the plants and bags are taken for granted and are re-contextualised
• Models, investigating tension and movement
• Houses, continuation of the ongoing House series
• Discs, related with counting and tuning, acts of nature, explosions, volcanos
All sculptures illustrate a simplicity which belies the complexity of their physical production.
Louise Purvis, Medium paper bag with ferns, 2023, silicone bronze, 450 x 420 x 190 mm $5400
Louise Purvis, Medium papaer bad with twisted grass, 2023, silicone bronze ed 1 of 4, 580 x 470 x 200 mm $5200
Louise Purvis, Large paper bag with natives, 2023, silicone bronze, edition 1 of 3, 740 x 170 x 150 mm $7200
Louise Purvis, Small paper bag with Muehlenbeckia, 2023, silicone bronze, unique, 350 x 440 x 230 mm $3900
Louise Purvis, Up and back stair house, 2023, silicone bronze, 270 x 255 x 70 mm $3900
Louise Purvis, Tree house version 3, 2023, edition 1 of 2, silicone bronze, 425 x 230 x 120 mm $4200
Louise Purvis, First halo, 2023, silicone bronze, unique, 680 x 340 x 190 mm $9000
Louise Purvis, Jaws of the unknown 2023, silicone bronze, unique, 170 x 280 x 150 mm $8000
Louise Purvis, Repeating form, 2023, painted aluminium, 240 x 320 x 220 mm $6000
Louise Purvis, Bronze disc, 2021, edition 3 of 3, silicone bronze, 450 x 450 mm $6000
Louise Purvis, Void disc, 2023, edition 1 of 3, silicone bronze, 250 x 250 x 145 mm $7600
Louise Purvis, Marquette to tension, 2023, silicone bronze, 1070 x 50 x 45 mm $8000