Dolron and Klein in Auckland Art Fair 1-3 May 09

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Suite has selected works by six artists to show at New Zealand's premier visual arts event, the Auckland Art Fair in May 09.

The works are by Desiree Dolron (Netherlands), Frits Klein (Netherlands), James Aldridge (United Kingdom), Neil Pardington, Robert Cherry and Callum Arnold (New Zealand).

The Auckland Art Fair runs from 1-3 May at Auckland's Viaduct Harbour.
More details are available on www.suite.co.nz and www.aucklandartfair.co.nz

This will be the first time that Desiree Dolron and Frits Kleins' works have been shown in Auckland, and the first exhibition of James Aldridge's work in the Southern Hemisphere.

Dolron has become known both for her probing travel reports as well as for her staged photographs made partly with the help of the computer.
The works on show are from the Te di todos mis suenos (2002-03) series, and her acclaimed Xteriors (2001-today) series in which Dolron shows her devotion to painting by giving her anonymous models a semblance of the Flemish Primitives and Johannes Vermeer.

Several works on paper from the Frits Klein Estate will be exhibited. Born in Java, Frits, the father of Yves Klein, always knew that he wanted to be an artist, and in 1920 left for Paris to work along side Piet Mondrian. Frits was honoured with a major retrospective at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam in 1978.

A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, Aldridge now lives and works in Sweden. He has received awards including Chapter Residency (Cardiff) and the Rome Scholarship in Fine Art, and has exhibited in London, Amsterdam, Venice, Rome and Frankfurt. Forthcoming shows in Copenhagen, Madrid and New York are scheduled. Aldridge currently has work at the Tate Modern, London.

New photographic works by Wellington based artist Neil Pardington will be exhibited. Pardington needs no introduction, being widely regarded as one of New Zealand's pre-emient photographers, designers and film makers. Two small sculptural works and a new photographic work by Wellington based chameleon Robert Cherry will also be on show. A selection of new landscape paintings by Christchurch based artist Callum Arnold completes the line up.

Auckland Art Fair 09, New Zealand’s premier visual arts event, returns to Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour from May 1-3 with a select contingent of New Zealand and Australia’s leading galleries. The third and largest event to date offers a snapshot of what’s current in contemporary Trans-Tasman art practice. Artists and their representing galleries will present fresh, current work, in the form of 40 solo and curated exhibitions, a sculpture court and a commissioned installation, to an estimated 12,000 visitors. All works are for sale.

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