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EUAN MACLEOD – High Wire: book & works on paper – 8-24 Dec 2020

First Bridge, Euan Macleod, 2020 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, edition size 20, 305 x 400mm (paper), (SOLD)

The etchings, drawings and works on paper in this exhibition were all made towards a book project Euan Macleod undertook with Booker finalist Lloyd Jones.

High Wire was published by Massey University Press earlier in 2020. It is the first of a series of picture books written and made for grownups and designed to showcase leading New Zealand writers and artists working together in a collaborative and dynamic way.

In High Wire the narrators playfully set out across the Tasman, literally on a high wire. Macleod’s striking drawings explore notions of home, and depict homeward thoughts and dreams. High Wire also enters a metaphysical place where art is made, a place where any ambitious art-making enterprise requires its participants to hold their nerve and not look down. It’s a beautifully considered small book which richly rewards the reader and stretches the notion of what the book can do.

Wide Bridge, Euan Macleod, 2019 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, 400 x 510mm (paper) Swing Bridge, Euan Macleod, 2020 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, edition size 20, 400 x 510mm (paper), High Bridge, Euan Macleod, 2020 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, edition size 20, 400 x 510mm (paper), (SOLD) Broken Bridge, Euan Macleod, 2020 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, edition size 20, 400 x 510mm (paper), (SOLD)
Walking Plank, Euan Macleod, 2019 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, 510 x 400mm (paper) The Fall, Euan Macleod, 2019 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, 510 x 400mm (paper) Plank over Clouds, Euan Macleod, 2020 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, edition size 20, 510 x 400mm (paper), High Wire Painter(s), Euan Macleod, 2019 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, 510 x 400mm (paper) Bridge Over Hills, Euan Macleod, 2019 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, 510 x 400mm (paper)
Highwire over volcano, Euan Macleod, 2019 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, 510 x 400mm (paper) Bridge Over Head, Euan Macleod, 2019 etching, printed on Arches white 250g cotton rag paper, 510 x 400mm (paper) Untitled Highwire sketch, Euan Macleod, 2020, charcoal and felt tip marker on paper, 225 x 305mm Untitled Highwire sketch, 2020, charcoal and felt tip marker on paper, 225 x 305mm

Untitled Highwire sketch, 2020, charcoal and felt tip marker on paper, 225 x 305mm   Untitled Highwire sketch, 2020, charcoal and felt tip marker on paper, 225 x 305mm
High Wire study, Euan Macleod, 2020 painting, Acrylic on paper, 290 x 380mm
Cave Rock, Euan Macleod, 2020, acrylic on paper, 300 x 415mm, (SOLD)Boat in Glacier study, Euan Macleod, 2020 painting, Acrylic on paper, 290 x 380mm Basin Study, Euan Macleod, 2020 painting, Oil on polyester, 530 x 660mm, (SOLD) Figure & Iceburgs, Euan Macleod, 2020 painting, Acrylic on paper, 280 x 390mm Glacial Lake Study, Euan Macleod, 2020, oil on polyester, 290 x 380mm, (SOLD)  Tasman Lake, Euan Macleod, 2020 painting, Acrylic on paper, 300 x 415mm