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Barry Read.

Barry Read grew up on the North Island's west coast. He attended Elam School of Fine Arts in the early 1970s before painting and exhibiting full-time. In 1980, in a change of direction, he travelled to the UK and joined the BBCtv Design Department and worked on major productions there. Since returning to Aotearoa/New Zealand he has continued working as a 3-dimensional designer and draughtsman, predominantly in film and television set design.
In 2018 he 'returned to roots' and produced a body of work for an exhibition at Mangawhai Artists Gallery.
Below are images of works from that show followed by a short exhibition bio., a 'Zone C' interview
and previous works.
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Selected exhibitions
2018
'Zone C'. Solo exhibition at Mangawhai Artists Gallery
2013 'X'. Group show at the Letham Gallery, Auckland
2012 '3-2-1'. Group show at the Letham Gallery
2003 Invited artist for 'Moments of the America's Cup'. Viaduct Basin, Auckland. Group exhibition at the Maritime Museum
1994 'Exterior'. (Video re-edit). 3rd Canterbury Short Film Festival. Academy Cinema, Christchurch
1992 'Art is a Bourgeois Activity'. Solo exhibition at the CoCA Gallery, Christchurch
1989 '01-01'. Solo exhibition of Laser Prints, St Petersburg, Russia
1986 'Exterior'. (Video/Art Pack). Miro Foundation Cinema & Central University Faculty of Fine Arts, Barcelona, Spain
1984 '1000 Mexicans "News of You"'. (Music Video Animation). BBC 'Whistle Test' and at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA),
         London, UK. (Also on YouTube)
1982 'New City - New Work'. Solo exhibition at the Parallax Gallery, London, UK
1976 'Flowers & Wreaths'. Solo exhibition at Barry Lett Gallery, Auckland
1975 'Strange Angels'. Solo exhibition at Barry Lett Gallery, Auckland
1975 'Prints and Drawings'. Group show at the McDougall Gallery, Christchurch
1974 'Count Boris de Pollok'. Solo exhibition at Barry Lett Gallery, Auckland, Waikato Society of Arts, Hamilton and the Labyrinth
        Gallery, Christchurch
1973/74 'New Year - New Works'. Group show at Barry Lett Gallery, Auckland
1972 'Transition'. 2 person show at The Foundry, Auckland
1972 'B+H Art Award' finalist. Touring group exhibition
1971 'NZ Young Contemporaries'. Group show at the Auckland City Art Gallery

Works are in public collections in NZ and the UK and in private collections in NZ, the UK, Australia, Spain and Russia

email: bazread@gmail.com
mobile: +64 276 11 7365
twitter: @FutureRail




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Previous Works:

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No Right Way Up 1989   Mixed media & 3-dimensional. +1050 x 700. Produced in one session over 4 & 5 June 1989
The background to this work is the English translation of the students' declaration. The motivation came the same day when state crushed the people in Tiananmen Square. And when I looked for inspiration in that day's paper I found instead the glib fabrications of advertising. 'Always gliding doors', billionaires who are 'bashful'. And control.
No Right Way Up is made from the torn drawers from a drafting cabinet. Fixed together with 'Sentinel' wire. Painted and assembled in an 'urgency' of time. I really wanted it to be done. The idea was for it to deteriorate but it's improved over time .
Today it's my favourite painting.




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Racing Home 2003 Acrylic on board. +650x1800. Painted during the America's Cup - 'invited artist'.


Click on images below for more detail.
'Moving Objects through Space' 1991. oil on canvas. Exhibited in solo show 'Art is a Bourgeois Activity', CoCA Gallery, Christchurch 1992. SOLD
'On the Night Train to Leningrad', 1989, mixed media. One of a series of 5 called '01-01' exhibited in Leningrad 1990. +420x520
'Pukeko' 1997 Pencil drawing produced as a concept for Te Papa/MONZ. +670x400
'Gisborne 2000' 1999, watercolour produced for a concept for New Milennium. +200x620
'The Desert Road' 2002, watercolour. +210x650
'Flaxes' 2011, acrylic on canvas. Early concept sketch produced for the entry tunnel for 'The Giant Rugby Ball'. Final 3-D work exhibited at Tower Bridge, London. +300x805
'Up the Mast of NZL82' 2003, acrylic on board for the 'America's Cup', exhibited at the Maritime Museum, Auckland. +600x1220
'Prothallus', 1995, earthernware prototype produced for John Britten's 'Cathedral Junction'. +345x345
The following six images were exhibited as '3-2-1' at the Letham Gallery in Auckland. In the UK we'd talked about the idea of 'Graphic Novel' and I was looking for that high contrast. 'Nailsworth - PJ' 2012, pen & ink drawing on paper. +200x300
'This Train Terminates' 2012. pen & ink drawing on paper. +200x300. SOLD
'Brixton People' 2012, pen & ink on paper. +200x300
'The Concept of the Catalan Flag - FBT' 2012, pen & ink on paper. +200x300
'Brixton Station' 2012, pen & ink on paper. +200x300
'Genesis - JS' 2012, pen & ink on paper. +200x300
These 5 works were in an exhibition 'X' at the Letham Gallery in Auckland. 'fxg-01-D' 2013, grafitto (enamel spray-can on canvas). +200x200. SOLD
'fxg03-A' 2013, grafitto (spray can enamel on canvas). +200x200
'fxg04-I' 2013, grafitto (spray can enamel on canvas). +200x200
'fxg05-C' 2013, grafitto (spray can enamel on canvas). +200x200. SOLD
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