Paul Dibble
New Zealand Sculptor
Catalogue
Biography
"Against all odds I went to Elam, the Auckland School of Art, in the mid-60s where for the first time I was exposed to modern European art. Most of our lecturers were British-trained and naturally they taught us European modernism. It wasn’t until years after I left that I questioned how strange this was living in the South Pacific."
Posthumous protocols
While some Dibble works are single editions, often the artist created work that he intended for the Dibble foundry to cast and complete up to a specified edition number.
Following the artist’s death, the Dibble foundry has continued to cast and complete the remaining works in these editions.
Each edition work is:
Cast and finished in the same way as Dibble works released prior to the artist’s death.
Made in the same workshop, from the same materials, using the same processes, as in the artist’s lifetime, under the direct supervision of Fran Dibble.
Inscribed with the artist’s name, to positively identify the work as that of the artist.
Dated with the year in which Dibble released the first work in the edition (ie; 2023 or earlier).
