October 1 - November 29, 2020 Gold

Paul Dibble: X – A Decade of Sculpture is a new book that covers a period of around ten years of Paul’s sculptural practice, from 2010 to 2020.

“The publication provides a description of some larger commissions from this period but also gives an indication of the scope of Paul’s practice; a practice that does not tidily fit into the predicted trajectory of an artist biography, due to Paul’s appetite for many aesthetic forms and myriad ideas as to what art can be." - Fran Dibble

One distinctive body of work covered in the book is Paul’s gilded kōwhai works, where 24 carat gold sheet is fixed onto bronze flower petals to mimic the golden blooms as they appear in the New Zealand bush. The book’s designer took up this theme, using gold foil throughout the publication on chapter headings and endpapers, making this new book an artwork in its own right.

Paul is not the only artist to employ gold in his artworks. For the month of October, ZIMMERMAN brings together work by Fran and Paul Dibble with that of other artists represented by the gallery … each portraying, in their own way, the beauty, preciousness and allure of GOLD.

This exhibition was extended for another month as “Gold continues to rise” (November 2020). In that extended month I also displayed an Untitled huia with kōwhai model (2020), single edition, 470 × 400 × 200 mm which was purchased.