Fiona Pardington Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Fiona Pardington Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 01, 2022
Fiona Pardington (Née en 1961) "A39559, 2019" signé et daté sur une étiquet
Est: €26,000 - €36,000
Fiona Pardington (Née en 1961) "A39559, 2019" signé et daté sur une étiquette 'Fiona Pardington 2019' (au dos du cadre) tirage pigmentaire sur papier Hahnemühle image : 145 x 110 cm. "Ce tirage est le numéro…
Christie's
Mar. 01, 2022
Fiona Pardington (Née en 1961) "Portrait of a life cast of Matoua Tawai (th
Est: €26,000 - €36,000
Fiona Pardington (Née en 1961) "Portrait of a life cast of Matoua Tawai (three quarter profile), Aotearoa/New Zealand, 2017" signé sur une étiquette 'Fiona Pardington' (au dos du cadre) "tirage pigmentaire…
Christie's
Aug. 09, 2021
FIONA PARDINGTON untitled
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Fiona Pardington untitled 1996 gelatin silver print 1170 x 1170mm PROVENANCE Private collection, Auckland. Acquired privately, Auckland, c1990s.
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Nov. 23, 2020
FIONA PARDINGTON A001171
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Fiona Pardington A001171 2019 pigment inks on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, edition of 10 signed F Pardington in ink verso 1100 x 1460mm PROVENANCE Private collection, Auckland. Fiona Pardington - A001171 Essay by ANDREW PAUL WOOD Fiona Pardington (MNZM, Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) (Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe and Ngāti Kahungunu and Clan Cameron of Erracht) found this figure among a collection of similar objects in the Wellcome Collection in London, on loan to the Science Museum Group. Nineteenth-century pharmaceutical entrepreneur Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) was an avid collector of medical antiquities, an interest that extended to the health and spiritual practices of other cultures. At first glance it looks like a hei-tiki, but it isn't a genuine taonga and therein lies the mystery. It is clearly not a mass-produced tourist tchotchke either - care and attention has gone into its making. We are unlikely to ever find out who made it, Māori, Pākehā, or perhaps even a German carver from the workshops of Saxony or Rhineland. From this strange collection Pardington created the TIKI: Orphans of Māoriland suite of photographs in 2019. Wellcome purchased these faux-tiki from London auction houses. What we can say about them is that they were most likely made for the local Pākehā, or European, market. Art historian Roger Blackley called it the "curio economy," the trade in Māori artifacts that flourished between 1880 and 1910. In this colonial period New Zealand was sometimes referred to as 'Maoriland' - when Pākehā were developing a nascent sense of national identity distinct from Britain, and Māori were fighting to keep control of their identity, representation, culture and land.¹ Pardington, viewing these objects through the lens of her own bicultural Māori and Pākehā ancestry, felt drawn to these objects and their cultural liminality. The resulting photographs offer an interesting counterpoint to Pardington's photographs of genuine hei-tiki, but her interest in bicultural in-between-ness and hybridity can be traced all the way back to her 1996 photograph of a bar of '˜Taniwha' brand soap. As with her photographs of taonga, Pardington takes a reparative, aesthetic approach that draws us in with the beauty of the image before we have a chance to consider all its implications and possible meanings.² A tight focus and concentration of multiple sources of light - fluorescent, LED and incandescent - on the subject, in interaction with the light-absorbing qualities of the black velvet backcloth, invests it with a luminous aura of animistic presence and significance. The smearing effect of the exposure animates the artefact as if it is moving, ghostly and somehow alive. Pardington recognises that these objects have something to say about where we've come from and perhaps were we are going. They are not insincere. They are not kitsch. They have an existence and an integrity all in their own right. They're trying to tell us something and Pardington's photographs ask that we stop and listen to what that might be. 1 Roger Blackley, Galleries of Maoriland: Artists, Collectors and the Māori World, 1880-1910. (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2018) 2 Susan Best, Reparative Aesthetics: Witnessing in Contemporary Art Photography. (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.) Chapter 4 passim.
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Dec. 11, 2019
A Fiona Pardington Crown Lynn Jug
Est: $75 - $150
A Fiona Pardington Crown Lynn Jug Signed and dated 1993 to base. Makers stamp to base. H70 D145mm
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Sep. 21, 2016
FIONA PARDINGTON Untitled (from His Vile Fancy Series)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
FIONA PARDINGTON Untitled (from His Vile Fancy Series) typeset and ink on gold leaf on board, in artist-made lead frame, diptych title inscribed, signed and dated 1992 (each) 355mm x 418mm (including frame) (each) EXHIBITED Alter/Image, City Gallery, Wellington, 31 July - 10 November 1993; Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o TÄmaki, 17 December 1993 - 28 February 1994.
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Feb. 26, 2013
Fiona Pardington Fixed 530mm x 420mm
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Fiona Pardington Fixed 530mm x 420mm
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Mar. 27, 2012
Fiona Pardington - Huia Lovers
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Fiona Pardington Huia Lovers signed Fiona Pardington, dated 2006 and inscribed from an edition of 5 in pencil verso 410mm x 530mm
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Mar. 27, 2012
Fiona Pardington - Huia Love Triangle
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Fiona Pardington Huia Love Triangle signed Fiona Pardington, dated 2006 and inscribed from an edition of 5 in pencil verso 410mm x 530mm
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Feb. 21, 2012
Fiona Pardington Wiriwiri, Tremble 600mm x 500mm
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Fiona Pardington Wiriwiri, Tremble 600mm x 500mm
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Aug. 09, 2011
Taranaki Heitiki with Mussel Shell Eyes, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Fiona Pardington Taranaki Heitiki with Mussel Shell Eyes, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum gelatin silver archival hand print 3/5 title inscribed and dated 2002 on label affixed verso
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Nov. 25, 2010
Fiona Pardington The Playboy Bunnies 385 x 250mm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Fiona Pardington The Playboy Bunnies 385 x 250mm
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Nov. 25, 2010
Fiona Pardington Heitiki 582 x 445mm
Est: $6,500 - $8,500
Fiona Pardington Heitiki 582 x 445mm
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Sep. 21, 2010
Fiona Pardington Bird in Fist title inscribed,
Est: $500 - $700
Fiona Pardington Bird in Fist title inscribed, signed and dated 2001and 2004 verso 100mm x 80mm
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Sep. 21, 2010
Fiona Pardington Huia Feather 570mm x 425mm
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Fiona Pardington Huia Feather 570mm x 425mm
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Jul. 23, 2009
Photographs: Fiona Pardington One Night of Love
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Photographs: Fiona Pardington One Night of Love 165mm x 160mm
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Jul. 23, 2009
Photographs: Fiona Pardington One Night of Love
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Photographs: Fiona Pardington One Night of Love 156mm x 165mm
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Jul. 23, 2009
Photographs: Fiona Pardington Anthirium title
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Photographs: Fiona Pardington Anthirium title inscribed, signed and dated 1993 300mm x 225mm
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Jul. 23, 2009
Photographs: Fiona Pardington Hei Tiki title
Est: $3,500 - $4,500
Photographs: Fiona Pardington Hei Tiki title inscribed and signed verso 595mm x 485mm
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May. 12, 2009
Fiona Pardington The Kiss 255mm x 195mm
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Fiona Pardington The Kiss 255mm x 195mm
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Nov. 01, 2008
Fiona Pardington Tertea 1982 290mm x 430mm each
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Fiona Pardington Tertea 1982 290mm x 430mm each
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Oct. 22, 2008
Fiona Pardington Journey of the Sensualist titled
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Fiona Pardington Journey of the Sensualist titled verso 270mm x 270mm
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Oct. 22, 2008
Fiona Pardington Tiara title inscribed, signed and
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Fiona Pardington Tiara title inscribed, signed and dated 1990 verso 200mm x 190mm
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Oct. 16, 2007
Fiona Pardington Self Portrait gelatin silver
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Fiona Pardington Self Portrait gelatin silver print 175mm x 230mm Access, exploitation and privacy issues are explored in Pardington's Self Portrait. A sensual image is presented to the audience as exposed and objectified. She challenges her audience and tests their reactions to the image, at first promoting desire and later retreat. The image questions intentions as the viewer gazes at the woman and effectively confuses them and subverts the subject it originally attempts to present, the exposed, feminine woman. Pardington asserts her role as a photographer with the power to engage and subsequently disengage her audience in gender politics. This is tantamount to Fiona Pardington's oeuvre.
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Oct. 16, 2007
Fiona Pardington Sally and Donna gelatin silver
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Fiona Pardington Sally and Donna gelatin silver print title inscribed, signed and dated 1999 verso 285mm x 375mm Sally and Donna comes from a series of photographs referencing found medical texts. By changing their context, she has deliberately changed their meaning. A common theme in her work, it is not dissimilar to the way the 50's girls or the hei tiki are readdressed. By restaging them and suggesting we look at them in new ways, what was an image of women initially intended to illustrate muscle configuration, has become a strangely erotic and unsettling image. The titling of these works with strong old fashioned names adds further dimension to their oddness. EF
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Oct. 16, 2007
Fiona Pardington Hostess gelatin silver print
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Fiona Pardington Hostess gelatin silver print title inscribed, signed and dated 1993 verso 320mm x 260mm 'Hostess', is indicative to Pardington's early themes relating to perversity, deviancy and 'rituals' of the skin. The body is presented to the viewer, laid out and exposed. We are treated to a 'private viewing' of a much coveted and personal slice of skin - objectified for our pleasure. Pardington presents this androgynous image as a statement for breaking down barriers associated with gender politics. She skillfully navigates access and exploitation attached to the discovery of another human- at the core: skin. Notions of a caress, of love, intimacy and attachment between sexes emerge. We, as viewers are looking in, as if we too are the photographer- a voyeur -peering into a private affair. The subject is a stranger. We have no emotional involvement, yet does desire stir? Or, do we feel our power in this voyeuristic role has corrupted us, and we too have become the exploiter of a stranger, of an image, of a mirage? LH
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Oct. 16, 2007
Fiona Pardington Te Huia Kai Manawa - The Huia
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Fiona Pardington Te Huia Kai Manawa - The Huia That Consumes My Heart, 2002 C-type, large format, digital, print, edition of 3 1320mm x 1620mm Provenance: Exhibited Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O WaiwetuTe Puawai o Ngai Tahu 10 May - 24 August 2003 Fiona Pardington has a long held interest in photographic still life, and particularly in the communicative power of the subjects she employs. Recent work has seen her explore collections hidden away in museums; items deemed unworthy of display, because they are damaged or have been repaired. To the artist this adds to their power rather than detracts from it. They are survivors with outward signs of use. Each taonga, whether it be hei tiki, mere or bird feather, are displayed on luscious backgrounds, confronting us with their undeniable presence and importance. In this large scale photograph, the presentation of a single elegant feather, glossy blue black and gleaming white, represents a poignant loss of something beautiful. "... she invokes the elusive spirit of the huia. More sacred to Maori than any other bird, the huia was associated with dignity and wisdom, its feathers worn only by chiefs of distinction. Known for its flute-like song, metallic blue-black plumage and distinctive white-banded tail feather, the huia belonged to an ancient family of birds found only in New Zealand. Already fragile owing to hunting by Maori to create adornments and marereko, the huia population was decimated at the turn of the century by European settler demand for the dramatic feathers as a fashion accessory. Here, Pardington uses the sacred feathers to symbolise a range of bereavements - the erosion of Maori and Ngai Tahu culture, the loss of trail lands and sacred treasures." Felicity Milburn, Te Puawai o Ngai Tahu, Christchurch Art Gallery, 2003. Long extinct, our only examples of bird and feather are brought back out into the light, personalized as individual portraits, both precious and rare. She is best known as a specialist in 'pure' or analogue photographic darkroom technique, most notably hand printing and toning. EF
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Oct. 16, 2007
Fiona Pardington Anthirium gelatin silver print
Est: $2,500 - $3,000
Fiona Pardington Anthirium gelatin silver print title inscribed, signed and dated 1993 300mm x 225mm Fiona Pardingtons image of an Anthirium is strange and unsettling. Ironically known for their brilliant colours and their long life after being cut, neither of these factors have much bearing in this situation. Stripped of colour and stilled by the photographer's lens, this image has much to thank Robert Mapplethorpe for. Like the American photographer, Pardington arranges the plant as carefully as a human subject, a sensual depiction of flowers that are intimate, erotic, and technically accomplished. EF
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Oct. 16, 2007
Fiona Pardington Cay gelatin silver print title
Est: $800 - $1,200
Fiona Pardington Cay gelatin silver print title inscribed, signed and dated 1996 verso 140mm x 150mm Cay is part of Fiona Pardington's 2002 exhibition One Night of Love, originally exhibited at the Waikato Museum of Art and History. A group of images found in a skip and reshot by Pardington, they are a continuation of her interest in subjects considered 'not good enough'. Originally shot as soft porn, these slightly grubby, amateurish models are given renewed representation in a gallery context. Fiona Pardington is represented by Two Rooms, Auckland; McNamara, Wanganui and Nadene Milne, Arrowtown. Emma Fox
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Nov. 24, 2004
The Shield of Delusion 1988 - Fiona Pardington Silver gelatin print 26 x 33
Est: $1,800 - $2,600
The Shield of Delusion 1988 - Fiona Pardington Silver gelatin print 26 x 33
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