Acrylic screenprint on segments of re-used old beehive boxes and some other renditions, large: 400 x 200 mm, small: 240 x 120mm, various other one-offs…
Acrylic screen print on recycled timber (mostly Kauri weather board), various sizes and years
2022, Acrylic screen print on salvaged Kauri weatherboard segments from old house in Te Rerenga Coromandel, backing board to create drop shadow, 180 X 180…
A stark statement about the futility of war, and unlike the common rhetoric and rituals employed in remembrance and referral to war, this installation offers us a deeper, more gentle view on the subject by focusing on the human dimension.
Transient Treasures from Mt. Moehau, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand 2019 Daniel Kirsch, 5 archival giclée print on Hahnemühle etching paper, ornate gold frames, gilded name…
Thin, delicate lines are contrasted by dark, black and threatful elements that remind us of the angles found in the composition of the Junion Jack, the British flag. Kauri have been around for over 20 million years, …
These 2 paintings reference the main character of the movie Avatar, Jake Sully, and his transformation from being a human to becoming a Navi. He not only leaves his place of origin behind, but also moves into a different body and reality. As soon as we broaden our scale and move our question to an interplanetary level, the whole concept of nationality becomes completely irrelevant. …
When we meet a stranger, or generally somebody who seems different due to how they speak, look, dress, and behave, etc., the usual question we ask them is “Where are you from?” assuming they are not from here. We tend to organise this ‘somewhere else’ by means of national countries. …
Kirsch’s work Critical Positivity Ratio allows the viewer to set the two scales, providing a snapshot of how one’s emotions of the past day combine…
This body of work focusses on our magnificent Kauri trees. Kauri have had a large part to play not just in the landscape of Aotearoa,…