Patrick Lundberg is a painter who creates inconspicuous installations, characterised by a quiet, handmade aesthetic. Referencing traditions of Minimalism, Colour Field, Abstraction and Formalism, Lundberg’s unassuming paintings disarm and reinvigorate it through the lens of site-specificity. Lundberg’s distinctive pieces are comprised of small-scale elements – metal pins and rods, shoelaces, spheres of resin, wood and metal – arranged in sequence according to a set of spatial constraints designed to honour and enhance the work’s architectural context. Embedded into the walls or scattered on the floor, his interventions draw the viewer into engaging with the politics of perception and awareness.
Patrick Lundberg completed his BFA from the Elam School of Fine Arts from the University of Auckland, NZ. Lundberg has exhibited internationally, including at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin; The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington; Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland; Goya Curtain, Tokyo; and FOLD, London. In 2008, Lundberg was the winner of the Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award.
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2013
gesso, acrylic and varnish on wood
dimensions variable (detail)
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2014
gesso, acrylic, lettering and varnish on wood and clay
dimensions variable (detail)
No Title
2014
gesso, acrylic and varnish on wood and clay
dimensions variable (detail)
No Title
2014
gesso, acrylic and varnish on clay
dimensions variable (detail)
No Title
2014
gesso, acrylic, lettering and varnish on wood and clay
dimensions variable (detail)
Installation view
2015
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2014
acrylic, gesso, varnish, coloured pencil and Letraset on wood and clay,
dimensions variable (14 parts)
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2014
acrylic, gesso, varnish, coloured pencil and Letraset on wood and clay
dimensions variable (detail)
No title
2013
incised found painted board
50.0 x 50.0 cm
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2012
incised found painted board
40.0 x 30.0 cm
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2011
gesso, watercolour and coloured pencil on shoelace
dimensions variable (detail)
No title
2015
acrylic and pencil on shoelace, enamel on pin
117.3 x 0.4 cm
No title
2015
acrylic and pencil on shoelace
109.6 x 0.4 cm
Necessary Distraction: A Painting Show
2015
Installation view
(photographer: Jennifer French)
Necessary Distraction: A Painting Show
2015
Installation view
(photographer: John McIver)
No title, 32 parts, 2014 (40 parts revised, 2017)
2017
installation view
(photography courtesy of Goya Curtain)
the edge of the sky or whatever
2020
installation view
the edge of the sky or whatever
2020
Installation view
the edge of the sky or whatever
2020
Installation view
the edge of the sky or whatever
2020
Installation view
the edge of the sky or whatever
2020
Installation view
the edge of the sky or whatever
2020
Installation view
No title (8)
2019
acrylic on fabric
114.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (2)
2020
acrylic on fabric
113.0 x 0.4 cm
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2020
acrylic on fabric
115.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (9)
2020
acrylic on fabric
115.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (5)
2019
acrylic on fabric
116.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (6)
2020
acrylic on fabric
115.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (3)
2020
acrylic on fabric
114.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (7)
2020
acrylic on fabric
114.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (10)
2018
acrylic on fabric
113.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (1)
2020
acrylic on fabric
117.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (8) detail
2019
acrylic on fabric
114.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (10) detail
2018
acrylic on fabric
113.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (7) detail
2020
acrylic on fabric
114.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (6) detail
2020
acrylic on fabric
115.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (1) detail
2020
acrylic on fabric
117.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (2) detail
2020
acrylic on fabric
113.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (4) detail
2020
acrylic on fabric
115.0 x 0.4 cm
the edge of the sky or whatever
2020
Installation view
the edge of the sky or whatever
2020
Installation view
No title (3) detail
2020
acrylic on fabric
114.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (9) detail
2020
acrylic on fabric
115.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (5) detail
2019
acrylic on fabric
116.0 x 0.4 cm
No title (3)
2020
acrylic on fabric
114.0 x 0.4 cm
New Seams
2017
installation view
No title (detail)
2017
acrylic and varnish on resin 21 parts
dimensions variable
New Seams
2017
installation view
No Title (detail)
2015
gesso, pencil and varnish on wood
dimensions variable (8 parts)
No Title (detail)
2015
gesso, pencil and varnish on wood
dimensions variable (8 parts)