Rob Gardiner, co-Director of the Chartwell Trust, established the Centre for Contemporary Art in Hamilton in 1982. It was the first home for an art collection which is now held at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.
Today, at 91 years of age, Gardiner is recognised throughout the country as a collector, a patron and a philanthropist. He is also a practising artist.
“I Feel Good”
(James Brown,1965)
The words Feel and Good have important meanings.
I Feel grateful to Tim Melville for showing my work in his Gallery.
I Feel in debt to all the artists I have known and from whom I have learned.
I Feel things as in touch. I’m a tactile toucher in my material world.
I Feel things emotionally and in making art I Feel fulfilment in the process of making.
I can Feel bad when things go wrong but have the choice to make it good.
To Feel is also to learn through one’s senses even before learning a language.
And it’s through how we Feel we know who we are.
Kia Ora
Rob
ROB GARDINER
I Feel Good
2024
Installation view
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on canvas on canvas / wood
430mm H x 325mm W (frame)
PRIVATE COLLECTION
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on canvas / wood
430mm H x 325mm W (frame)
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic and canvas on canvas / wood
430mm H x 325mm W (frame)
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic and ink on canvas / wood
430mm H x 325mm W (frame)
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on canvas / wood
430mm H x 325mm W (frame)
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic and recyclable shopping bag material collaged on canvas / wood
430mm H x 325mm W (frame)
ON HOLD
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic and ink on canvas / wood
430mm H x 325mm W (frame)
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on canvas / wood
430mm H x 325mm W (frame)
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on canvas / wood
430mm H x 325mm W (frame)
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic and oil crayon on canvas / wood
430mm H x 325mm W (frame)
ROB GARDINER
I Feel Good
2024
Installation view
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic mixed media and collage on paper / wood
935mm H x 720mm W
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic mixed media and collage on paper / wood
935mm H x 720mm W
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic mixed media and collage on paper / wood
935mm H x 720mm W
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic and mixed media on canvas / wood
630mm H x 480mm W (frame)
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic and mixed media on canvas / wood
630mm H x 480mm W (frame)
ROB GARDINER
I Feel Good
2024
Installation view
ROB GARDINER
untitled
2024
acrylic and ink on canvas
160mm H x 110mm W
PRIVATE COLLECTION
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic and ink on canvas
140mm H x 110mm W
PRIVATE COLLECTION
ROB GARDINER
I Feel Good
2024
Installation view
ROB GARDINER
untitled
2024
acrylic on pegboard and chopsticks
200mm H x 325mm W x 215mm D
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on pegboard / wood skewer
140mm H x 245mm W x 110mm D
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on pegboard / wood skewer
70mm H x 250mm W x 145mm D
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on pegboard / wood skewer
60mm H x 240mm W x 135mm D
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on pegboard / wood skewer
155mm H x 250mm W x 150mm D
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on pegboard / wood skewer
60mm H x 230mm W x 80mm D
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on wood / wood skewer
230mm H x 70mm W x 50mm D
ROB GARDINER
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2024
acrylic on pegboard / wood skewer
60mm H x 240mm W x 90mm D
ROB GARDINER
I Feel Good
2024
Installation view