Damien Kurth

Sanderson are pleased to present the exhibition Coil by Damien Kurth. Kurth is a contemporary painter based in Te Moana-a-Toi, the Bay of Plenty. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts and was the winner of the Otago Polytechnic Painting Award, as well as...

Sanderson are pleased to present Thrum, an exhibition of new works by Damien Kurth. Thrum refers to the creation of a rhythmic sound using consistent, repeated humming. The exhibition title plays off the term ‘reverb’ - the title of Kurth’s previous show, which describes a persistence of sound or an...

Representational images such as a teacup or a paint jar at first glance seem like straightforward and immediate subject matter to the artist in his studio. Instead, Kurth’s skilful and subtle paintings are deeply committed to close observation and theory of the way we relate to and see the everyday...

For many people, the recent shared experience of national and global lockdowns provided the opportunity to slow down, observe and reflect. For Damien Kurth this experience amplified his desire to express the notability within the ordinary by emphasizing the austerity and banality of domestic objects. Representational images such as a...

In his work, the artist offers us a unique perspective; when looking at his painting you simultaneously occupy the perspective of painter and art viewer. Kurth’s compositions are orderly and minimal and so too are the items depicted. Though these jars and bottles no longer have their labels, Kurth humorously...

Damien Kurth’s practice explores the over-looked and understated beauty of the common place and largely unremarkable household items that reside in his studio.

Damien Kurth is sitting in a small ordered room adjacent to a garage in suburban Mt Albert. He’s relaxed, at home. This is an efficient workspace. Bottles, jars, and other objects rest on a ledge. Paints, brushes, solvents and sketches sit upon a table. Much of the wall space is...

For all the expansion of the field of painting, and in spite of the rejection of medium specificity as a formal qualifier, painters like Damien Kurth find themselves returning to the studio, and to paint itself, as a way of working through the problems of image-making and representation. His work...

Damien Kurth’s paintings explore modes of visual perception and interpretation, drawing on traditional painting practices to defy accepted conventions of the still life.

Forget about the allegories and symbolism of 17th century Dutch still life painting or the formalism and intimacy of Giorgio Morandi’s art. Apart from his choice of subject, Damien Kurth’s paintings have very little in common with familiar narratives of still life painting. Precedents for his work are more immediately...

For all the expansion of the field of painting, and in spite of the rejection of medium specificity as a formal qualifier, painters like Damien Kurth find themselves returning to the studio, and to paint itself, as a way of working through the problems of image-making and representation. His work...

For all the expansion of the field of painting, and in spite of the rejection of medium specificity as a formal qualifier, painters like Damien Kurth find themselves returning to the studio, and to paint itself, as a way of working through the problems of image-making and representation. His work...

Damien Kurth’s paintings explore modes of visual perception and interpretation, drawing on traditional painting practices to defy accepted conventions of the still life. Rejecting the stereotypical subject matter, images and iconography of the European still life, Kurth takes a counter-historical approach to the social and cultural parameters of still life...

Traverser sees the continuation of Damien Kurth’s fascination with still life, as he explores modes of visual perception and interpretation, and draws on traditional painting practices to defy accepted conventions of the genre. These works reject stereotypical subject matter, taking a counter-historical approach to the social and cultural parameters of...

Damien Kurth’s paintings explore modes of visual perception and interpretation, drawing on traditional painting practices to defy accepted conventions of the still life. Rejecting the stereotypical subject matter, images and iconography of the European still life, Kurth takes a counter-historical approach to the social and cultural parameters of still life...

Damien Kurth’s paintings explore modes of visual perception and interpretation, drawing on traditional painting practices to defy accepted conventions of the still life. Rejecting the stereotypical subject matter, images and iconography of the European still life, Kurth takes a counter-historical approach to the social and cultural parameters of still life...