New Zealand artist Ian Kingstone at Courtyard Gallery
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Ian Kingstone was born in Auckland on July 4th 1942. educated at Mount Albert Grammer
Education
Mt Albert Grammer School, Auckland
Camden Art Centre, London - tutors - Sargy Mann & David Carr
LEC, Art classes, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London
Auckland Society of Art, Auckland - life classes - tutors - Louise Henderson & Jan Nigro
Outreach, Auckland, tutor - Colin McCahon
Ian Kingstone’s curiously surreal narrative paintings are at the Courtyard Gallery on 4th to 21 July. They are a rich
development in his recognisable endless inventive style, representative of various aspects of everyday life, connected
with a simplistic symbolism. Facial expressions are subtle, while symbolic of a range of emotions. The stylised people
forms are phantasmal portraits combining a softness with stark reality.
It has been 4 years since Ian last exhibited. Here are 12 tableaux presented with various telling gestures from the
macabre to the simply delightful.
The mileau of characters within these figurative works, while quite diverse will still be instantly recognisable as
Kingstone.
An exhibition to tease the mind and eye.
Kind regards
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The Courtyard Gallery
251 Parnell Road
(09)3774832
www.thecourtyardgallery.co.nz
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