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Rea Burton and Meg Porteous
Birds City
21 Oct.–19 Nov.
2022

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Neon Parc is pleased to present ‘Birds’, a two-person exhibition at Neon Parc City of new work by Aotearoa-based artists Rea Burton and Meg Porteous.

In ‘Birds’, Burton and Porteous use the city pigeon, which congregate outside the window of their shared studio, as a subject and muse for the exhibition.

Burton and Porteous presents these two bodies of work alongside a new, collaborative short film titled ‘Nancy Treadler’ (2022), in which they position themselves as directors, casting pigeons and friends as talent, in a theatrical mimicry of the art world the artists occupy.

Aotearoa-based arts writer Bridget Riggir-Cuddy, (cast as the title role of art-dealer Nancy Treadler) has contributed an accompanying text for the exhibition.

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Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Meg Porteous, 'Pigeon Portrait #2', 2022. C-type print, acrylic mount, 32 x 28 cm. Edition 1/1 + AP. Enquire.
Rea Burton, 'Geoff Newton', 2022. Bird excretion, pigeon feather, bird food, oil and epoxy resin on linen, 30 x 25 cm. Enquire.
Rea Burton, 'Geoff Newton', 2022. Bird excretion, pigeon feather, bird food, oil and epoxy resin on linen, 30 x 25 cm. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Rea Burton, 'Anthony Albanese (Post Punk)', 2022. Bird excretion, acrylic and epoxy resin on linen, 30 x 25 cm. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Rea Burton, 'Meg with a Kākā Beak', 2022. Acrylic and oil on linen, 30 x 25 cm. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Meg Porteous, 'Pigeon Portrait #3', 2022. C-type print, acrylic mount, 32 x 28 cm. Edition 1/1 + AP. Enquire.
Meg Porteous, 'Pigeon Portrait #3', 2022. C-type print, acrylic mount, 32 x 28 cm. Edition 1/1 + AP. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Rea Burton, 'Morepork', 2022. Acrylic and oil on linen, 30 x 25 cm. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Rea Burton, 'Bird Man', 2022. Bird excretion, acrylic and epoxy resin on linen, 30 x 25 cm. Enquire.
Rea Burton, 'Bird Man', 2022. Bird excretion, acrylic and epoxy resin on linen, 30 x 25 cm. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Rea Burton, 'Predator Island', 2022. Acrylic and oil on linen, 30 x 25 cm. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Rea Burton, 'Dove', 2022. Paper and acrylic on canvas, mounted on dibond, 84.1 x 59.4 cm. Enquire.
Rea Burton, 'Dove', 2022. Paper and acrylic on canvas, mounted on dibond, 84.1 x 59.4 cm. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Meg Porteous, 'Pigeon Portrait #1', 2022. C-type print, acrylic mount, 32 x 28 cm. Edition 1/1 + AP. Enquire.
Meg Porteous, 'Pigeon Portrait #1', 2022. C-type print, acrylic mount, 32 x 28 cm. Edition 1/1 + AP. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Meg Porteous, 'Pigeon Portrait #5', 2022. C-type print, acrylic mount, 32 x 28 cm. Edition 1/1 + AP. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Meg Porteous, 'Pigeon Portrait #6', 2022. C-type print, acrylic mount, 32 x 28 cm. Edition 1/1 + AP. Enquire.
Meg Porteous, 'Pigeon Portrait #7', 2022. C-type print, acrylic mount, 32 x 28 cm. Edition 1/1 + AP. Enquire.
Meg Porteous, 'Pigeon Portrait #7', 2022. C-type print, acrylic mount, 32 x 28 cm. Edition 1/1 + AP. Enquire.
Meg Porteous, 'Pigeon Portrait #4', 2022. C-type print, acrylic mount, 32 x 28 cm. Edition 1/1 + AP. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.
Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, ‘Nancy Treadler’, 2022. Digital video (colour, sound), 7:07 minutes. Enquire.
Installation view, Rea Burton and Meg Porteous, 'Birds', Neon Parc City, 2022.