Sam Harrison

Christchurch based artist Sam Harrison is a craftsman in every sense of the word. He is a master of many mediums, working across bronze, concrete and plaster along with watercolour and printmaking techniques. Harrison’s works have a raw, emotive quality, which is underpinned by meticulous attention to detail. The works presented in his second solo exhibition with Gow Langsford continue his exploration of the human figure.

The practice of Christchurch-based artist Sam Harrison explores the universal via the human figure across a range of media - sculpture, woodblock printing, and watercolour. While each material process provides a different insight into the tradition of nude representation, each also feeds into the same conversation: after millennia of depicting the same subject, what does the nude mean for art and the human experience now?