ORIGINAL MYTH – Wellington

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ORIGINAL MYTH – SERIES 1

22 Feb – 24 March 2019
Potocki Paterson
Level 1, 41-47 Dixon Street,
Wellington, New Zealand

Each of David Le Fleming’s paintings in this series forges a new god for today’s startling new political, environmental and social landscape.

These animal, humanoid and nebulous forms rule relatable concepts and concerns with rich symbolic resonance. In the same way some artists reverse-engineer naivety, Le Fleming reverse-engineers religion, offering arresting graven images replete with presence, pathos and humour.

Le Fleming’s painting reveres the surface. Appropriating found objects from tin cans to tractors, he uses their defects and typography to illuminate the passage of time.

Witch's Hammer in the entrance to Original Myth by David Le Fleming
Lindsay – God of Subsistence (2019) oil on car bonnet - oil painting by David Le Fleming
Lindsay – God of Subsistence (2019)
oil on car bonnet
detail of Lindsay – God of Subsistence
detail of ‘Lindsay – God of Subsistence’
detail of 'Lindsay – God of Subsistence' witch motif wild boar motif
detail of ‘Lindsay – God of Subsistence’
Witch's Hammer – God of Entropy oil on tractor bonnet (assemblage also includes faux hair, plasticine, garden hose and drift wood)
Witch’s Hammer – God of Entropy
oil on tractor bonnet (assemblage also includes faux hair, plasticine, garden hose and drift wood)
detail of ‘ Witch’s Hammer – God of Entropy’
giant isopods crawling over Massey Ferguson tractor bonnet
detail of ‘ Witch’s Hammer – God of Entropy’
detail of ‘ Witch’s Hammer – God of Entropy’

Little Hand – The Inverse Principality oil on tin can 102 x 156mm - Painting by David Le Fleming
Little Hand – The Inverse Principality oil on tin can 102 x 156mm
Little Hand – The Inverse Principality - install - cicada wings - mythology
install pic of ‘Little Hand – The Inverse Principality’

Three Step Perpendicular (2019) oil, enamel and sand on canvas - oil painting by David Le Fleming
Three Step Perpendicular (2019)
oil, enamel and sand on canvas
490 x 606mm
detail 'Three Step Perpendicular' - oil painting by David Le Fleming - two hares
detail of ‘Three Step Perpendicular’
detail 2 of 'Three Step Perpendicular' - artwork of a hares foot from beneath
detail 2 of ‘Three Step Perpendicular’

Supernova Sam – Lord of Mass oil on metal panels (diptych) - oil painting by David Le Fleming
Supernova Sam – Lord of Mass
oil on metal panels (diptych)
1200 x 1170mm
detail of Supernova Sam - oil painting by David Le Fleming - Original Myth 2018
detail of ‘Supernova Sam’

The Purple Lodge oil on stretched velvet 1520 x 1520mm
The Purple Lodge
oil on stretched velvet
1520 x 1520mm
detail of 'The Purple Lodge' by David Le Fleming chicken dragon
detail of ‘The Purple Lodge’
detail of 'The Purple Lodge' mythology and iconography
detail of ‘The Purple Lodge’
The Purple Lodge insitu at the gallery

Cupids on Badgers (2019) oil on accordion case + actual Ludwig accordion by David Le Fleming
Cupids on Badgers (2019) oil on accordion case 450 x 490 x 240mm

detail of 'Cupids on Badgers' - oil painting by David Le Fleming on accordion case
detail of ‘Cupids on Badgers’
Crepuscular Sect (2019) oil on tin can - oil painting by David Le F
Crepuscular Sect (2019)
oil on tin can
210 x 175 x 250mm
Painting of Steve Buscemi with a hand imposed standing atop
hand cemi (2019)
oil on tin can
90 x 160mm
Ship inside this house you've made oil on tin can by David Le Fleming
Ship inside this house you’ve made
oil on tin can
145 x 100 x 35mm

Night Parrot – Pocket Tickler oil on fiberglass panel by David Le Fleming
Night Parrot – Pocket Tickler
oil on fiberglass panel
600 x 1220mm

detail of 'Night Parrot' (2019) = part of the exhibition ORIGINAL MYTH by David Le Fleming
detail of ‘Night Parrot’ (2019)
'Night Parrot' insitu next to 'Morning Brass' and 'Cuppids on Badgers'
Morning Brass (2019) oil on found metal decorative plate by David Le Fleming
Morning Brass (2019)
oil on found metal decorative plate
430 x 430mm

The Kraken (2019) oil on canvas - part of Original Myth by David Le Fleming
The Kraken (2019)
oil on canvas
600 x 700mm
Malaga - Lord of the Omnipresent oil on wooden box - 152 x 230 x 75mm
Malaga – Lord of the Omnipresent
oil on wooden box
152 x 230 x 75mm

Dopler oil on underside of chair 370 x 365mm
Dopler
oil on underside of chair
370 x 365mm

Ion Compliant (2019) oil painting on tin can by David Le Fleming
Ion Compliant (2019)
oil on tin can
135 x 200 x 77mm

Moon Dock – God of Satellites oil on wooden box by David Le Fleming
Moon Dock – God of Satellites
oil on wooden box
125 x 90 x 60mm
detail of ‘ Moon Dock – God of Satellites’

Blood Hare oil on wooden box by David Le Fleming - Mythology / Fine art
Blood Hare
oil on wooden box
100 x 120 x 65mm

oil painting of a hare by David Le Fleming - wax has melted across the face of painting
insitu pic of ‘Blood Hare’
Supernova Sam insitu at the gallery in Wellington. Deconstructed elephants eye
Tigers on blankets / Wrongly described sandwich / Electric ducks / Sexy owls