Experience this meditative solo exhibition by one of the region’s most significant contemporary artists, Michael Dell. Above Below / Tempelhofer Feld showcases Michael's meticulous paintings, drawings, and installation inspired by Tempelhof Field in Berlin, a former airfield now transformed into a vast, mixed-use city park.
This exhibition evolved from Michael’s curiosity about the 940-acre expanse of Tempelhofer Feld, a site rich with human history. Since 2008, this vast green space has been open to the public as a city park, where nature is gradually reclaiming the land, and community gardens and cyclists thrive. Dell's subtle, minimalist paintings and drawings of Tempelhof Field, with its ever-changing terrain and expansive sky, invite slow and meditative viewing.
About Michael Dell: Michael Dell is a renowned contemporary artist based in Nelson, New Zealand. He studied Fine Arts at Canterbury University and has received numerous national art awards, including the prestigious Parkin Drawing Prize. His work, which shifts between abstraction and representation, often explores the ordinary in a way that rejects drama and easy narratives. Dell's enigmatic artworks are more like memories than traditional landscapes, capturing the essence of time, memory, and scale. His pieces are held in various public collections across New Zealand.
