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46 STYLE | arts<br />
DOUG<br />
NEIL<br />
TRUTH TO<br />
MATERIALS<br />
Anne Hudson explores the<br />
relationship between sculptures<br />
and the raw materials from<br />
which they are derived, through<br />
the work of Doug Neil.<br />
The work of Doug Neil speaks of ‘truth<br />
to materials’, a reconciliation of artistic<br />
pursuit and the intrinsic quality of the rock he<br />
carves. The New Zealand landscape offers<br />
materials in the form of marble, granite and<br />
volcanic basalt, all produced millennia ago. The<br />
stone itself reveals fiery origins; compressed,<br />
warped and then eroded by wind and water.<br />
You do not need to be a geologist to admire<br />
nature’s beauty. Familiar patterns appear in the<br />
landscape whether it is rivers, creeks, lakes,<br />
cliffs, mountains or coastlines.<br />
In Jungian theory, an archetype is a primitive<br />
mental image inherited from our early<br />
human ancestors which is now present in<br />
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