Emily Hartley-Skudder
Biography
"Emily Hartley Skudder's works capture a sense of cheaply-manufactured glamour and imitation luxury, like polyester lingerie or Italian-roast instant coffee granules. Yet, her paintings do not give the impression of belittling the pursuit of affordable glamour. Rather, the target of her critique is the sense of body shame that comes as a freebie with each purchase. She transforms decorative sink tops into windows that invite you to peer into the dark psychology of vanity — the manufactured compulsion to scrub away the messy, drippy parts of ourselves and rinse them down the fucking bathroom sink."
— Chelsea Nichols, The ART Paper, 2022
Works
Installation shots
Emily Hartley-Skudder
New Old Stock , 2021
This show refers to dusty old products once left on the shelf. Through the passage of time they are re-rendered as desirable—taste has seemingly come full circle.
Window Gallery
Exhibitions
Press
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These cool people will inspire you to bring more colour to your life
Rebecca Wadey, Ensemble , March 18, 2024 -
Emily Hartley-Skudder, Rinse & Repeat
Commissioned textHera Lindsay Bird , November 23, 2023 -
Emily hartley-Skudder, Vanity Factory
Dr Chelsea Nichols, The ART Paper, Issue 3: Apparatus, July 1, 2022 -
Wearing health and disability on your sleeve
Emily Hartley-Skudder, Stuff, May 22, 2022 -
Framed in Marble
Harry Bartle, Regional News Wellington, Issue #169, April 12, 2022 -
On Returning: Hamish Coleman and Emily Hartley-Skudder in conversation
The Artpaper, May 3, 2021 -
On kitsch and “suspicious pleasantness”
Becky Hemus, The Artpaper, April 8, 2021 -
Sympathetic Resonance October 2019
Sarah McClintock, Sympathetic Resonance Catalogue, October 19, 2020 -
Pushing Boundaries
Kate Powell, The Big Idea, September 23, 2020 -
Dunedin
Robyn Maree Pickens, Art News New Zealand, September 1, 2020 -
Adding another dimension
Rebbeca Fox, Otago Daily TImes, February 13, 2020 -
2019 Literary Moments: Pip Adam, Rachael King & Claire Mabey
RNZ, Standing Room Only, December 22, 2019 -
Genuine reproduction
Francesca Emms, ArtZone, December 6, 2019 -
The Power of the Pussy Bow: Fighting Back Against Rape-Art
Emily Hartley-Skudder, The Pantograph Punch, September 18, 2019 -
Review : We’re Not Too Big To Care at Gus Fisher Gallery
Amy Weng, Circuit Artist Film and Video, April 28, 2019 -
Artful splendour in yesteryear elegance
Kate Powell, The Big Idea, April 8, 2019 -
Funny Little Objects
Lucy Jackson, Art News New Zealand, September 23, 2018 -
Some like it hot (or not)
Francesca Emms, ArtZone, September 17, 2018 -
Hartley-Skudder’s ‘Blue Rinse'
Lucy Ovenden, Eye Contact, July 6, 2018 -
The Unmissables: Four Exhibitions to see in May
Cameron Ralston, The Pantograph Punch, May 4, 2018 -
Ten Christchurch art exhibitions to see in December
Warren Feeeny, The Press, December 7, 2017 -
Everyday Lines September, 2017
Lucy Jackson, Everyday Lines Catalogue, September 15, 2017 -
Working in the City
Mark Amery, The Big Idea, May 18, 2017 -
Doubles and Trebles - a collaborative exhibition at Ramp Gallery
Murdoch Daly, Ramp Gallery Videos, April 1, 2017 -
The gamble
Ellie Lee-Duncan , RAMP Art Gallery, March 23, 2017 -
Smallville
Josie Steenhart, Homestyle, July 1, 2016 -
Still Life and Real Estate: The Making of Emily Hartley-Skudder
Malcolm Burgess, Art New Zealand, Winter Issue, 2016, June 1, 2016 -
Emily Hartley-Skudder's Fascination With Everyday Objects
Amanda Linnell, Viva, May 25, 2016 -
Lessons in Fair Play For All
Dionne Christian, Weekend Herald, May 1, 2016 -
What Next? Emily Hartley-Skudder
Eliose Hastings , Art Collector, April 1, 2016 -
I Seen the Little House
Megan Dunn, Eye Contact, November 29, 2015 -
Flocking Kiwis: Emily Hartley-Skudder
RNZ, The Wireless, June 16, 2015 -
AFC’s 2014 Guide to Bushwick Open Studios
Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch, Art F City, May 27, 2014 -
Toying with Reality
Felicity Milburn, The Press, January 17, 2014 -
What Next? Emily Hartley-Skudder
Frances Morton, Art Collector, October 1, 2013 -
Felicity Milburn, Tomorrow will be the same... but not as this is
RNZ, Arts on Sunday, September 24, 2013 -
Painting Unit
Chloe Geoghegan, Painting Unit Catalogue, May 9, 2013 -
Perfectly Useless
Felicity Milburn, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, February 27, 2013 -
Vanity of Vanities
Felicity Milburn, Showhome Catalogue, February 27, 2013 -
A Fine Selection
Warren Feeney, The Press, December 1, 2012 -
Abstraction Rules in a Void, Pretending to be Free of Time
Chloe Geoghegan, Ilam > Elam Catalogue, November 1, 2012 -
Ilam Show in Wellington
Warren Feeney, Eye Contact, July 26, 2012 -
Mea Culpa
Andrew Paul Wood, Mea Culpa Catalogue, June 1, 2012 -
Exhibitions: Christchurch
Warren Feeney, Art New Zealand, November 1, 2011 -
Dreaming of Electric Sheep
Andrew Paul Wood, The Press, September 17, 2011 -
Dreaming of Electric Sheep
Keir Leslie, Dreaming of Electric Sheep Catalogue, June 1, 2011 -
Millennium Falcon, Issue #1
Emily Hartley-Skudder, Millennium Falcon, January 1, 2011
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