Stafford Allpress: Plain

Stafford Allpress crafts miniature household objects and environments from raw materials with incredible precision. A meticulous treatment of surface and the careful construction and placement of mundane objects make for hauntingly familiar scenes.

Allpress’ new exhibition includes a series based around a table Stafford’s wife made in intermediate school manual class in 1988. Itself a personal object that has been retained and used in many varied ways, this table acts as a platform upon which a variety of objects rest, from curiosities to mundane household items. Allpress is also interested in recording and archiving personal, domestic spaces. A series of wall mounted sculptures represent sections of actual walls he has encountered – perfect little records that hint at the history and activities of previous occupants.

Stafford Allpress was props master for the Auckland Theatre company between 2002 and 2004, and worked as a prop maker and set designer for various television and theatre projects in Christchurch between 1999 and 2001. He was selected as a finalist in the Anthony Harper Art Award at COCA in Christchurch, the Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award and the 18th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2009. He is currently based in Geraldine in South Canterbury.

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