Spanning nearly four decades of practice, Early & Rare brings together painted studies, major works and pieces never before exhibited from the collection of prominent Aotearoa New Zealand abstract painter JS (John Shotton) Parker.

The exhibition traces Parker’s ongoing exploration of colour, light and abstraction, from the luminous Plain Song, the Vertical Lyric Suite – Into the Ether (2016) to the emphatic Midwinter Mindscape (2016), one of his final major statements. Also included is Study for Stained Glass Window (1999), created for Te Whare Kūmānu o Wairau Hospice Marlborough and exhibited for the first time in Early & Rare.