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    • Christian Nicolson, NZ Sculpture OnShore exhibition 2010, photo by Rob Garrett
    • Donna Sarten, NZ Sculpture OnShore exhibition 2010, photo by Rob Garrett
    • Finn Scott, NZ Sculpture OnShore exhibition 2010, photo by Rob Garrett
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NZ Sculpture OnShore II

Sculpture Biennial 2010

 
NZ Sculpture OnShore is a biennial outdoor exhibition of the work of New Zealand artists across all genres and disciplines. Since its inception in 1995 the exhibition has become a major event on Auckland's North Shore and one of New Zealand’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Rob… Read more
    • Dane Mitchell, Cosmic dust collection (Extraterrestrial Smithereens), 2010, Busan Biennale; photo by Rob Garrett
    • Dane Mitchell, Cosmic dust collection (Extraterrestrial Smithereens), 2010, Busan Biennale; photo by Rob Garrett
    • Dane Mitchell, Cosmic dust collection (Extraterrestrial Smithereens), 2010, Busan Biennale; photo Process Fashion PR Blog
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Dane Mitchell (NZ)

Cosmic dust collection, Busan 2010

 
I came across Dane Mitchell's "Cosmic dust collection (Extraterrestrial Smithereens)" almost by accident. Taking a day out from my schedule as a guest of the International Academic Program of the Onggi Ceramics Expo in Ulsan, South Korea, my Korean interpreter and I drove to Busan, and… Read more
    • Bill Hammond, Primeval Screen 1996-1997, acrylic on folding screen, six panels, 1715 x 2250mm

Bill Hammond

Primeval Screen, 1996-1997

 
There is no protection: it is wet! Dripping wet! Drenched and dissolving before our eyes. It is an End of sorts that started as a Revelation. As is well-known Bill Hammond’s road to Damascus moment came in 1991 on the bleak, windswept, salt-spray drenched islands that… Read more
    • Carolyn Williams, Sound Birds, 2009 (detail)
    • Bernie Harfleet, 2009, Waitakaruru; photo by Rob Garrett
    • Bernie Harfleet, 2009, Waitakaruru; photo by Rob Garrett
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Tweets, ticks and bangs!

Sculpture in the Park 2009, Waitakaruru Arboretum

 
Waitakaruru Arboretum launches its annual “Sculpture in the Park” exhibition this November with two dozen new art works selected by guest curator Rob Garrett. Garrett says he was intrigued and delighted by the high calibre of works on offer, and particularly by art works that reference… Read more
    • Shane Cotton, Wake, 1995, oil on canvas, 1900 x 2750mm
    • Shane Cotton, Wake, 1995, oil on canvas, 1900 x 2750mm (detail)
    • Shane Cotton, Wake, 1995, oil on canvas, 1900 x 2750mm (detail)
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Shane Cotton

Wake, 1995

 
Wake is a major Shane Cotton work. Effectively one of the anchor stones from the first mature period of his oeuvre which has been dubbed his ‘history’ period (1994-98). In 2003, for the landmark survey of Cotton’s early career, Wellington’ City Gallery marked the singularity and… Read more
    • Joanna Langford, The Whisper Lands 2009, Auckland Art Fair Special Project, photo by Rob Garrett
    • Joanna Langford, The Whisper Lands 2009, Auckland Art Fair Special Project, photo by Rob Garrett
    • Joanna Langford, The Whisper Lands 2009, Auckland Art Fair Special Project, photo by Rob Garrett
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Joanna Langford (NZ)

The Whisper Lands Art Fair project, 2009

 
Joanna Langford was invited to create a new installation – The Whisper Lands – for the 2009 Auckland Art Fair because of her knack at creating sculptures with uplift: towering plastic clouds, improbably delicate ladders to nowhere, stilted houses, pink mountains, and candy and cookie castles.… Read more
    • Bill Hammond, Flag, 1997, acrylic on un-stretched canvas, 1410 x 2130mm (detail)
    • Bill Hammond, Flag, 1997, acrylic on un-stretched canvas, 1410 x 2130mm (detail)
    • Bill Hammond, Flag, 1997, acrylic on un-stretched canvas, 1410 x 2130mm (detail)
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Bill Hammond

Flag, 1997

 
The story of Bill Hammond’s inspirational trip to the Auckland Islands in 1991 is well known. How the islands showed him “a New Zealand before there were men, women, dogs and possums.” How the 19th century ornithological book “Buller’s Birds” – which is populated with illustrations… Read more
 

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