Sculpture and Media
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Hark, hark the art
- 12 May 2010
- Capital Times
- THE noise that Wellington’s newest sculpture makes “is halfway between a hum and a whistle”, says Sculpture Trust chairman Neil Plimmer. Akau Tangi, (the sighing sound of the wind) created by renowned artist Phil Dadson, is the fifth and final installation in the $750,000, 10 years in-the-making, Meridian Wind Sculpture Walkway.
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A $350,000 monument to rugby
- 17 Mar 2010
- Wellington Scoop
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This Wellington Scoop newsitem has 10 comments.
- ‘The New Zealand Netherlands Society had a sculpture on the waterfront once. It was unveiled by Queen Beatrix when visiting Wellington. Because of vandalism it had to be moved indoors. Good luck with that.’
- ‘I agree with John. The hand grabbing for the “ball” is tasteless and most peculiar!’
- ‘If Wellington has to have a rugby statue on the waterfront – and I don’t think it does – let it be designed by a real sculptor, not a special effects workshop whose idea of artistic excellence is an orc. The current offering is pathetic, derivative kitsc’
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Cuba Mall’s big green tuatara gets a new red rubber bed
- 28 Jul 2009
- Newswire.co.nz
- THE playground next to Cuba Mall’s iconic Bucket Fountain is getting a new rubber floor.
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This Newswire.co.nz newsitem has 1 comment.
- ‘It is a pity that the open space of Manners Mall is not preserved and developed in such a way or with such care. In contrast there has been no replacement of broken or sunken bricks in the mall. Instead there are faded pockets of fill in asphalt. This ob’
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Wellington loves Solace
- 17 Sep 2008
- Capital Times
- MAX Patte’s Solace in the Wind has taken Wellington by storm. Selected by Capital Times readers as the “Best Sculpture” in our annual readers’ survey last month, it will this week be triumphant in a second public competition as the winning Sculpture in the Civic Trust Awards.
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Islands on the wharf
- 5 Dec 2007
- Capital Times
- SILVER trees have sprung up between Circa Theatre and Te Papa this week. Called Green Islands, the sculptures were designed by Wellington artist Regan Gentry as part of the Wellington Four Plinths Sculpture Project.
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Controversial waterfront sculpture
- 7 Nov 2007
- Capital Times
- THE Wellington Sculpture Trust has chosen a “controversial” artwork to be installed temporarily between Circa Theatre and Te Papa. But will not say whether it is a local artist’s work, or what the sculpture will be constructed of.
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Forest by the sea
- 2 May 2007
- Capital Times
- IT took three days for a forest to spring up along Cobham Drive. However it is not a natural forest of leaves and branches but man-made. Called Wellington Urban Forest, it is a sculpture by Dutch artist Leon van den Eijkel and it looks like a giant child’s toy building blocks.
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Win(d)spired
- 1 Mar 2006
- Capital Times
- CLOUDS “scudding” over the bay in Wellington inspired Len Lye to design the Water Whirler. The sculpture, to be installed in Frank Kitts Park on March 7, was built by the Len Lye Foundation, a non-profit society which acts to conserve, reproduce and promote the works of the late Kiwi artist and filmmaker.
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Millennium project nearly completed
- 1 Feb 2006
- Capital Times
- BACK in the days when some people fretted about the Y2K bug, others were planning projects to mark the new millennium. One of those projects is set to get under way, six years later. Construction of kinetic artist Len Lye’s Water Whirler in Frank Kitts Park will commence in the week after Waitangi Day, says Wellington Sculpture Trust chairman Neil Plimmer.
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