26 artists for 09 outdoor exhibition on Waiheke Is
For Immediate Release
headland Sculpture on the Gulf selects 26 artists for 2009 outdoor exhibition on Waiheke Island
WAIHEKE ISLAND 18 June 2008 – headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF, New Zealand’s premier outdoor sculpture exhibition, has today revealed the names of the 26 successful artists who will be presenting artworks at the upcoming 2009 exhibition, following a review of the 107 submissions received from sculptors throughout the country.
The event is held every two years on Waiheke Island, with works installed over two kilometres of the magnificent Matiatia-Church Bay walkway. The 2009 exhibition will run for three weeks from 23 January to 15 February 2009.
According to Dilys Grant, Project Director, headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF “there are no limits to the creative responses that the unique coastal landscape engenders. Each of our 26 successful artists has presented inspiring concepts that challenge our preconceived notions of public sculpture and its response to our environment. Some of the installations will shadow the landscape, float on the ocean, scale trees, crash land, and some will even ambush the unsuspecting on the walk itself!
``There is a healthy mix of previous exhibitors to headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF, nine in total, along with an impressive number of new artists to the event. And the 2009 artists hail from all over New Zealand, including six from the South Island, underlining the truly national status the event has now achieved.’’
The full list is as follows: Tony Bond, Paul Cullen, Charlotte Fisher, Meiling Lee, Kazu Nakagawa, Pauline Rhodes, Jeff Thomson, Leon van den Eijkel, Richard Wedekind, Graham Bennett, Lucy Bucknall, Gill Gatfield, Chris Hargreaves, Robert Jahnke, Gaye Jurisich, Nic Moon, Stephen Mulqueen, Christian Nicolson, Louise Palmer, Louise Purvis, Paul Radford, Brydee Rood, Graham Snowden, Serene Thain, Fletcher Vaughan, and Graham Fletcher.
The
three selectors for the 2009 exhibition were Jenny Harper,
Director, Christchurch Art Gallery; Helen Kedgley, Senior
Curator of Contemporary Art, Pataka Museum and Art Gallery,
Porirua; and Justin Paton, Senior Curator, Christchurch Art
Gallery.
About headland Sculpture on the Gulf
headland
SCULPTURE ON THE GULF is New Zealand’s premier outdoor
sculpture exhibition, held every two years to showcase the
country’s leading sculptors. The event takes place on the
magnificent two kilometre Matiatia–Church Bay coastal
walkway, a public track administered by Auckland City,
located at the western tip of Waiheke Island in the Hauraki
Gulf. The exhibition is a not-for-profit event and is free
to the public.
In 2009, headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF
will be held over a three week period from 23 January to 15
February 2009, and will feature the 26 art works. During the
previous event in 2007, more than 20,000 people visited the
exhibition.
First held in 2003, headland SCULPTURE ON THE
GULF arose from a desire to host a sculptural event outside
gallery walls in a way that would acknowledge, embrace and
enhance the stunning coastal scenery of Waiheke
Island.
Consequently, one of the main criteria for the
selection of works is their appropriateness to the site; how
they fit into the landscape; and what visual and physical
connection as well as interaction they have with the
environment.
Placing the works and the public under the
sky, beside the sea, in valleys and on headlands creates a
unique opportunity to experience thought-provoking and
innovative works for sale by New Zealand’s leading
sculptors in a stunning location.
More information on
headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF is available at
www.sculptureonthegulf.co.nz
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