Sculpture on the Gulf

In 2003 the Waiheke Community Art Gallery established a free temporary outdoor art exhibition on a coastal headland on Waiheke Island, New Zealand.[1][2] Since then, Sculpture on the Gulf has been held at the same location in Matiatia Bay every two years. [3] Many notable New Zealand artists have exhibited, over the years, in the biennial event, their works displayed along a 2 kilometre track that runs around Te Whetumatarau Point. [4] Exhibiting artists have included Paul Dibble, Jeff Thomson, Leon van den Eijkel, Phil Price, Brit Bunkley, Neil Dawson, Fatu Feu'u, Gregor Kregar, Peter Nicholls, Terry Stringer, Paratene Matchitt, Peter Lange, Denis O’Connor, Virginia King, Graham Bennett, Gill Gatfield, Veronica Herber, Regan Gentry, Konstantin Dimopoulos, Suji Park, Seung Yul Oh, Ioane Ioane, David McCracken, Dion Hitchens, Tiffany Singh, Brett Graham, Sriwhana Spong, Chris Bailey and Dane Mitchell.

Detail from Shannon Novak's Medley Part I – XIII exhibited in Sculpture on the Gulf 2015

At the first event in 2003, there were two awards made: a “People’s Choice” and a “Premier” award. At artists' request the Premier award was discontinued in 2005 and a fee to each artist paid instead. A Premier award was reinstated in 2013 and 2015, but at the request of artists abandoned in 2017. [5]

By 2009 the exhibition took place over three, rather than two weeks, and included a programme for schools.

The next Sculpture on the Gulf will be held in March 2022.[6]

"Waiheke Island’s biennial Sculpture on the Gulf exhibition charts [New Zealand's] own rising interest in outdoor sculpture trails. In 2003, the first year it was held, the event attracted 12,000. Numbers attending rose to 32,000 in 2011, and 40,000 in 2017."[7]

Events
Kazu Nakagawa and Pacific Environments Architects work 'Kaemue Kaemuri' exhibited in Sculpture on the Gulf 2015

References
  1. "A site to behold for Waiheke sculptures". NZ Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. Tozer, Stephen (2013). 2013 headland Sculpture on the Gulf. Exhibition catalogue 2013. headland Sculpture on the Gulf. p. 2.
  3. "World famous in New Zealand: Perpetual Guardian Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke". Stuff. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. "Sculpture On The Gulf – Waiheke Radio". Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. "A Brief History". Sculpture On The Gulf. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. "Ready, set, sculpture!". Gulf News. 19 November 2020.
  7. Nicholls, Jenny (November 2019). "Art for Art's Sake". North & South magazine. Auckland, New Zealand. p. 109.
  8. "Sculpture On The Gulf – Waiheke Radio". Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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