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Shipwreck in the foyer

Behind the scenes

Something a little bit gorgeous just washed up on our shores.

Sian Torrington How you have held things (detail, in progress) 2013. Salvaged materials.

Sian Torrington How you have held things (detail, in progress) 2013. Salvaged materials.

Yesterday we welcomed Wellington artist Sian Torrington, who is in town putting together a site-specific sculpture as part of our Outer Spaces programme. How you have held things will be created from a rich variety of salvaged materials, painted, bound, stacked and otherwise altered by Sian and installed on a previously vacant site in Avonside. The first elements to be unwrapped were three stunning, 'in-progress' chandeliers, looking like extremely glamorous flotsam and jetsam in their supine state. They've got a little more titivation coming before they're complete (think gold glitter and sequins), but just now they are adding a very welcome splash of colour and texture to CAG's foyer.

Sian Torrington How you have held things (detail, in progress) 2013. Salvaged materials.

Sian Torrington How you have held things (detail, in progress) 2013. Salvaged materials.