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Graham Bennett Reasons for Voyaging 2007. Stainless steel, wood (tōtara). Purchased 2003, with the assistance of Cameron and Rosemary Greenwood, Sir Miles Warren and Art in Public Places funds.
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Graham Bennett Reasons for Voyaging 2007. Stainless steel, wood (tōtara). Purchased 2003, with the assistance of Cameron and Rosemary Greenwood, Sir Miles Warren and Art in Public Places funds.
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Ongoing
Graham Bennett's Reasons for Voyaging is a gateway sculpture which welcomes visitors to the Gallery.
It was designed and installed as part of the building itself and was a collaboration between local sculptor Graham Bennett and architect David Cole. The seven poles are positioned so that visitors walk through the sculpture conveying a sense of arrival and departure, invitation and challenge. The work encourages visitors to consider the experiences and motivations of all travellers to New Zealand: Maori and Polynesian voyagers, European settlers and more recent migrants.
Read more in Bulletin 125 [PDF 5.6MB]
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Curator:
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Exhibition number:
698