On Now
Graham Bennett: Reasons for Voyaging
Ongoing
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.
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]
My Gallery
Curator:
Felicity Milburn
Exhibition number: 698
Related
Walking through Graham Bennett's Reasons for Voyaging
Walking through Graham Bennett's Reasons for Voyaging, edited by John Freeman-Moir, was published by South Walk in 2003. It contains essays by Christopher McDonald, Felicity Milburn and Cassandra Fusco, an interview with architect David Cole and photographs by Brendan Lee.
B.125
Winter 2001
Contents include
Focusing on New Zealand - The Painting Collection.
Art/Speak - Joe Bennett on coming in from the outside.
Reasons for Voyaging - Interview with Graham Bennett.
Notes
Graham Bennett: Seeking a Balance
Come face to face with works of art from across sculptor Graham Bennett’s remarkable 50-year career in Seeking a Balance, a new exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū opening on Saturday 31 October.