Sculpture on the Gulf
Biennial sculpture exhibition on Waiheke Island, New Zealand
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Sculpture on the Gulf is a temporary outdoor art exhibition on a coastal headland on Matiatia Bay, Waiheke Island, New Zealand.[1][2] It is a biennial event founded in 2003 by the Waiheke Community Art Gallery.[3]
History and format
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.[4]
By 2009 the exhibition took place over three, rather than two weeks, and included a programme for schools.[citation needed]
Sculpture on the Gulf resumed in March 2022 after a break due to COVID restrictions.[5][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]
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.[8] Exhibiting artists have included Paul Dibble, Leon van den Eijkel, Phil Price, Brit Bunkley, Neil Dawson, Fatu Feu'u, Peter Nicholls, Terry Stringer, Paratene Matchitt, Peter Lange, Denis O’Connor, Graham Bennett, Gill Gatfield, Veronica Herber, Regan Gentry, Konstantin Dimopoulos, Suji Park, Ioane Ioane, Tiffany Singh, Brett Graham, Sriwhana Spong and Chris Bailey.[citation needed]
Events
| Year | Date | Curators | Artists | Notes |
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| 2003 | 24 January – 9 February |
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The first exhibition of 27 art installations in what would become a major New Zealand biennial art event was held on a 2.5 km trail. |
| 2005 | 28 January – 13 February |
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25 art installations |
| 2007 | 26 January – 11 February[12][13] |
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26 site responsive installations |
| 2009 | 23 January and 15 February |
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26 site responsive installations |
| 2011 | 28 January – 20 February | Juliet Monaghan (Director )[15][16] |
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40 site responsive installations |
| 2013 | 25 January – 17 February |
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30 site responsive installations. Ranked in the New York Times’ Top 46 places to go in the world.[18] 45,000 people visited the exhibition.[19]
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| 2015 | 23 January – 15 February |
Jackie O’Brien (Artistic coordinator) |
* Nigel Jamieson and Imersia Ltd
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31 site responsive installations |
| 2017 | 27 January – 19 February |
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34 site responsive installations
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| 2019 | 1 – 24 March |
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28 site responsive installations[40] | |
| 2022 | 4 – 27 March |
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30 site responsive installations. |
Gallery
Work by Jane and Mario Downes, Sculpture on the Gulf 2015
Detail from Paul Radford's Sculpture Walk, exhibited in Sculpture on the Gulf 2015
'The Gateway' by Nicholas Stevens and Gary Lawson
The Pool by Natalie Guy, Sculpture on the Gulf 2019
Ground Zero by Professor Robert Jahnke, Sculpture on the Gulf 2019
Liberace by Phil Price won the Fullers 360 Experiences People's Choice Award at Sculpture on the Gulf 2019
Kazu Nakagawa and Pacific Environments Architects work 'Kaemue Kaemuri' exhibited in Sculpture on the Gulf 2015
