{"id":121525,"date":"2025-11-06T18:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/121525\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T18:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:41:09","slug":"auckland-exhibition-nz-sculpture-onshore-opens-with-120-artworks-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/121525\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland exhibition NZ Sculpture OnShore opens with 120 artworks for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"Whakaruruhau, by Daniel McKerrow, won the inaugural Women\u2019s Refuge NZ Sculpture of Strength (SOS) Award. The sculpture is made from corten steel, stainless steel and copper. Price $119,000. Photo \/ Michael Craig\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Whakaruruhau, by Daniel McKerrow, won the inaugural Women\u2019s Refuge NZ Sculpture of Strength (SOS) Award. The sculpture is made from corten steel, stainless steel and copper. Price $119,000. Photo \/ Michael Craig<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Visitors are encouraged to take selfies or record videos alongside Whakaruruhau and share them on social media, to help raise awareness and spark conversations about family violence and the importance of community action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">All the sculptures are for sale, with proceeds going to Women\u2019s Refuge NZ. To date, more than $2.6 million has been raised for the victims of domestic violence since the exhibition was launched in 1996 in a private garden in Takapuna, and transferred to Operetu Fort Takapuna in 2004 as it grew in popularity. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"This glazed ceramic and timber sculpture, Atua Wahine, is by Waiheke artist Belinda Fabris. Price, $2700. Photo \/ Michael Craig\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>This glazed ceramic and timber sculpture, Atua Wahine, is by Waiheke artist Belinda Fabris. Price, $2700. Photo \/ Michael Craig<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Artists taking part in this year\u2019s exhibition come from Ahipara in the Far North to Arrowtown in the South Island, displaying a wide range of styles and interpretations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Visitors will be invited to climb an interactive artwork by Whang\u0101rei artist Peter Brammer, part of his Thoughts of Freedom sculpture, a staircase surrounded by a series of symbolic corten steel wings, some up to 5m high. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Auckland artist Ngaroma Riley says her Kapahaka Queen is a \u201cshout-out to all the aspiring kapa haka queens; the ones who live and breathe haka, who learn the words on the bus, sign the waiata in the shower, practise their p\u016bkana [facial expression] in the mirror, and give their heart and soul to every performance\u201d. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Kapahaka Queen, by Auckland artist Ngaroma Riley. The sculpture is made from plywood, LED poi, electrical wiring and steel rods. Price, $7500. Photo \/ Michael Craig\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Kapahaka Queen, by Auckland artist Ngaroma Riley. The sculpture is made from plywood, LED poi, electrical wiring and steel rods. Price, $7500. Photo \/ Michael Craig<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Nineteen works in this year\u2019s exhibition are by South Island artists, including Bryn Jones, from Dunedin, with The Wake, a 3m-long fibreglass whale; and Christchurch artist Justin Galligan\u2019s The Absentee, a group of 4.4m-high chairs made of steel that are each light enough to carry.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Kingfisher, made from recycled steel and wood, by Waikato artist Marti Wong. Price, $3900. Photo \/ Michael Craig\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Kingfisher, made from recycled steel and wood, by Waikato artist Marti Wong. Price, $3900. Photo \/ Michael Craig<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Two artists invite viewers to face, rather than avoid, the \u201celephant in the room\u201d with towering works. Clevedon artist Jorge Wright has created Facing Our Elephants, a 2.5m-high and 3.5m-wide mother with her baby in corten steel.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Facing Our Elephants, by Auckland artist Jorge Wright. Price, $44,000. Photo \/ Michael Craig\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Facing Our Elephants, by Auckland artist Jorge Wright. Price, $44,000. Photo \/ Michael Craig<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">On display in one of the fort\u2019s gun emplacements is Whang\u0101rei artist Kristin Kay\u2019s ceramic What Elephant? <\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">This year\u2019s event includes about a dozen sculptures by M\u0101ori artists, including works by three members of the Rotorua-based Kemp family: master carver Joe Kemp presents Hinemoana, guardian of the waterways surrounding Operetu; Kemp\u2019s partner Sherie Kemp exhibits Ng\u0101 Whet\u016b O Matariki, comprising nine sculptural rocks depicting the Matariki star constellation; and their son Teimah Kemp with the 1.6m-high Hei Tiki, depicting new life, carved from \u014camaru stone.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Hinemoana, by Bay of Plenty sculptor Joe Kemp, is made from macropcarpa, rope and andesite. Price, $38,500. Photo \/ Michael Craig\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Hinemoana, by Bay of Plenty sculptor Joe Kemp, is made from macropcarpa, rope and andesite. Price, $38,500. Photo \/ Michael Craig<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">The site\u2019s underground fort will again host the Auckland schools\u2019 exhibition, featuring works by 20 primary, intermediate and high schools. Included in the exhibition is Ng\u0101 Mata P\u016brakau: The Faces of Legends, a collaborative mask-making project involving Takapuna Grammar Year 9 students mentoring younger pupils from primary schools across the Devonport peninsula. It is one of the rare occasions on which the public can access the historic fort and tunnels.<\/p>\n<p>NZ Sculpture OnShore runs until Sunday, November 23, from 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whakaruruhau, by Daniel McKerrow, won the inaugural Women\u2019s Refuge NZ Sculpture of Strength (SOS) Award. 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