Morgan Jones, ‘Untitled [All our Afternoons]’ (1988), University of Canterbury, Ilam Campus, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

University of Canterbury

History/English Quadrangle by Elsie Locke Building, Ilam Campus, University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Spencer Park, Spencerville, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Untitled [All our Afternoons]

Morgan Jones immigrated to New Zealand from Surrey, England when he was 21. He settled in Canterbury, attending the Christchurch Teachers’ Training College between 1958 and 1959. 

Jones began making large scale wooden sculpture in the mid-1960s and is considered a leading artists of his generation. He is particularly recognised for his innovative use of 'rural vernacular' forms.