Fault

1994

Bill Culbert

Ralph Hōtere

Accessible

Type

  • Installation

Medium

  • Lighting

Bill Culbert & Ralph Hōtere (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa), ‘Fault’ (1994), City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

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

1994–Current

South façade of City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Te Ngākau Civic Square, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Artists
Credit

Wellington City Council Art Collection

Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

In the early 1990s it was decided to adapt the old Wellington Central Library building (1939) to accomodate the new City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi. To control natural light in the the gallery spaces it was decided that the two-story array of windows facing Te Ngākau Civic Square would need to be blocked. Culbert and Hōtere were commissioned to produce 'Fault' which lances across the façade as if joined across these blacked out windows.

Commissioned by Wellington City Council Arts Bonus Scheme with funds from Scollay Holdings Ltd. and additional support from the QEII Arts Council.