Draped

1995

Grant Bunyan

Accessible

Type

  • Sculpture

Medium

  • Stone

Dimensions

  • H1420 x W700 x D720mm Plinth: H250 x W850 x D740mm

Grant Bunyan, ‘Draped’ (1995), Hunter Lawn, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University, Kelburn, Wellington
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

1995–Current

Hunter Lawn, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University, Kelburn, Wellington

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Description

A sculpture celebrating graceful curves and lines of the human form and drapery.

The sculpture was created as part of a fortnight-long Oamaru stone sculpture symposium that took place at Frank Kitts Park in late-Jan to early-Feb, 1995, a first for Wellington. The event involved 40 sculptors. Denis Adam purchased the work at the symposium, and donated it to Victoria University: the first sculpture the Adams’ donated directly to the city, commenting “I’ve done well out of the community in New Zealand, and this is one way of putting something back into it.”

See also:

  • ‘Fifty sculptures emerge’, City Voice, 9/2/1995
  • Donald Matheson, ‘Stone sculpture off to varsity’, The Evening Post, 7 Feb 1995