Water Sculpture

1980

John Middleditch

Accessible

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Copper
Fountain/water feature mechanism

Dimensions

Approx. H3000 x W3000 x D3000mm

John Middleditch, ‘Water Sculpture’ (1980), Dunedin Public Hospital, CBD, Ōtepoti Dunedin

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

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2001–Current

Interior courtyard, Dunedin Hospital (201 Great King St), CBD, Ōtepoti Dunedin

1980–2001

Exterior courtyard, Dunedin Hospital (201 Great King St), CBD, Ōtepoti Dunedin

Artists

- John Middleditch (Artist)

Credit

Healthcare Otago Charitable Trust Art Collection

Associated Artwork Person(s)

- Shona McFarlane (Commissioner)

Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

- Arthur Barnett Ltd (Donor, Funder)
- Dunedin Hospital (Host site)
- Dunedin City Council (Registered by)
- Stephenson & Turner (Architect(s))
- Healthcare Otago Charitable Trust (Owner)

Description

Commissioned by Dunedin artist Shona McFarlane to celebrate the opening of the Dunedin Hospital Ward Block. McFarlane had been engaged as an artistic advisor to suggest suitable artists for the various commissioned works for the Ward Block, on Stephenson and Turner's recommendation (due to her reputation as an architectural painter, writer and artist).

Work was donated by Arthur Barnett Ltd.

Sculpture was moved to the current location in an internal uncovered courtyard within the Hospital in 2001.

See also:

Panirau Mulligan, C. E. (2014). The Dunedin Hospital Art Collection: Architecture, Space and Wellbeing (Thesis, Master of Arts). University of Otago.

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