A PassageHe Whakawhitinga
1987
Kingsley Baird
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Type
- Painting
Medium
- Bronze
- Acrylic paint
- Customwood/MDF
Dimensions
- H2260 x W4110 x D100mm
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Kingsley Baird, ‘A Passage/He Whakawhitianga’ (1987), AMP Building, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022
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Description
A large painting suggesting boats and buildings in a geometric play of light and darkness. Attached to the painting are two bronze sculptural forms - a Māori rock anchor (Punga) and a European sea anchor.