Images of the South

1978

Merv Sarson

Accessible

Type

  • Mural
  • Bas-relief

Medium

  • Mixed Media
  • Wood
  • Customwood/MDF

Dimensions

  • H4440 x W4900 x D130mm

Merv Sarson, ‘Images of the South’ (1978), SIT City Campus Building, Waihōpai Invergargill

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

1978–Current

Inside pedestrian mall/thoroughfare, 25 Don St (formerly State Insurance Building, currently SIT City Campus Building), CBD, Waihōpai Invercargill

Artists
Credit

Invercargill City Council Art Collection

Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

Stylised landscape with birds and rivers. Māori motifs such as kōwhaiwhai. Mountain forms possibly reference Milford Sound.

Created using Customwood/MDF and other timbers.