Suspended Sculpture

1992

Neil Dawson

Accessible

Type

  • Sculpture

Medium

  • Carbon fibre
  • Aluminium

Dimensions

  • Approx. H2000 x W11,330 x D4330mm

Neil Dawson, ‘Suspended Sculpture’ (1992), Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Description

“This horizontal plane work consists of concentric interlocking “ripples” made of tapered aluminium tubes. These support a number of ultralight feathers constructed from carbon fibre and translucent coloured vanes. The feathers are designed to move slowly in subtle air currents."

“The work describes the site before humans were present. It represents our natural beginnings when birds, feathers and bush were abundant. Flexible moving materials have been selected to communicate the idea that change, and flexibility is part of the justice system.”

Source: Wellington High Court, Artworks Catalogue (6-page typed and printed document produced by the High Court)

This work is one of a set of artworks commissioned for the Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court in 1992 by an artworks panel consisting of members of the judiciary, the Department of Justice, the Māori community and the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council.