Column Vernaculus

1989

Warren Viscoe

Accessible

Type

  • Sculpture

Medium

  • Concrete
  • Metal (unspecified)
  • Wood

Dimensions

  • H7200 x W450 x D550mm (approx.)

Warren Viscoe, ‘Column Vernaculus’ (1989), Massey University, Turitea Campus, Te Papa-i-oea Palmerston North

Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022

Description

This work consists of a particularly tall column, internally stacked with cut pieces of timber and elevated, at the base, by a car jack. At the very top of the column is a greek/roman concrete statue of small scale, not unlike what you might find as a garden ornament.