Sculpture on the Gulf is a temporary outdoor art exhibition on a coastal headland on Matiatia Bay, Waiheke Island, New Zealand.[1][2] It is a biennial event founded in 2003 by the Waiheke Community Art Gallery.[3]
History and format
At the first event in 2003, there were two awards made: a "People’s Choice" and a "Premier" award. At artists' request the Premier award was discontinued in 2005 and a fee to each artist paid instead. A Premier award was reinstated in 2013 and 2015, but at the request of artists abandoned in 2017.[4]
By 2009 the exhibition took place over three, rather than two weeks, and included a programme for schools.[citation needed]
Sculpture on the Gulf resumed in March 2022 after a break due to COVID restrictions.[5][6]
"Waiheke Island’s biennial Sculpture on the Gulf exhibition charts [New Zealand's] own rising interest in outdoor sculpture trails. In 2003, the first year it was held, the event attracted 12,000. Numbers attending rose to 32,000 in 2011, and 40,000 in 2017."[7]
Invited Artist: George Rickey: Three Squares Gyratory, Variation 2 (1971)
Invited Architects:The Gateway: Designers: Nicholas Stevens and Gary Lawson. Originally commissioned as the New Zealand entry for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2012 but unrealised.[29][30][31][32]
Fuller's People's Choice Award:Phantom Fleet by Virginia King.[33]
^Bloch, Matt; DeSantis, Alicia; Ericson, Matt; Koski, Ben; Robinson, Josh; Williams, Josh. "The 46 Places to Go in 2013". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2020.