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STAY, 2015/16 – Antony Gormley

SCAPE Public Art

British artist Antony Gormley’s STAY, was installed in two parts. The first figure, as part of SCAPE 8 New Intimacies, was installed mid-current in Ch...

STAY, 2015/16 – Antony Gormley

SCAPE Public Art

STAY, by British artist Antony Gormley was installed in two parts. The second installation, completing the artwork, was installed in the Northern Quad...

Monument to the Present, 2018 - Tom Dale

SCAPE Public Art

This sculpture emerged after the UK-based artist spent time in Ōtautahi in October 2017.

My life is so much more interesting inside my head - Richard Pops Baker

Street Art

With reference to realistic portraiture and pop culture references, his piece evokes a sense of the cosmic and spiritual.

Diminish and Ascend, 2014 – David McCracken

SCAPE Public Art

The vertiginous Diminish and Ascend has previously drawn great attention at Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, and Sculpture on the Gulf on Waiheke Island.

Mauri Moana, 2018 - Piri Cowie

SCAPE Public Art

Local Māori artist Piri Cowie is undertaking an ambitious, interwoven project with multiple strands

Rise From Rubble – Brandon Warrell

Street Art

Street artist Brandon Warrell’s Rise From Rubble mural on the side of the Ibis Hotels depicts a native silvereye bird on a flowering kōwhai tree.

Unnamed – Jacob Yikes

Street Art

Christchurch street artist Jacob Yikes’ work is a regular feature around the city, and includes this fitting tribute to Lewis Carroll’s most famous ch...

Untitled – Cracked Ink

Street Prints Otautahi

Originally from the UK, the now Kiwi street artist Cracked Ink has been a fixture on the street art scene for more than 10 years, and his untitled mur...

Our Stories Make Us, 2018 - Ollie Moginie Re:ACTIVATE

SCAPE Public Art

The local environment, particularly our braided rivers, is very important to this artist who created this work to represent its fragility and unique s...

Ballerina – Owen Dippie

Big Walls

Bay of Plenty artist Owen Dippie’s depiction of a graceful ballerina was the final piece in Christchurch’s first street art festival, RISE. It’s locat...

Kotuku, 2002/2018 - Caroline Rothwell Re:PRESENTED

SCAPE Public Art

Kotuku by Caroline Rothwell was designed specifically for installation in a large pond in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens for the SCAPE Biennial 2002

Encircling, 2006/2018 - Michel de Broin Re:PRESENTED

SCAPE Public Art

Encircling first appeared in North Hagley Park for the SCAPE 2006 Biennial.

Bathing Figure, 2016 – Sam Harrison

SCAPE Public Art

Christchurch artist Sam Harrison is a leading proponent of contemporary figuration and is well known for his observant, emotionally resonant sculpture...

Unnamed - Chimp

Street Art

Chimp aka Ash Sisson spent two weeks of his school holdiays from Massey University, where he's in the third year of an Industrial Design degree, paint...

O, I, M, I, 2018 - Ben Pearce

SCAPE Public Art

Over the last decade, Ben Pearce has pursued a focused investigation of sculptural form, working in wood, stone, metal and found objects.

Kaitiaki - Fin DAC

Street Prints Otautahi

Irish artist Fin DAC’s mural Kaitiaki (the Māori word for ‘guardian) outside the YMCA combines elements of Māori culture and mythology to offer protec...

No Place Like Home - Flox

Street Art

Spanning 12 wall panels and 75 metres, New Zealand artist Flox’s No Place Like Home takes its inspiration from the journey Christchurch residents unde...

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