Graham Snowden
Painted steel
Array is a steel sculpture, painted with a black
high-gloss finish comprising seven geometric elements arising from
a galvanised steel substructure at ground level. It is exhibited
for the first time at the headland SCULPTURE
ON THE GULF. It continues a body of work exploring simple
arrangements of individual and sometimes repeated geometric forms
in exterior situations.
The sculptures are constructed first as computer models and then
manufactured and installed by experienced professional engineering
services. Snowden's objective is to delight the eye and mind of the
viewer by providing opportunities to observe simple three
dimensional geometric forms in combination with one another and the
environments in which they are placed.
The composition of the sculptures relates to his observation of
the incidental, random and chaotic relationships that exist among
objects in the natural and manufactured world.
Graham Snowden was born in Wellington in 1955. He completed a
Diploma of Fine Arts at Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 1978 with
honours in sculpture. He has exhibited widely and is represented in
collections within New Zealand and overseas. He recently returned
from several years in South Korea and is now living and practising
in Nelson.
Recent exhibitions include: Mac's Sculpture Symposiums, Nelson
(2006, 2007); Backspace Gallery, Christchurch (2007); Wallace
Awards, Finalists' Touring exhibition, New Dowse Gallery,
Wellington (2008); a series of medium-to-large-scale exterior works
begun in 2001 with Yellow Construction
PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower, Auckland.
Thanks to Ian Macdonald and staff at Consolidated Engineering
Co, Auckland, New Zealand.
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