WEBDec 16, 2023 · New Zealand sculptor Neil Dawson is renowned for his mostly large-scale public sculptures playing with illusion by focusing on lines as well as positive and negative space. His site-specific sculptural works are closely tied to the environment, seeming whimsical and dramatic.
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Neil Dawson Reflects on His Career and Public Sculpture - My …
WEBMay 27, 2019 · Noted New Zealand sculptor Neil Dawson has been a force in contemporary sculpture for over 30 years. Most well-known for his large-scale public sculptures, Dawson often plays with illusion in his whimsical pieces. By focusing on the use of lines and positive and negative space, his sculptures have made an indelible mark …
WEBDawson's sculpture is individual, unique and easy to recognise. In fact his sculptures flout convention in their lightness of feel, their transparency and their escape from the conventions of earthbound pedestal-based display. Dawson has shown regularly with dealer galleries and public art museums since graduating from art school.
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Neil Dawson Biography, Artworks & Exhibitions | Ocula Artist
WEBNeil Dawson's sculptures have been featured and exhibited in sculpture gardens, motorways, and public plazas. His work has been installed in Wellington , Manchester, Kuala Lumpur, and Osaka. In 2000, he was commissioned to create a sculpture for the Stadium of Australia for the Sydney Olympics.
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Neil Dawson | Arts Foundation Laureate | Arts Foundation
WEBMar 16, 2021 · Neil's career, to date, has focused on the production of large-scale, and site-specific, sculptures in New Zealand, Australia and Asia. He is best known for his suspended sculptures, the first of which was Echo in 1981.
WEBNeil Dawson, CNZM has produced many sculptures throughout New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Britain, Europe, and the United States. His work includes Chalice, in Cathedral Square, Christchurch; Ferns, in Civic Square, Wellington; and Feather from Afar, in Shanghai, China.
WEBNeil Dawson, Sculptor. 1948 Born in Christchurch, New Zealand. 1970 Diploma of Fine Arts (Hons) University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ. 1971 Diploma of Teaching. Christchurch Teachers College.
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Giant Crumpled Paper Drops From The Sky, Lands On Hill In New Zealand - NPR
WEBAug 10, 2012 · You look up at the top of a hill, and there, balanced on the ground, looking like it might catch a breeze and blow away, is a gigantic sculpture that looks like a wrinkled piece of paper.
WEBDawson's art practice centres on large-scale, site-specific sculptures. He is best known for his suspended sculptures, the first of which was 'Echo' (1981). He created his first suspended sphere, 'Globe' (1989), for the exhibition Magiciens de la Terre at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
WEB(1) Working for the last 40 years as one of New Zealand’s foremost creators of public sculpture, Neil Dawson’s laser-cut, steel sculptures appear to defy gravity and the weightiness of the medium.
