Another visit to the Sculptureum

This morning we headed south on State Highway 1 as far as Waipu and then turned off and went down the coast road to Mangawhai and over the hill to Matakana thus by-passing most of the State Highway with its road works and trucks.

It was a wonderful day (well it is the first day of summer tomorrow so, hopefully, that is a sign of things to come) and a lovely drive through lush valleys.

It was good to see the gardens in spring as it was autumn when we visited last time.

The meal was as delicious as last time and I had intended to take a photo but only remembered too late.

After lunch we went into the indoor gallery where there were some new installations.

                                              Head of a young woman by Paul Cezanne

                     This was made from a block of wood made from several olive trees.

                                                         These were made from plastic ties.

SCULPTUREUM 4

After wandering through the indoor collection one goes through a door to find oneself in a large enclosed courtyard with yet more sculptures in various mediums.  

The whole place is amazing and we will definitely be going back.  There are two large sheds full of more sculptures yet to be displayed but, even without that, it would be well worth another visit.

SCULPTUREUM 3

After spending some time on the outside collection we went indoors to view more artworks

This chandelier was massive.  It was bought in America and the deal was that the vendor arranged for installation which meant that they had to pay for airfares out to New Zealand as well as installation and that alone came to $250,000.

My favourite piece was the goat made from cutlery.  Its coat was the tines of the forks.