"Holidays In Huntly", brick caravan. Hamilton. New Zealand.
S 37° 47.405 E 175° 17.150
60H E 349067 N 5816091
A life-size caravan made entirely from Huntly Brick is installed outside the Waikato Museum on the main street through Hamilton city, a zany sculpture by Peter Lange.
Waymark Code: WM8F84
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 03/24/2010
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Like much of his recent work, Lange said Holidays in Huntly draws on fond memories from his past.
Holidays in Huntly is an extension of a body of work that he has undertaken over the last couple of years that has referred to parts of his life, in this case the year or more that he spent living in a caravan while looking for minerals in New Zealand and Australia in the 60s.
The shape has the curving lines of post-war homemade caravans and there is reference to the stripped-down brick skeletons of abandoned buildings.
"Driving through Huntly is a mixed experience: out of the corner of your eye you catch the iconic cream and brown brickwork which has become a recognisable and nostalgic local building style, but then the road to Hamilton (or Auckland) always seems to take priority. However if time is taken to explore inland and away from the river you'll find some beautiful spots, rural and lakeside, which might have been holiday destinations for families of the 50s," says the artist Peter Lange.
The brick caravan, which is 4.2m long, 1.82m wide and 2.6m high, is displayed outside the Waikato Museum. Part of the Waiclay National Ceramics Award 08 exhibition, the art piece will add an extra dimension to the area outside the Museum and aims to educate the public about different kinds of ceramic work.
**Please Note new Caravan Parking Sites: Feb.2011. The Education Manager at Waikato Museum has kindly informed us that the brick caravan is presently "on tour" round the Waikato so is no longer in front of the Museum.
You can find it on the north-western corner of Leith Place and Bridge Street in Tokoroa until the 6th March and then at 1 Kensington Street Putaruru (on park site near fountain, on the road edge) until the end of May.
Title: Holidays in Huntly.
Artist: Peter Lange.
Placement Date: December 2008.
Website: [Web Link]
Type of Object: caravan
Location: Usually outside the Waikato Museum, Hamilton. (please check notes above)
Material: Huntly bricks
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