Balancing Act - Wanganui. New Zealand.
S 39° 55.480 E 175° 03.125
60H E 333537 N 5578787
Daniel Clifford's work Balancing Act, made up of three giant Staedtler HB pencils, is a new sculpture embedded in the ground along the riverside drive in Wanganui.
Waymark Code: WMAPCT
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 02/07/2011
Views: 5
The sculpture, called Balancing act featuring three HB pencils and sculpted by Daniel Clifford, was the winner of the Wanganui District Council's inaugural Wanganui Sculpture event in October 2010.
The artist received a prize of $50,000 and the sculpture was permanently installed on the Whanganui River bank on Somme Parade on 22 December 2010.
This sculpture takes its inspiration from the Staedtler tradition pencils the artist used throughout his studies in fine arts and Balancing Act reflects the artists idea that Maori is traditionally an oral culture and European is traditionally a written culture.
Title: Balancing Act
Artist: Daniel Clifford
Placement Date: 22 December 2010.
Type of Object: Pencils.
Location: Somme Parade, riverside in Wanganui.
Material: Wood.
Website: Not listed
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