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Brick Bay is unveiling new artworks as it prepares for peak season.
Three new sculptures have been added to the 2km-trail, which typically showcases around 70 outdoor works by New Zealand artists.
The new additions are Consequence Sequence by Auckland artist Seung Yul Oh, Paper Pals by Hawke’s Bay artist Ben Pearce, and Stumping Ground by Wellington-based Turumeke Harrington (Kāi Tahu, Rangitāne).
General manager Fiona Stewart says Brick Bay is a destination in itself for those in the know, with its combination of accessible art, food, wine and natural beauty.
“We’re excited to create even more reasons for people to discover or come back to visit again by continuously refreshing our art and offering a range of the other experiences, including the opportunity to escape and connect with our iconic natural landscape, and enjoy the food and wine we produce from it,” Fiona says.
Art manager Rachael Lovelace says Brick Bay is proud to foster the careers of NZ sculptors by continuously adding new works to their sculpture trail as other artworks exhibited on their sculpture
trail are sold.
“While our sculpture trail is an art gallery, with all of the art available for sale, it offers something for everyone – even those who are not art afficionados – as an immersive experience and a place to pause, marvel, and reflect on the beauty and symbiosis of nature and art,” she says.
Alongside the updated trail, Brick Bay has released a new summer menu in the Glass House Restaurant, curated by chef Cameron Cook, who joined in 2014 .
The menu features produce grown onsite and local ingredients such as sustainably caught snapper from Leigh Fish.
Stewart says Brick Bay will be open for dinner on Friday and Saturday nights over summer.
“It’s a truly special dining experience watching the sun go down over the beautiful landscape that is home to Brick Bay,” she says.
“With new art installations, a new menu, evening dining available for a limited time, and exclusive new wine releases, Brick Bay is the place to be this summer.”
More installations are planned at Brick Bay in the New Year.
Artworks to be exhibited on Brick Bay’s sculpture trail
Consequence Sequence
Consequence Sequence (2024) by Auckland-based artist Seung Yul Oh is a polished aluminium work that plays with the tension between flatness and three-dimensional form. Its automotive-painted surface shifts with light and reflects the surrounding sky and bush, creating the illusion of movement.
The sculpture reflects Oh’s interest in the moment of encounter between viewer and artwork. Oh is a multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, painting, installation and public art. Born in Seoul and later graduating with an MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, he now splits his time between Auckland and Seoul. His work appears in major collections held in Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Paper Pals
Paper Pals (2024) by Hawkes Bay artist Ben Pearce joins his existing trail work, Certainty, highlighting different aspects of his practice. While Certainty speaks to the enduring, almost ritualistic, relationship between humanity and the elemental power of stone and metal within the landscape, Paper Pals captures his signature style, existing as an assemblage of objects that blend the whimsical nature of childhood with the structural rigidity of adult design.
The series was previously commissioned as a public artwork for the Wellington Sculpture Trust and displayed outside Te Papa. Pearce works with wood, metal, stone and found objects, exploring the tension between functional form and fine art. A Whanganui Quay School of Fine Arts graduate in 2003, he has exhibited widely in NZ and his work is held in public and private collections internationally.
Stumping Ground
Stumping Ground (2024) by Wellington-based Turumeke Harrington is part of a series exploring tumu (stump or stake) installations that emerged from her research into land colonisation in NZ, in particular bush clearing and the New Zealand Company’s use of survey stakes to mark and divide Maori land. Its jewel-coloured geometric forms act as ghosts of the former forest, pairing critique with playful visual language. The piece appeared at Sculpture on the Gulf 2024 and last year at Te Uru. Harrington holds an MFA from Massey University and a BFA with First Class Honours from Ilam School of Fine Arts. Harrington creates large sculptural installations at the intersection of art and design, and her works are held in galleries nationwide.
