EXHIBITION & AUCTION

The Symposium 2018 was a huge success. 27 artists from New Zealand, Taiwan, China, Australia and Belgium spent 3 weeks on the New Plymouth Foreshore beside the Tasman Ocean creating sculptures using Andesite as the medium. All but one of the works in Exhibition at the Foreshore New Plymouth sold at auction. 

WORKS FOR AUCTION sATurday 27 JAN from 2pm 

Photos above are front views, photos below are alternate views. All photos are in Lot order. To see both views together click on the Lot number above and below. Artists and titles are given below. 
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Auction Guideline below
Lot     Title of work                           Artist
1        Cube Metamorphis      Graham WILSON
2        Pig Dreaming II      Donald BUGLASS
3        Coastal Landform with Redoubt      Howard TUFFERY
4        Meltdown      Alan AXTEN
​5        The Sound of Taranaki II      Biao WANG
6        From the Sea      Sihua QIAN
7        Bird Goddess – Ro Oriah RAPLEY
8        Taranaki Energy      Li-Jen LIN
9     ​   Affection      Simon      JACQUAT
10      Balance      Jocelyn PRATT
11      Staircase      Anna KORVER
12      The Universe in the Dust      Jina LEE
13      Like a Fish out of Water      Steve MOLLOY
14      Aditi      Andrea CONNOR
15      My Secret Garden      Bodhi VINCENT
16      Planting Seeds      Jocelyn PRATT
17      My World      Renate VERBRUGGE
18      In the Eye of the Storm      Alan AXTEN
19      Local Landform      Howard TUFFERY
20      The other side of the dream      Rex O’BRIEN
21      Cosmos      Liz BRIDGEMAN
22      Moana Davo SMITH
23      High Fidelity      Graham WILSON
24      Frances      Renate VEBRUGGE
25      Ebb and Flow      Denise NEWLAND
26      Dress      Anna KORVER
27      Te Manu Huringa (Bird of Change)      Rex O’BRIEN
28      The Dust in the Universe      Jina LEE
29      Leaf      Regina JACKLE
30      Maramataka o te – Kahu      Moira CROSSMAN
31      Slapped by the Wind      Andrea CONNOR
32      Beautiful Beginning      Janine AUSTIN
33      Trilogy      Claire Sadler
34      Vigil      Bodhi VINCENT
35      Where the Ocean meets the Land      Simone JACQUAT
36      Setting Forth      Oriah RAPLEY
37      Like a Fish in Water      Steve MOLLOY
38      Continuous      Brent HOLLEY
39      Hidden Potential (Essence)      Barry Te Whatu
40      Emergence      Brent HOLLEY
41      Complicity      Sylvain PATTE
42      Movement      Sihua QIAN
43      The Sound of Taranaki I      Biao WANG
44      The Power of Three       Li-Jen LIN
45      Acoustic Wave of Taranaki      Sylvain PATTE
46      Quintuple      Claire SADLER


​​Auction starts at 2pm.
  • The Lot order is the order of auction. 46 lots are available.
  • All proceeds less commission go to the artist.
​ABOUT THE AUCTION
To buy works through the auction you need to register to get a bidder number. Registration is free. 
  • Registration opens at the exhibition site at noon on 27 January and is on-going during the auction. 
  • BIdders must show their bidder number when bidding.
  • If you cannot attend the auction in person, you may register as a phone bidder. Fill in the phone bidder registration form below and email by 5pm Friday 26 January 2018 to tekupenga.symposium@gmail.com.
​          Full instructions and conditions for phone bidding are on the form.

The auction will start at 2pm.

EFTPOS, Visa or Mastercard are accepted. Cheques will require proof of identity. No works can be uplifted until full payment has been received. 

​Te Kupenga is not registered for GST.

​Works when purchased can be picked up after the auction for those with trailers. Please bring your receipt. Trucks will cart the stones to the Hobson Street car park. Times will be advised when you register this option after purchase. 

Q Transport will be on site and will take delivery orders. Register this preference after purchase at the Delivery desk. Buyers are responsible for all transport costs.
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​Te Kupenga Mission:
To revive, preserve, promote and
foster the art of stone carving using Taranaki Andesite ​and the understanding of its properties and values.
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Saturday 30 December WELCOME DAY: 
The Powhiri welcome by Ngati Te Whiti hapu and Te Kupenga was held from 11am followed by lunch, artists' briefing and the selection of stones.
Photos will be entered later.
IN the evening, Te Kupenga hosted a BBQ at its Club rooms. Photos below.
Friday 22 DECEMBER 2017 SETTING UP THE STONES: Another working bee setting the dunnage up at each worksite and placing the stones on the dunnage. Additional stones, which may be used for second sculptures, are arranged around the perimeter. 
Thursday 21 DECEMBER 2017 SETTING UP THE SITE: Members of Te Kupenga have been hard at work over several working bees packing gear at the club house ready to transport to the symposium site. These photos show members unloading the dunnage and making the site symposium ready. The portacom and containers were delivered earlier in the week. 
The portacom will be the artists' lunch room and the two containers are for storing artists' gear. tractor etc during the symposium. All that you see has been transported 1.5 km along the Coastal Walkway from the Hobson Street entrance. Vehicles are supported by spotters who warn the walkway users about the vehicles sharing the walkway.
13 DECEMBER 2017: 90 odd selected Taranaki Andesite stones were delivered from Jones Quarry to the Symposium site on the New Plymouth Coastal Walkway.  Te Kupenga members were on site to oversee the delivery. After a year of planning and preparation for the event, with the stones now on site, it feels as if the Symposium spirit has arrived. 
KEY DATES FOR THE 2018 SYMPOSIUM
1 June 2017                                       :           Deadline for applications
15 June                                               :           Announcement of participating artists
30 June                                               :           Deadline for acceptance by artist
1 September                                      :           Deadline for sending proof of travel bookings
30 December 11am                          :           Powhiri – official welcome
31 December - 19 January 2018     :           Sculpting
10 January 2018 6pm                       :           Artists Talk at Puke Ariki Foyer at 6pm
19 January 2018                                :           Noon – shut down.  Remove tools.
                                                                        3pm Poroporoake - Closing ceremony.
20 January                                          :           Set-up exhibition
21 – 27 January                                  :           Foreshore Exhibition
27 January                                          :           Public Auction


APPLICATIONS for 2018 - CLOSED on I June 2017
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​Symposium please email tk.sculpture@gmail.com with the Subject line: Symposium 2020. Applications will open by March 2019. Application forms will be on this website.
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