Sculpture on the Peninsula 2011
The Lombardy Charitable Trust will host Sculpture on the Peninsula at Loudon Farm, Teddington, Banks Peninsula over the weekend of the 4, 5, 6, November 2011. Proceeds from the Event will be donated to Cholmondeley Children’s Home in Governors Bay. Cholmondeley provides residential care and schooling to children in crisis. The 2009 event raised $75,000 for Cholmondeley.
History
The Sculpture on the Peninsula (previously known as Sculpture in the Garden) was the vision of the late Geoff Swinard. Geoff gathered a group of friends together with different talents who formed a committee and later the Lombardy Trust to run this event. The 2011 event will be the seventh. The Trust seeks to bring to the public an event that is representive of current art practice in New Zealand. This event would not be possible without the extended support and goodwill of the Sculptors, the Harbour Basin community and our friends. The generous time and efforts of our hosts at Loudon, Sarah Lovell-Smith and Phillip King and our sponsors- Harman Lawyers, Fox and Associates, Urology Associates, Montage Business Intelligence, Underground Coffee Company, The University Bookshop and Wilkie and Bruce Architects.
Member Profile
Ben Foster“My works are a culmination of the natural and the manmade
– a careful balance of form and motion.”The synthesis of natural and manmade elements is central to the sculpture of Ben Foster. His large-scale cast aluminium pieces combine Minimalist aesthetics with organic forms in work that is motivated by both contemporary art philosophies and structures from the natural environment.
Foster began working with metal casting during his formal art education and his expertise has developed through subsequent work in industrial design and fabrication. With this experience, Foster is able to employ many technically demanding production techniques to create his monumental works. Working from his Kaikoura studio, Foster constructs each piece from aluminium panels which are then welded, polished and sealed, creating confident and balanced forms. [Sanderson Contemporary Art - 2011]
Read more about Ben Foster: http://www.benfoster.co.nz/biography.html
