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Early morning picture of a sculpture in the Auckland Domain, near the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Kaitiaki 2004, Fred Graham
Steel plate
This sculpture belongs to the tradition of abstract Modernist constructions which invite spectators to engage with the aesthetics of sculpture in its own right – its form, material, weight and scale. But of course it also represents a hawk. Fred Graham observes that birds were the original Tangata Whenua of Aotearoa, and the hawk has figured prominently in the oral traditions of Ngati Whatua and Tainui. The enormous swooping steel bird, dark against the sky, may seem threatening, but conveys the strength that makes the hawk a powerful guardian of the land.
Source Auckland Museum
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/334/auckland-domain-sculpture-walk |
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