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The Foundation's latest fundraising project has been a collaboration with South Korean-born, Aotearoa-based artist Yona Lee. Commissioned by the Foundation to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Gallery building, Lee's remarkable installation pays homage to the Gallery's original design by bringing water back into its heart, offering a lively but tranquil space for reflection and regeneration.
Yona Lee Fountain in Transit 2024. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, commissioned by the Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Gallery building; purchased with special thanks to Joanna Hickman, Charlotte and Marcel Gray, Janice Cowdy, Dame Adrienne Stewart and other generous individuals, 2024
Yona Lee is a Korean artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. She creates sculptures and installations that combine elaborate linear stainless steel tubing with everyday objects. Yona has had recent solo shows at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, City Gallery Wellington and Art Sonje Centre, Seoul, South Korea, and was part of the 2020 Busan Biennale in South Korea, the 15th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art in France and Art Basel Hong Kong, 2024.
Watch the Yona Lee video to learn more about the story behind Fountain in Transit and its installation.
Yona Lee at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 2024
COLLABORATIONS
In support of the Foundation’s goals, we regularly work in collaboration with artists to commission limited edition artworks and make them accessible to the public.
INVEST IN A LIMITED EDITION ORIGINAL
All proceeds directly benefit Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Foundation.
Yona Lee’s Table Lamp for Christchurch 2023
Table Lamp for Christchurch 2023 is a series of twelve playful sculptures made by artist Yona Lee from stainless steel and an electric light-fitting with a lampshade. Each artwork is a unique composition. These sculptures are intended to be displayed in everyday settings – such as on a tabletop, shelf, plinth or other available piece of furniture or indoor architecture.
Limited edition.
$6,000 (GST incl.) each
XX: The boxed set (sold out)
Don’t miss the chance to own one of five beautifully presented, limited-edition boxed sets of nine prints by nine great artists, each of whom have played a role in helping build the legacy of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū over the past two decades: Graham Bennett, Tony de Lautour, Cheryl Lucas, Julia Morison, Séraphine Pick, Zina Swanson, Philip Trusttum, Francis Upritchard and Wayne Youle.
Each artwork has been meticulously printed on a Risograph printer by Aaron Beehre at the Ilam School of Fine Arts, numbered by hand to an edition of six and presented in a custom-made, engraved wooden box.
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