Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
| Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery | |
|---|---|
| Former names | Lopdell House Gallery |
| General information | |
| Type | Art Gallery |
| Location | 420 Titirangi Road, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 36°56′18″S 174°39′19″E / 36.938244°S 174.655171°E |
| Current tenants | Te Uru |
| Construction started | 2012 |
| Completed | 2014 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 6 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Mitchell & Stout Architects |
| Awards and prizes | NZIA Public Architecture Award 2015, Shortlisted for World Architecture Festival 2015 |
Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery (commonly known as Te Uru, formerly known as Lopdell House Gallery) is a contemporary art gallery located in Titirangi, Auckland. The gallery, which serves the West Auckland region, was originally opened within Lopdell House in 1986.[1]
Redevelopment
The gallery closed in 2012 for a building project, with the new custom-built gallery, designed by Mitchell & Stout Architects, opening on 1 November 2014.[1][2] The building project received a warm critical reception and has received awards in the 2015 Auckland Architecture Awards Public Building and Heritage categories, and the 2015 New Zealand Architecture Awards Public Building category.[3][4][5]
Name change
The name of the gallery references the Māori phrase Te Hau a Uru (wind from the west), meaning the air currents the Waitakere area is known for.[6] The name was chosen in consultation with local iwi Te Kawerau ā Maki.[7]
Te Uru's inaugural director was Andrew Clifford, who was appointed in 2013 and is still in this role.[8][9]
Exhibitions
Te Uru hosts the annual Portage Ceramic Awards, New Zealand's premier prize for ceramics. Major exhibitions staged since the gallery's 2014 re-opening include Seung Yul Oh's HaPoom, Janet Lilo's Janet Lilo: Status Update, and Judy Millar's site-specific installation The Model World.[10][11][12]
References
- 1 2 "About Us". Te Uru. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ "Te Uru - Waitakere Contemporary Gallery / Mitchell and Stout Architects". Arch Daily. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ Ireland, Peter. "Cubism in Titirangi". EyeContact. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ "Strength in diversity celebrated at 2015 Auckland architecture awards". NZIA. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ "All the winners from the 2015 New Zealand Architecture Awards". Idealog. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ Monsalve, Federico. "Te Uru". Architecture Now. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ "Name change in store for gallery". Western Leader. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ "Community connections help Te Uru art gallery director". Western Leader. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ Dennett, Kelly. "New Hand Steers Gallery". Stuff. Western Leader. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Corlett, Eva. "Seung Yul Oh exhibition largest yet for Te Uru Gallery". Western Leader. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ Corlett, Eva. "Janet Lilo documents the everyday through large-scale work". Western Leader. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ↑ "Exhibition: Judy Millar, The Model World". Denizen. Retrieved 3 September 2016.