Silhouette 2011 Smales Farm Station, Auckland NZ

Smales Farm Station Public Art Award 2011

Located at the gateway to a busy city transport Station beside a motorway, the black granite Silhouette anchored to a horizontal white stone platform, stands tall, robust and encompassing.   Intersecting planes, geometric proportions, gentle curves, reflective surfaces, and an encircling shadow offer contemplative moments in a place of constant transition.

Developed in response to the history and ongoing transformations of the site - from pasture to 'green' office park, and from horse drawn carriages to modern transport hub, Silhouette refers to an underlying theme of aspiration.  The black vertical stone and intersecting white horizontal platform reflect the elongated seams of the dark basalt that once ran through the old Smales Quarry and the Station's location at the edge of a volcanic lava flow.