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Last yearâs winner of the Fieldays No. 8 Wire Art Award was Napier-based artist Asaki Kajima, who created a Salvador Dali-inspired sculptural artwork entitled Space Cow.
The versatility of the country’s most recognisable agricultural supply material will be showcased at the annual Fieldays No.8 Wire Art Award on Thursday night. This year s competition judge, renowned sculptor Virginia King, has shortlisted 24 artworks, from which she will select a winner, who will receive the $7000 top prize. King employed a “blind” judging process that kept the identities of the artists confidential. Artists from as far afield as Dunedin, Rangiora, Hastings and Waiheke Island are among this year s finalists.
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 10:17 am
The 2021 Fieldays No.8 Wire Art Award will be hotly
contested, with New Zealand artists from as far afield as
Dunedin, Rangiora, Hastings and Waiheke Island among this
year s finalists.
The annual award, hosted by Waikato
Museum, partnered with Momentum Waikato Community Foundation
and supported by the New Zealand National Fieldays Society,
challenges artists to turn an iconic Kiwi farming product
into art and stake their claim to a share of $8500 in prize
money.
This year s competition judge has shortlisted
24 artworks that demonstrate the versatility of Aotearoa s
most recognisable agricultural supply material. I m very
impressed with the finalists’ commitment to reinventing an
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 2:59 pm
Renowned New Zealand sculptor Virginia King will judge
the 2021 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award, with entries
set to open on 15 January.
The annual award, hosted by
Waikato Museum, partnered with Momentum Waikato Community
Foundation and supported by the New Zealand National
Fieldays Society, challenges artists to turn an iconic Kiwi
farming product into art and stake their claim to a share of
$8500 in prize money.
King will select the finalist
and prizewinners for the 25th awards. The four-times winner
of Sculpture on the Gulf s People s Choice Award said the
open call to artists across Aotearoa provides a unique