Art installations on a grand scale resulting in a sculpture park unlike any other you’ve seen before.
JEFF THOMSON, Giraffe, 2011-12. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
Since the 1960s entrepreneur Alan Gibbs has collected works by contemporary artists that create installations on a very grand scale, and as a result New Zealand’s Gibbs Farm is probably unlike any other sculpture park you’ve seen before.
Located on the coast of New Zealand, Gibbs Farm is a place where art and nature are combined on a monumental scale. After nearly twenty years, the collection features works by contemporary giants such as Sol LeWitt, Andy Goldsworthy, Eric Orr, Tony Oursler, Richard Serra, George Rickey and Marijke de Goey to name just a few, surprising even the most seasoned art-goer by the grandeur of some of these works of art.
What’s perhaps most outstanding is the dedication that each artist gave to the placement of their work within the grounds, with the entire landscape sprinkled with artworks; from the rolling hills to the body of water, to the wide harbour flats, literally no stone has been left unturned.
Here, we share a series of breathtaking installation views from the Gibbs Farm permanent collection.
MARIJKE DE GOEY, Tango Dancers, 2014. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
MARIJKE DE GOEY, Tango Dancers, 2014. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
(front) DANIEL BUREN, Green and White Fence, 1999/2001; (back) MAYA LIN, A Fold in the Field, 2013. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
MAYA LIN, A Fold in the Field, 2013. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
MAYA LIN, A Fold in the Field, 2013. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
MAYA LIN, A Fold in the Field, 2013
CHRIS BOOTH, Kaipara Strata, 1992. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
CHRIS BOOTH, Kaipara Strata, 1992. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
ANDY GOLDSWORTHY, Arches, 2005. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
ANDY GOLDSWORTHY, Arches, 2005. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
ANDY GOLDSWORTHY, Arches, 2005. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
GRAHAM BENNETT, Sea/Sky Kaipara, 1994. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
MARIJKE DE GOEY, The Mermaid, 1999. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
MARIJKE DE GOEY, The Mermaid, 1999. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
MARIJKE DE GOEY, The Mermaid, 1999. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
MARIJKE DE GOEY, The Mermaid, 1999. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
DANIEL BUREN, Green and White Fence, 1999/2001
DANIEL BUREN, Green and White Fence, 1999/2001
ANISH KAPOOR, Dismemberment, 2009. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
ANISH KAPOOR, Dismemberment, 2009. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
ANISH KAPOOR, Dismemberment, 2009. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
LEN LYE, Wind Wand, 2003. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
SOL LEWITT, Pyramid (Keystone NZ), 1997. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
RUSSELL MOSES, Kaipara Waka, 1996. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
RUSSELL MOSES, Kaipara Waka, 1996. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
BILL CULBERT, Light Column/Cabbage Tree, 1996
ERIC ORR, Electrum (for Len Lye), 1997. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
ERIC ORR, Electrum (for Len Lye), 1997. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
ERIC ORR, Electrum (for Len Lye), 1997. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
ZHAN WANG, Floating Island of Immortals, 2006. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
NEIL DAWSON, Horizons, 1994. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
GEORGE RICKEY, Column of Four Squares Eccentric Gyratory (III), 1990/1995. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
GEORGE RICKEY, Two Rectangles, Vertical Gyratory Up (V), 1987. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
GEORGE RICKEY, Two Rectangles, Vertical Gyratory Up (V), 1987. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
RICHARD THOMPSON, Untitled (Red Square/Black Square), 1994. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
RICHARD THOMPSON, Untitled (Red Square/Black Square), 1994. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
PETER ROCHE, Saddleblaze, 2008. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
TONY OURSLER, Mud Opera, 2008. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
TONY OURSLER, Mud Opera, 2008. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
TONY OURSLER, Mud Opera, 2008. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
RICHARD SERRA, Te Tuhirangi Contour, 1999/2001. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
RICHARD SERRA, Te Tuhirangi Contour, 1999/2001. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
LEON VAN DEN EIJKEL, Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape, 1996. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
LEON VAN DEN EIJKEL, Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape, 1996. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
LEON VAN DEN EIJKEL, Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape, 1996. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
BERNAR VENET, 88.5° ARC x 8, 2012. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
ANDREW ROGERS, Sentinels, 2017. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
ANDREW ROGERS, Sentinels, 2017. Courtesy Gibbs Farm, North Auckland Peninsula
