US based Aotearoa New Zealand artist Kate Newby’s work HOURS IN WIND, 2024 is the sixth Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission and will be on display on the terrace level of MCA Australia.
The Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission is named in honour ofMrs Loti Smorgon AO (1918–2013), who, together with her husband Victor Smorgon, donated 149 artworks to the MCA Collection.
The creation of a sculpture terrace for the Museum realised a long-held desire by Loti Smorgon to support Australian sculptural works. Hours in wind, 2024 is the seventh in a series of site-specific commissions for the outdoor sculpture terrace which overlooks one of the best views of Sydney Harbour.
Past commissions include works by Rekko Rennie (2023 -2024), Cameron Robbins (2021–2023), Danie Mellor (2019), Caroline Rothwell (2016), Sangeeta Sandrasegar (2014), and Hany Armanious (2012).
Kate Newby said about her new commission, ‘I wanted to work with materials that were all somehow activated by the conditions of the site. So, the glass will refract light and change depending on the time of day or night. The rope will swing in the wind, the bronze will patina and oxidize with the salt air and the rope will cast different shadows depending on the time of day. I liked the idea of a project that would change over time.
Working with these materials allows for some transformation. It will feel very different on a cloudy or rainy day, or on a clear night. In a way, the weather conditions are as much a part of the work as the bronze, rope or glass.’
Kate Newby’s HOME IN WIND 2024 is on display until Spring 2025.
