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 / -36.938244; 174.655171
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. 1 2 "About Us". Te Uru. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. "Te Uru - Waitakere Contemporary Gallery / Mitchell and Stout Architects". Arch Daily. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. Ireland, Peter. "Cubism in Titirangi". EyeContact. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. "Strength in diversity celebrated at 2015 Auckland architecture awards". NZIA. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. "All the winners from the 2015 New Zealand Architecture Awards". Idealog. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. Monsalve, Federico. "Te Uru". Architecture Now. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  7. "Name change in store for gallery". Western Leader. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  8. "Community connections help Te Uru art gallery director". Western Leader. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  9. Dennett, Kelly. "New Hand Steers Gallery". Stuff. Western Leader. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  10. Corlett, Eva. "Seung Yul Oh exhibition largest yet for Te Uru Gallery". Western Leader. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  11. Corlett, Eva. "Janet Lilo documents the everyday through large-scale work". Western Leader. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  12. "Exhibition: Judy Millar, The Model World". Denizen. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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