Gibbs Farm

Gibbs Farm is an open-air sculpture park located in Kaipara Harbour, 47 kilometres (29 mi) north of Auckland, New Zealand.^[1] It contains the largest collection of large-scale outdoor sculptures in New Zealand. It is the private art collection of New Zealand businessman Alan Gibbs; however, it is open to the public on select days throughout the year, usually once per month, on a bookings-essential basis.^[1]

Gibbs Farm
88.5° ARC x 8' by Bernar Venet
Type	private open-air sculpture park
Location	Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand
Nearest city	Auckland
Area	990 acres
Created	1991
Operated by	Alan Gibbs

Background

After purchasing the 400 hectares (990 acres) of land for "The Farm" in 1991,^[2] Gibbs has collected major artworks by many artists from New Zealand and overseas. Much of the artwork is commissioned and, as such, incorporates elements of the landscape into the artwork.^[3] The farm also includes several exotic animals such as emus and giraffes,^[1] a garage where visitors can glimpse the Gibbs Aquada through the window, and a full-scale wild west town complete with a saloon (in the installation called Grief).^[4][5][6] Grief was built through the inspiration of Gibbs' architect son-in-law, Noel Lane,^[6] who now cares for the property with Gibbs' daughter Amanda.^[7] The town is on a private area of the farm and is not open to the public.

The sculpture Electrum (for Len Lye), by Eric Orr, is the world's largest Tesla coil (11.6 metres or 38 feet tall) and numerous artworks are large enough to be seen from satellite imagery at high magnification.

Gibbs is a major sponsor of ACT New Zealand, and most years, the party holds its annual conference at the Gibbs Farm.^[8]

Artworks

Year	Artwork	Artist	Coordinates (if visible in satellite imagery)
1987	Two Rectangles, Vertical Gyratory Up (V)	George Rickey
1990/1995	Column of Four SquaresEccentric Gyratory (III)	George Rickey
1992	Kaipara Strata	Chris Booth
1994	Sea/Sky Kaipara	Graham Bennett
1994	Untitled (Red Square/Black Square)	Richard Thompson
1994	Horizons	Neil Dawson	36°31′33.6″S 174°26′08.4″E
1996	Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape	Leon van den Eijkel	36°31′27.9″S 174°26′08.7″E
1996	Light Column/Cabbage Tree	Bill Culbert
1996	Te Hemara	Ralph Hotere
1996	Kaipara Waka	Russell Moses
1996/1997	Rakaia	Peter Nicholls
1997	Electrum (for Len Lye)	Eric Orr/Greg Leyh
1997	Pyramid (Keystone NZ)	Sol LeWitt
1999	The Mermaid	Marijke de Goey	36°31′15.91″S 174°26′26.92″E
1999/2001	Te Tuhirangi Contour	Richard Serra	36°31′23.3″S 174°26′43.22″E
1999/2001	Green and White Fence	Daniel Buren
2003	Wind Wand	Len Lye
???	Grief[6]	???	36°31′38.1″S 174°25′48.3″E
2005	Arches	Andy Goldsworthy	36°31′16.16″S 174°25′40.65″E
2005	Easy K	Kenneth Snelson
2006	Floating Island of Immortals	Zhan Wang
2008	Mud Opera	Tony Oursler
2008	Saddleblaze	Peter Roche
2009	Dismemberment, Site 1	Anish Kapoor	36°31′22.93″S 174°25′55.17″E
2011/2012	Giraffe	Jeff Thomson
2012	88.5° ARC x 8	Bernar Venet	36°31′07.5″S 174°26′15.0″E
2013	A Fold in the Field	Maya Lin	36°30′51.4″S 174°26′11.3″E
2014	Tango Dancers	Marijke de Goey
2017	Jacob's Ladder	Gerry Judah

Photos of artwork

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  Horizons by Neil Dawson
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  Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape by Leon van den Eijkel
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  The Mermaid by Marijke de Goey
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  Te Tuhirangi Contour by Richard Serra
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  Green and White Fence by Daniel Buren
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  Dismemberment, Site 1 by Anish Kapoor
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  88.5° ARC x 8 by Bernar Venet
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  Tango Dancers by Marijke de Goey

See also

• List of sculpture parks