WHO IS NIEL DAWSON?
• New Zealand sculptor
• New Zealand, Asia, Europe
• Surrealist
• painted April Fool in large white
letters on the roof (start)
• known works are large-scale civic
pieces crafted from aluminum and
stainless steel
• Best known for suspended
sculptures
• wall-hangings, though stand-alone
pieces using such everyday
patterned items
CHALICE
CUBES
DIAMONDS
ECHO
DECOY FEATHERSPHERE
FERNS
FLYING CHAIRS
• OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
HORIZONS
NOR’WEST ARCH
RIPPLES
ROCK
DOME: BLUE CONES
STEPS AND STAGES
VANISHING POINTS
PLATE 12
VORTEX 1
INCIDENT