This is a series
of drypoint images and etches of buildings and scenes around Auckland which have caught my eye. I have come to
appreciate the city’s historic architecture and links to its past.
There are
beautiful townships, streets, nooks and crannies to be found in Devonport,
Ponsonby, Freeman’s Bay, Parnell and many more. Areas like Dominion Road, Point Chevalier, Kingsland, Avondale and
so on have their own special character.
It’s a pity that those
buildings, areas and their associated characters are disappearing fast before
our eyes and often not missed before they are actually gone - but then it’s too
late.
Point in case; I
refer to two articles in the New Zealand Herald and one in Art New Zealand. (Click
on the links at the bottom)
They are about
legalised wanton vandalism where local authorities, instead of offering a lead
and create the mechanism to prevent such things from happening, seem to dither by
bowing to greed and avarice.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10415840
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0001FD20-77C1-1582-80C383027AF1010F
http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issues21to30/artplaces25.htm
This series is printed on Stonehenge warm white,
245 grammes with Charbonnel Ivory Black. All image sizes are 110
x 113 mm, all paper sizes are 190 x 190 mm.
All images copyright © to acw ten broek
