Tree of Knowledge

1984

Philippa Blair

Accessible

1984–Current

  • Foyer, Level 5, Building 206 (Arts 1 Building), City Campus, University of Auckland, CBD, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Type

  • Painting

Medium

  • Acrylic paint
  • Canvas

Dimensions

  • H2800 x W2260mm

Philippa Blair, ‘Tree of Knowledge’ (1984), University of Auckland, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

Artists
Credit

The University of Auckland Art Collection

Associated Artwork Person(s)
Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

One of a number of works commissioned by Pat Hanly for each of the level foyers when Building 206 (originally Arts 1 Building) was built in 1984.

List of works in Building 206:
Level 1: n/a
Level 2: Claudia Pond Eyley, ‘Mount Eden Landscape’
Level 3: Carole Shepheard, ‘Four Directions’
Level 4: Terry Stringer, ‘Past in Perspective’; Carole Davis 'A Degree of Celebration'
Level 5: Philippa Blair, ‘Tree of Knowledge’; Susy Pennington, ‘Beyond Horizontal’
Level 6: Richard Killeen, ‘Appropriation’; Rob Taylor, ‘Lithic Link’
Level 7: Malcolm Harrison, Untitled

See also: