- Kingsley Baird
Kingsley Baird is a
Wellington -based artist and designer whose commissions include the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the National War Memorial of New Zealand and Te Korowai Rangimarie - Cloak of Peace - atNagasaki Peace Park .His work - primarily in
sculpture - is concerned mostly with themes of memory and remembrance, loss and reconciliation, and cultural identity. It comprises collaborativelandscape andurban design projects,installation art ,video art andpainting , as well as community projects. His commissions include theAustralia-New Zealand Memorial, Canberra , and theKereru sculpture in Tawa village.Baird holds a Master of Fine Art degree from
RMIT ,Melbourne , and a Diploma in Arts fromVictoria University of Wellington . He is currently a practisingartist and designer, and senior lecturer at the College of Design, Fine Art and Music,Massey University of Wellington.Further reading
* [http://www.nationalwarmemorial.govt.nz/unknown/index.html Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Government of New Zealand]
* Kingsley Baird, "Proposal for Nagasaki Peace Park", November 2005 accessed at [http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Christchurch/PeaceCity/CloakOfPeace.pdf] - unveiled Nov 2006 at [http://www.nzembassy.com/news.cfm?CFID=532362&CFTOKEN=5832&c=17&l=59&i=2893]External links
* [http://www.kingsleybaird.com Kingsley Baird's website]
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