ARTTFORM is commissioning the major public artworks for Park Hyatt Auckland. Situated on the western waterfront of the CBD, the hotel is due to open in the first quarter of 2020.
Visitors will be greeted in the porte-cochere by a carving by Dr Lyonel Grant (Ngāti Pikiao and Te Arawa). This 8 metre-wide artwork will hark to the hotel’s site near the water and will be inlaid with pāua and subtle lighting effects.
Within the lobby, Peata Larkin (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, and Ngāti Tuhourangi) will showcase her largest illuminated painting to date. Measuring 6 metres high by 11 metres wide, the artwork will function as the centrepiece of the soaring atrium within the heart of the hotel.
Situated opposite Larkin's illuminated painting, exquisite traditionally-woven tukutuku panels by Beronia Scott and her whānau (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei) will stand behind the reception desk. Scott is also completing a series of fabric artworks for the interior of each room.