Artist takes 331 days to create a million marks of paint - and nearly lost it all in Auckland flood

Chauncey Flay interview by Charlie Gates - Stuff.

Stone recovered from the Christ Church Cathedral has been transformed into unique artworks by an artist who gathered 100 significant rocks from across the South Island.

Artist Chauncey Flay poured two years of painstaking work into his exhibition One Million Marks, which opens at the Central Gallery in Christchurch on Thursday. But then all his work was nearly destroyed by the Auckland floods in January.

He gathered 100 stones from across the South Island, including masonry from Christchurch heritage buildings like the Anglican cathedral, the Arts Centre, and the Timeball Station.

 

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April 10, 2023