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Bill Culbert at Venice

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Bill Culbert at Venice

Expatriate Bill Culbert stands at the entrance to the New Zealand pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale. Culbert is widely known in both New Zealand and Europe for his inventive artworks using light and colour as substitutes for the traditional sculptural object. His show 'Front door out back' included a number of distinct works in which light was used to illuminate found objects.

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Mark Stocker, Sculpture and installation art – The public impact of sculpture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41989/bill-culbert-at-venice (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Mark Stocker, published 24 June 2013.