Story: Waterfalls

‘Cascade’

In 1986 Bill Culbert evoked a waterfall in this work using fluorescent tubes and plastic bottles.

Using this item

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Jock Phillips, Waterfalls – Europeans and waterfalls, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/11779/cascade (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.