Welcome
APN Outdoor and City Art Rooms project trust are excited to announce the launch of SKINS, a major outdoor billboard project. APN Outdoor has provided 6 prominent sites across central Auckland where emerging artists have realised artworks with sponsored printing by Boston Digital.
Each billboard measures a whopping 6 x 3 metres, offering a high impact addition to the city's landscape. The six chosen works represent the diversity of City Art Rooms' roster of artists and their approaches to painting, photography, and digital media in a public space.
Locations: (maps coming soon)
- Beach Road, Auckland; Victory Over Death by Brendan McGorry
- 55 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden; Invasion of the Beyonders by Young Sun Han
- Cook Street, Central Auckland; Untitled by Sam Hartnett
- 238 Broadway, Newmarket; Crop Duster by Kevin Capon
- Britomart Train Station, left platform; Infrastruktor by Jessica Pearless
- Southern Motorway, Grafton; Unknown Location by Kate Woods
Each billboard measures a whopping 6 x 3 metres, offering a high impact addition to the city's landscape. The six chosen works represent the diversity of City Art Rooms' roster of artists and their approaches to painting, photography, and digital media in a public space.
Locations: (maps coming soon)
- Beach Road, Auckland; Victory Over Death by Brendan McGorry
- 55 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden; Invasion of the Beyonders by Young Sun Han
- Cook Street, Central Auckland; Untitled by Sam Hartnett
- 238 Broadway, Newmarket; Crop Duster by Kevin Capon
- Britomart Train Station, left platform; Infrastruktor by Jessica Pearless
- Southern Motorway, Grafton; Unknown Location by Kate Woods
Latest news
Artwork Installed and on View!Five of six SKINS are now up and installed around the city. See to the left regarding the placement of each work.
SKINS Event LaunchOn 30 July, 2009 we kicked off the private launch party for SKINS. Unique versions of each billboard were auctioned off to raise money for the Cure Kids foundation. The auction raised a total of $4,600! We thank everyone who could attend.
SKINS Live InterviewEva Radich of Upbeat interviewed curator and artist Young Sun Han about SKINS. Click the link to hear the full 13 minute session!
We're Online!
SKINS - Auckland's newest and biggest art billboard project has launched a web site.
Visit our site regularly for updates on each billboard once they have been installed in locations throughout the city.