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The Gus Fisher Gallery is part of The University of Auckland’s National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries (NICAI), and is located in The Kenneth Myers Centre, an historic building restored in 2000 with the help of the gallery's patron, Gus Fisher (1920–2010).〔"Our donors". ''Ingenio''. Spring 2008: 11. ISSN 1176-211X〕 It is operated by the University of Auckland Centre for Art Research, which was established in 2005 to support and develop the academic and research activities connected with the Gus Fisher Gallery, The University of Auckland Art Collection, and Window. The gallery aims to present a balanced and relevant programme of curated exhibitions of contemporary and historical art, which interrogates current visual arts knowledge nationally and internationally. In 2008, The Gus Fisher Gallery was awarded Metro Magazine's Best Arts Institution in Auckland, from their annual Best of Auckland Issue.〔"Best Arts, Culture and Architecture". ''Metro Magazine''. December 2008: 36〕 The Gus Fisher Gallery is free, and open Tuesday to Friday, 10am – 5pm, and Saturday 12pm - 4pm. ==Kenneth Myers Centre== The Gus Fisher Gallery is located in the former broadcasting building at 74 Shortland Street – now renamed the Kenneth Myers Centre to honour the father of principal benefactor, Douglas Myers'.〔"Our Donors". ''Ingenio''. Spring (2008). 10. ISSN 1176-211X〕 The building was originally built in 1934 as a new home for 1YA, one of Auckland’s first two licensed radio stations in 1923 (alongside 1YB), making it the first purpose-built public radio building in New Zealand. The 1YA studios were commissioned by the conservative 24th New Zealand Parliament, led by the United Party, and designed by Norman Wade and Alva Bartley (Wade & Bartley), architects of De Bretts (also in Shortland Street) and the New Zealand Power Board building (Queen Street) - it was officially opened on 24 January 1935 by Postmaster General Adam Hamilton.〔Evening Post, Issue 20, 24 January 1935, p.21, available from http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz〕 It would go on to play an important role in the social programme of the first Labour government, formed from the November 1935 election and led by Michael Joseph Savage who was a strong advocate for public broadcasting. Described as neo-Romanesque in style,〔"Launch brings SCAPA to life". ''The University of Auckland News''. March 2001: 4〕 and deceptively large, the structure presents a single storey façade to Shortland Street, but extends for another three levels down the hill to Fort Street at the back. Requirements of early radio broadcasting technology dictated that the building be solid and soundproof. Thick double brick walls block out noise, and copper framed arched ‘windows’ reveal a second layer of brick rather than a view of the interior.〔 Bricks were supplied by Amalgamated Brick Brick & Pipe Company Ltd., the parent company for Crown Lynn Potteries, and designed to graduate from red to yellow in eight different bands of colour progressing up the face of the building - the brickwork plans are held by The University of Auckland's Architecture Archive and some of these were exhibited in 2011 for the Gus Fisher Gallery exhibition ''Crown Lynn: Pottery for the People''.〔"Much-Loved Crown Lynn Ceramics on Display in New Exhibition", Scoop, 19 October 2011, http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1110/S00279/much-loved-crown-lynn-ceramics-on-display-in-new-exhibition.htm, accessed 26/1/2011〕 The building was converted into a television studio, AKTV2, and was the site of the first official broadcast of television in New Zealand on June 1, 1960. It remained the centre of the nation’s television broadcasting from Auckland until 1990 when TVNZ relocated to its present Miles Warren-designed base on Hobson Street,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.warrenandmahoney.com/en/portfolio/tvnz-television-network-centre/ )〕 sentimental regard for the old building, commonly known as the Shortland Street Studios, lives on in the titling of a certain long running hospital soap, Shortland Street, which was originally planned to be filmed in the building. In the 1990s the building, with its purpose-built studio environs, became a natural base for a range of musicians and producers, including Dave Dobbyn, The Submariner and York Street Studio. The many recordings made in this period include albums from The Mutton Birds, Che Fu and Pitch Black. Parts of the Kenneth Myers Centre still function as recording and rehearsal studios and are regularly used by musicians from The University of Auckland’s School of Music. Purchased by the University from TVNZ in 2000, the building was extensively and authentically restored and renovated. Downstairs are dance studios, music practice rooms, video edit suites and other facilities for teaching and studying the creative and performing arts, while the upstairs areas were refurbished with the help of art lover and fashion designer Gus Fisher’s generosity to become The University of Auckland’s art gallery. While most of the interior has always been very plain, the main foyer features a coloured glass dome lit from above, encircled by elaborately decorated plaster, originally painted in seven colours. This has been painted white to accentuate the pink, green and tobacco coloured glass in the dome. The original bronze 1YA entrance lamps at the building's entrance were removed when the building was refitted for television in 1959 and ended up at a private home in Siota Cres, Kohimarama. To complete a condition of a city council resource consent (issued in 2000 with a 2005 deadline) that allowed the University to restore the building, at the prompting of artist Billy Apple, a new set of lamps were produced and installed on 23 October 2009.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gus Fisher Gallery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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