SOLD: Buzzy Kiwi

Created by Weston Frizzell

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Weston Frizzell’s “Buzzy Kiwi” pays homage to the iconic Buzzy Bee toy, cleverly meeting the challenge of transforming a much loved, brightly painted wooden toy into a larger-than-life kiwi pop-art sculpture. “Buzzy Kiwi” celebrates the nostalgic heart of Aotearoa’s collective childhood identity.

Buzzy Kiwi has been sold and is no longer on the Kiwi Art Trail.

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Meet Weston Frizzell

Weston Frizzell is the collaborative identity of artists Otis Frizzell and Mike Weston. Bold, innovative and often controversial, this "hi-performance art partnership” has its roots in street art and pop culture.

Weston Frizzell manipulate appropriated subject matter into contemporary polemic artworks with high production values, by applying cut-up and remixed techniques and philosophies to the creative process.

Informed by Dada, Punk, Situationism, Hip-hop, Graffiti art and Techno culture, their work juxtaposes art history and contemporary media. Appropriated from a broad set of cultural sources, Weston Frizzell's work spans the boundaries between art, product, design, style and artefact.

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Love this sculpture so much you wish you could take it home? Well, you could.

After the Kiwi Art Trail ends in early March 2025, every sculpture will be sold at auction.

Find out how you could take a one-of-a-kind sculpture home with you.

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