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The Flight of the Bogong Moth (Skywatch Friday)

A pic from my stock of Sculpture By The Sea snaps from last year. (To view all my 2008 Sculpture By The Sea posts CLICK HERE.) I hadn't previously published it, even though it was a favourite - I was saving it for a Skywatch Friday, and then it kind of got lost in the picture vault!

Perched on one of the sandstone cliffs between Bondi and Tamarama, which make the most dramatic open air art gallery, is this wonderful piece by Marguerite Derricourt. It was yet another favourite of mine.

Derricourt says: "On their annual migration from Queensland to the caves of the Snowy Mountains, the bogong moths are blown off-course and end up clustering in their thousands on lighted windows in the city."

Some years in Sydney, there are bogongs a-plenty. Other years, none. You can read all about them here, and here . Bogongs were an important protein food source for Aborigines who roasted them in hot ashes and mashed the bodies to make 'moth meat', which is said to have a nutty taste.

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Taking Leave - Skywatch Friday- Sydney Sandstone Tour Part 5

Sitting on a sandstone ledge at dawn, contemplating the ocean is a very Sydney thing to do. The artist of this piece, Peter Tilley, says it is "a reflection on the dilemmas faced when a decision to move on is made."

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Unfolding 2008 (Sculpture By Sea) Skywatch Friday

Sunrise at Bondi for Skywatch Friday.

Unfolding 2008 by Michael Sibel (Victoria). Made of bronze, stainless steel, mild steel.

"This work is inspired by the relationship and dialogue between form and objects."

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The Award Winners (Sculpture By The Sea 31) - Skywatch Friday

I know I'm supposed to limit myself to one photo a day, but, well, while I try to stick to the "rules", there's just times when it's impossible.

Today we look at the works which won the major awards at this year's Sculpture By The Sea. And apart from further Skywatch Fridays, I'm drawing a halt to more from this year's exhibition. However, my full gallery will be available on Sydney Daily Photo Extra - see the link below. (It may take some time to get them all posted!)

Below: The People's Choice Award was won by Kozo Nishino for Harmony With The Breeze. I have shown this before - here.

Photo above by Nola - thanks for the beautiful sunset shot for Skywatch Friday!

And now, the major critical prize winner. Titled She Thought, it's by Mark McClelland, made of mild steel and bronze. McClelland's comment: "She liked to look a long way out to sea sometimes - wondering at the place where it flew up into the sky."

Below: The artist discussing his work in an evening talk on site

Photo by Nola




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Rock Pools (Sculpture By The Sea 30)

Above: Rock Pools by Grant Flick of Victoria. It's made of steel and reinforced resin. Flick comments in haiku:
A soft collision
Linked in spiral rhythm
Defy eco rift

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Revelation II - Strata (Sculpture By The Sea 29)

By Kath Podger, made of ceramic, stainless steel rod, silicon and sandstone. Podger says: "Humanity is in a continual state of evolution in its journey towards it Creator. Over tiem, spiritual truths are revealed breating new life into civilisation."

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Passage (Sculpture By The Sea 28)

Passage by Michael Snape. Made of mild steel.

"Two curved plates, two crowds, one reclining, the other on the move. Where they overlap you can walk through the difference between them."

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The Bush Ranger 2008 (Sculpture By the Sea 27)

The Bush Ranger 2008 by Campbell Robertson-Swann. Made of stainless steel, mild steel.

"This work is influenced by Sid Nolan's Ned Kelly in the landscape. The black armour framed by and framing the Australian bush."

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On The Beach by Tim Kyle (Sculpture By The Sea 26)

On The Beach by Tim Kyle. Made of resin and pulp.

"My work is concerned with the mapping and recognition of the human condition. I use the figure as a metaphor for existence."

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Will They See Us? (Sculpture By The Sea 25)

Will They see Us? by Ngardab Francine Riches ( a Bardi/Kariay Kimkorly woman - Western Australia). Made of wood, ochres and paint.

"My artwork represents early ancestors when they saw the arrival of the first fleet - "will they see us?"

Form of Scenery (Sculpture By The Sea 24)

This sculpture is simply amazing. It's called Form of Scenery and is by Japanese artist Koichi Ishino. made of marble and stainless steel.

The first time I saw this, it didn't move me, and that's because it was a grey dawn. The following week I came back - and WOW! look at that sunrise reflected in the mirrored curve and planes! I've put more pictures of this one on Sydney Daily Photo Extra. It also reminds me of this installation in Monte Carlo.

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Midden (Sculpture By The Sea 23)

Midden by Matthew Harding (Victoria). Made of Australian limestone.

"Accumulating over thousands of years Aboriginal shell middens are small mounds comprised of shell fragment and flaking stone where people once gathered above the tide line."

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Apples and Pears by Chi Phan (Sculpture By The Sea 22)

Apples and Pears is by Chi Phan, and made of cold cast bronze and concrete.

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Phenotype (Sculpture By The Sea 21)

Phenotype by Tim Weatherell (ACT). Made of rusted iron and resin.

Weatherell says: "My work explores people's differing perceptions of reality with special reference to technology and the changes it brings."

Wikipedia tells us this about phenotype: "A phenotype is any observable characteristic or trait of an organism: such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, or behavior. Phenotypes result from the expression of an organism's genes as well as the influence of environmental factors and possible interactions between the two.". More.

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Panther on the prowl (Sculpture By The Sea 20)

(Photo by Guest Photographer - Nola)

Made of scarificer steel. The artists, Drew Mansur and Derek Mansur say: "Using scrap metal from our farm we designed and assembled this work to capture the grace of this incredible wild animal."

I over the fly on the "nose" captured when Nola took the picture.

Of course panthers aren't native to Australia, but wherever there is bushland or rural areas surrounding cities, there are always stories or wild panther sightings.

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To view additional sculptures on Sydney Daily Photo Extra, CLICK HERE.. Yesterday I published a series called "Heavy Metal", and there are more to come.

Wave (Sculpture By The Sea 19)

This sculpture, Wave, is by Blaze Krstanoski-Blazeski. It's made of bronze, and the artist says: "The movement of space and time create the energy of the wave."

Blaze created a work called Wolli Dancing, which is located very near where I live. You can see it here.

I have decided to add many of the sculptures I CAN'T fit on this blog on Sydney Daily Photo Extra. There were 107 works in the exhibition altogether, and if I showed one each day, we will be here for several months yet! The ones I will post on Extra are not "minor works", but ones which I personally found less attractive to my sensibilities, or ones where I wasn't totally happy with the photographs I took. Perhaps you may prefer some of them, so do take a look.

Today's group is called "Heavy Metal" and is a collection of works made from various metals. Please let me know if you have any favourites amongst them.

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Nexus (Sculpture By The Sea 18)

It's Skywatch Friday (see below) and it's my birthday, so I'm showing my favourite entry in Sculpture By The Sea this year.

Nexus is by Alex Kosmas. This is a beautifully delicate work in the most exquisite shade of green (I've included one pic below where the colour of this work in bronze shows up against the sandstone). It just made my heart sing, and on both occasions I was there I was so pleased I went at dawn (one grey, one colourful) because I could spend ages alone with it.

The artist says: " The fast paced world forgets its connection to nature. 'Nexus' represents our lifeboat." If I had $50 000 I would buy it, but then I think I'd need another few million to build a house around it!

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The Drifter and Now That You Are Here (Sculpture By The Sea 17)

Above: The Drifter by Stephen Marr
"My current works attempts to blur the distinction between painting and sculpture and distorts the spatial elements used to construct these multi-dimensional illusions."

Below: The First Agreement by Anton McMurray.
"Now that you are here, perhaps we can begin."

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Urchins by Kelly-Ann Lees (Sculpture By The Sea 16)

(Photo by Nola - taken approx 6.30pm)

Urchins by Kelly-Ann Lees, made of recycled ferrous metal. Lees says: "All my work is strongly influenced by the objects that I find. Their creation is a direct response to form."

Perhaps Kelly-Ann was on the beach at Rosedale the day I found this:

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