Michael Snape

DECADE CLUB ARTIST – MICHAEL SNAPE

NSW, Australia
Decade Club member since 2009

“Inconvenience has recently been attached to the truth about climate change. Sculpture, by virtue of its physical nature has been perceived to be no less inconvenient as a cultural commodity. Sculpture by the Sea has shown that sculpture is most convenient. SxS has changed what it is to be a sculptor in Australia. We were accustomed to wall to wall resistance, but now there is a blanket and some relief. Thank you Sculpture by the Sea. I have shown 11 out of 15 times. I keep expecting to outgrow SxS but it lures me back. It might be bigger than me. I think it is.”

Michael Snape, deepening crisis, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2005. Photo Clyde Yee.