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Thank You to the Federal Government Catalyst Fund
We are very pleased to announce our not-for-profit organisation has received a four year grant from the Federal Ministry for the Arts Catalyst Fund. This is the first recurring funding we have received in 20 years from the Federal government Arts agencies and we are delighted at the support this funding will enable us to…
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2017 is on its way from 3 – 20 March!
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2017 opens to the public on 3 March, 2017 and it’s all systems go as we prepare for the 13th annual exhibition. Featuring artists from across Australia as well as countries as different and far apart as China, Germany, Japan, Finland, New Zealand and the Czech Republic, Cottesloe Beach will be transformed…
Artist Led Workshops
Thirteen exhibiting Artists took part in the Education Program this year delivering Artist led Workshops for primary and secondary students and/or Artist Spotlight Talks for secondary students. 25 schools participated in 46 Artist led Workshops involving 1,224 students. They met and worked with Artists and created their own sculpture through activities based on the Artist’s…
People’s Choice Award & Kids’ Choice Award Winner Announced!
Congratulations to Gillie & Marc Schattner for ‘Buried Rhino’, the Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2016 recipients of the $5,000 Allen’s People’s Choice Award and $3,000 Kids’ Choice Award supported by Rebel Penfold-Russell OAM. This sculpture of a rhino buried in the sand of Tamarama Beach (whose belly children loved climbing over) raises awareness of the plight of these beautiful, vulnerable…
Aqualand Sculpture Award
Western Australian artist Johannes Pannekoek announced as recipient of the Aqualand Sculpture Award The Honourable Gabrielle Upton, Attorney General, announced Johannes Pannekoek from Perth, West Australia as the recipient of the $60,000 Aqualand Sculpture Award for Change Ahead at the launch of the 20th annual Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi on 20 October, 2106. The…
2016 BONDI CATALOGUE ESSAY: 20 years of Sculpture by the Sea
Written by Geoffrey Edwards, Former Director, Geelong Art Gallery and former Senior Curator of Sculpture, National Gallery of Victoria. Geoffrey Edwards reflects on Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi and Cottesloe in the past 20 years. “I don’t think there is a piece of solid sculpture among the exhibits, they are nearly all tenuous types of things.” A…
Sculpture at Barangaroo
Sculpture at Barangaroo is presented in partnership with Sculpture by the Sea, which has been delighting Sydney with its outdoor exhibitions along the Bondi coastal walk for almost 20 years. Free to the public, the temporary exhibition will transform Barangaroo Reserve into an open-air sculpture park to capture the imagination of Sydney and its visitors….
Bob Juniper 1929 – 2012
Bob Juniper was one of the great Australian artists of his generation. Widely known and collected as a painter who was recognised as a Western Australian State Living Treasure in 1998, Bob was also an avid if sometimes frustrated sculptor who exhibited four times at Sculpture by the Sea in Perth and Sydney. Robert Litchfield…
2015 BONDI CATALOGUE ESSAY: Bequest Foot Forward
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Written by Emeritus Professor Sasha Grishin AM, FAHA A short History of the Helen Lempriere Scholarships Helen Lempriere Scholarships were first awarded at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2010. There are three scholarships given annually, one each – to an emerging, mid-career and senior sculptor – each worth $30,000 and designed to advance the sculptor’s…
The Japanese Artists in Sculpture by the Sea
Written by Keizo Ushio, Artist Keizo Ushio reflects back to when he first exhibited in 2005 at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe. When I first stood on West Australian ground, I felt the endless potential of the expansive land, especially in comparison to the islands of Japan. The potential here comes not only from rich mineral…
2014 Bondi Exhibition Catalogue Essay: Rayner Hoff 1894-1937: Sculptor by the Sea
Written by Deborah Beck, Lecturer and Historian, National Art School. In 1928 Marks Park was a public reserve – a scrubby headland with breathtaking views over the Tasman Sea. It was this isolated headland and its surrounding beaches that attracted the British sculptor Rayner Hoff, and five years after his arrival in Australia, he purchased a small…
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 10 Years: an artist’s perspective
Written by Jennifer Cochrane, Artist. Jennifer Cochrane shares her memories and thoughts on exhibiting at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe. Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe has come to be a significant event in my art practice. From the excitement of participating in the first show to the many times exhibiting since, it has given me…
2013 Bondi Catalogue Essay: Bert Flugelman AM (1923-2013)
Written by Peter Pinson. ‘I find it unrewarding to be consistent. The world is full of interesting, funny, excruciating things. My attention wanders. My appetites change.’ Bert Flugelman, 1967 At first glance, the six-decade sculptural career of Bert Flugelman seems to have been adventurous, restless and diverse. Since the mid-1950s, Flugelman was always sharply aware of…
Sculpture in China
Written by John McDonald, Art critic for the Sydney Morning Herald. John McDonald writes about the impact of contemporary sculpture within the Chinese culture to society in recent years. Today’s Chinese sculpture displays all the qualities that have made China into the contemporary art capital of the world – originality, energy and ambition. Many artists acquired…
2012 Bondi Exhibition Catalogue Essay: An Introduction to Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2012, by Harry Nicolson
Written by Harry Nicolson, writer of the introduction for the first Sydney Biennale catalogue in 1973. Harry Nicolson gives an insight on the upcoming Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2012. We are pleased to have the writer of the introduction for the first Sydney Biennale catalogue in 1973, Harry Nicolson, write this years catalogue essay….