Acclaimed Chinese artist Professor Shen Lieyi was announced as the recipient of the $100,000 Aqualand Sculpture Award for his arborescent work titled ‘Tracing’ at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2024. Recognised as one of the most sought-after art awards in the world, the Aqualand Sculpture Award is an acquisitive award that will see ‘Tracing’ gifted by long-standing Principal Sponsor Aqualand for permanent public placement. Video by Gareth Carr.
Australian artist and Recipient of the Aqualand Sculpture Award John Petrie talks about his sculpture ’23.5º’. When determining how the upper boulder would rest on the lower one, the angle of the Earth’s axis, 23.5º, came to the artists mind. The sculpture is a meditation on this phenomenon and brings together the rugged boulder terrain of The Great Dividing Range and the refined aesthetic he was exposed to when living in Japan. The work is exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023. Video by Gareth Carr.
Greek artist Leda Alexopoulou speaks about her sculpture ‘Keep Walking’, a surreal sculpture and an ironic depiction of humankind’s impossible transformation into a hybrid-being in order to survive and adapt in an unfamiliar and hostile environment created by humans, exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023. Video by Gareth Carr.
Australian artist Johannes Pannekoek talks about his sculpture ‘Lifeblood I’, an exploration of the interconnectedness in nature, drawing inspiration from Earth’s rivers, tributaries, and their ophidian form. The sculpture represents the vital force that flows through all living organisms, inspiring reverence and reflection on our responsibility to protect the lifeblood of our planet’s ecosystems. The work is exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023. Video by Gareth Carr.
Australian artist Emryn Ingram-Shute speaks about her sculpture ‘No Colour in War’, the installation seeks to connect with the tragedy of the Ukrainian invasion through the deconstruction of the anti-tank obstacles. The work is exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023. Video by Gareth Carr.
Australian artist India Collins talks about her sculpture ‘Yatra ‘Journey’’ – A tribute to the mysterious and ethereal jellyfish. Evoking notions of departure, eliciting possibilities of alternate existential realities, this work presents a visceral and poetic exposition of our deepest vulnerabilities, exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023. Video by Gareth Carr.
New Zealand artist Anton Forde speaks about his work ‘Papare / Protection’. The series of carved sculptures are time-travelling sentinels, all seeing, all knowing, individually and collectively they stand as guardians and protectors, exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2023. Video by Gareth Carr.
Andrew Townsend and Suzie Bleach talk about their collaboration, their process from paper sketches to welding, ‘dress-making’ to panel-beating. Video by Gareth Carr.
Juan Pablo Pinto & Cristian Rojas talk about their artwork ‘Selfish’, depletion exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2022.
Nigel Dobson discusses his artwork ‘Shōgun’, inspired by a book with the same title. ‘Shōgun’, exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2022.
Listen to Jen Mallinson talk about her artwork ‘Adaptation 22’ exhibited on Tamarama beach as part of the 24th Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi.
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2022 Aqualand Award recipient Tony Davis talks about his artwork titled ‘Folly Interstice’ currently exhibited in Marks Park on the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, Sydney.
Aqualand Sculpture Award recipient, Morgan Jones, talks about his artwork ‘The Sun Also Rises’ at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019.
A sculptor all of his life, Lubomir Mikle describes sculpting as “more than a faith, it’s who I am”. In this interview, Mikle talks about his work “O.U.T.”, exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019.
Australian artist Joel Adler talks about his sculpture “Viewfinder” – essentially a reverse periscope which reflects the crashing waves below, exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019.
Karin van Der Molen, from the Netherlands, talks about her artwork ‘Kintsugi Coral’ exhibited in Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019, which uses recycled broken crockery to create ‘coral’. Van de Molen is inspired by the Japanese way of repairing broken cups with gold which makes the cups more valuable.
Dave Horton talks about his artwork ‘Early One Evening’ and the process of turning either found objects or fabricated parts into cohesive compositions, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019.
Lukas Rittstein & Barbora Slapetova talk about their collaborative artwork ‘Bird of Paradise’ currently exhibited at Marks Park, Tamarama as part of Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019.