Monday 28th October 2019 - Sculpture By The Sea

This blog is still a work in progress. Apologies I tried to upload some more photos and text and it crashed yet again on me. Happens all the time.

Ramarama Beach - The end of Sculpture By The Sea

Marks Park - The Sculpture At The Sea midway point , at least I think this photo was taken at the bottom of Mark's Park. It's these fitness stations that are popping up around the Bondi to Bronte coastal walk that are partially interfering with the future of the annual Sculpture By The Sea event coninuing to being held along this coast walkway.

Bondi Beach South - Starting point of Sculpture By The Sea , Bondi Baths & Bondi Icebergs

The annual Sculpture By The Sea exhibition between Bondi and Tamarama commenced last Thursday and is on until 10th November 2019.

It would have been packed on over the opening weekend as it was a really hot weekend. 

I decided not to go on Saturday and could not go on Sunday due to work but decided to go today. It was a sensible choice as it was not crowded or too hot and there was a breeze later in the afternoon cooling slightly later into the night (although my studio is always hot).

This year there were 111 sculptures on display although a few were still being installed or were absent. There were also a few repeat artists with slightly different art installations.

Below is a list of sculptures at this year's Sculpture By The Sea.

# 98 Pods

# 97 Column

# 96 Silent Hollows

# 95 Of Earth and Air

# 94 Lunar Shadow

# 92 Ghost - This sculpture was still being erected by the time I reached Tamarama Beach. When it was finally upright everyone clapped.

# 93 1001 Nacht

# 99 Transfiguration "Screw" XIV

# 100 Never Alone Throne

# 111 Sea Enemies 5

# 110 One Home

#107 Old friends.....a day at the beach. Somehow I don't think this is what this sculpture was suppose to look like.

# 106 Precious Moments - love it

# 102 Echos

# 109 Tripod - someone yells out "What kind of animal has 3 legs?"

# 103 Silence 1.2

# 91 The Sun Also Rises

# 101 Bird In Flight

# 90 Sky Is The Limit

# 105 Night Moves

# 104 Celest

# 89 Septem Oceanus Despoiled - is this meant to represent poo on the beach?

# 87 Kore that Awakening ( 2016)

Colossus Awakens ( 2016) 

# 88 Waiting for Rain

# 86 In the Grey of Daybreak

# 85 Vintage I Bush Truck - love this

# 84 Grace

# 83 Kuma Room - my favourite I want one but the Dunny was quite cool too!

# 82 Rhythms of Life

# 81 Thru

# 80 Ouroboros

# 78 Sea Garden

# 77 Filter

# 71 SEQUINtial Reflections

# 74 Siteplan 2026

#  70 At Ease

# 73 A Choir - just as well it was a windy day ( refer Youtube video)

# 72 Agamemnon

# 76 The Elements of Time 2018

#  75 More Than It Seems - love it

# 23 Viewfinder - another one of my favourites - one big upsidedown periscope 

# 22 Front Line (2014)

#  28 Transience - I have seen art installations by Cave Urban quite a few times previously on various sites and in different forms (refer Cave Urban on my old blog on Simplesite)

# 68 O.U.T.

# 69 Rosati's Butterfly

# 67 Cloud Dawn

#  66 Veiled

# Floating - Grounded Figure (2018)

# 64 Circle - Door to the Future ( C- 41)

# 61 Exception*

# 27 Yellow (2015) and Green (2012)

# 26 Between (2017)

# 25 Shelter

# 30 Emergent

# 34 Windstone

# 40 On Balance (point)

# 36 24.2m2 - The Great Dividing Range

# 35 Origin 19-2

# 29 Four

# 33 Floating (2018)

# 32 Kakukaku (Squares) (2018)

# 31 Paprika

# 45 Dune

# 46 Inside - Out Succah

# 44 Trace

# 49 Monolitus Domum

# 47 A Portable Territory & #  43 Village ( one of 6 reflective tables & benches scattered around the architectural type structures at Marks Park)

# 62 Life Support

# 63 Terpsichore's Tribute (2011/2019)

# 60 Urban Containment

# 59 Dunny

# 52 2030

# 57 Levitation

#  58 Lay Down and Shine

#51 Bird of Paradise

#56 The Water Carrier

#55 Rock. Paper. Scissors

#53 Capture and Store

# ????? could not identify this sculpture from 23rd edition of Sculpture By The Sea guide book

#42 Baptismos

#39 Angry Boy (2017)

#41 Tower for Jan Palach

#38 Pinktank Wreaked

#24 Oushi Zokei - Trajectory of Winds

#21 The Present Moment, this Moving World

#18 Voices at Dawn

#17 Time After Time No. 2

#16 Out of Reach

#15 Complex Nest

#14 Red Gum

#13 Divine Assembly #8, #9 & # 10

#11 Empires Dismantled

# 10 Kintsugi Coral

#9 Golden Age

#7 The Vague but Slightly Illuminated Eye of Perception

#8 Spilt Imprint

#6 Rain(2017)

#5 The Statue of Mad Liberty

#4 Level

#2 Shared Light

#3 190601

#1 Light & Gale

There is uncertainty of whether the annual Sculpture By Sea will continue to be at its current location due to issues with the local council. The alternative sites to run this free annual event I think could be Cockatoo Island if it does not clash with the Biennale of Sydney or an alternative option would be the smaller Goat Island to raise its tourism profile.

Rating:  8/10 Liked it but didn't have time to visit the Sculptures Gallery at Marks Park or queue to go inside The Dunny. There were some culptures that I missed that were listed in the guide book  and some saw but I could not identify from the guide book. 

Note apologies for not acknowledging the artists, the page keeps crashing more often and it has taken me 2 weeks to get to this point ie near completion. You can Google them or if paying a visit to Sculpture By The Sea, a guide can be purchased with cash or card for $12 at the information booths.