Here're the pics from the annual Sculptures by the Sea exhibition, held at Cottlesloe Beach! Sculptures by the Sea features artists from all over the world, and this year, the exhibition ran from around 7th March to 24th March. I went on 2 separate days - hence you'll notice that the cloud formations are pretty different in some of my pics! Also - some were taken on a cloudy day while others were taken close to sunset!
Anyway without further ado - here's an introduction to the sculptures I spotted during the event! I did manage to spot most of the sculptures - woohoo!
"Norfolk Pine" by Ritchie Kuhaupt - who hails from Western Australia. This sculpture was made entirely out of blue empty crates, and was assembled to look like a man's face and shoulders, surrounding a young Norfolk pine.
"Surfboard Graveyard" by Chris Anderson - hailing from New South Wales. This was made entirely of half buried surfboards of different shapes and sizes. Pretty interesting because we got to walk around the entire piece of artwork!
Some colour blocking action by Francesca Mataraga from New South Wales! I really love the colour combination in this installation - an alternating between rainbow colours and black-and-white. The contrast is just amazing. This is one of my favourite installations - and also one which I took quite a number of pictures of!
"Shelter #2" by Stella Onderwater. This sculpture featured beach towels stitched together to form a colourful quilt pattern - and these towels had names of famous Australian beaches on it (from what I remember). The colours were all strategically stitched together, and I also like the mushroom shape of it!
"Ocean Cathedral" by Debbie Harding from England. This sculpture appeared to be made of tree branches tied firmly together, and was really distinct, especially when the skies were clear. It was probably modelled after a cathedral window, and was one of the first sculptures I spotted at the beach.
"A Permanent Sunset" by Argentinian artist Alejandro Propato. This was quite a massive installation and stretched across quite a few metres. The colours chosen by the artist were characteristic colours of the sunset. This sculpture was particularly intriguing as it was made of many long strings tied together, and it looked particularly striking against clear blue skies. Of course, we could go up close to take pics of it - and that was what I did!
"Wave #1" by Annette Thas. This sculpture took on a wave shape and was made entirely of Barbie dolls!
"Calderesque" by Peter Zappa. This simple sculpture was particularly stunning against the clear skies, and was even more beautiful after sunset!
"A Vertical Landscape" by Alessandra Rossi. This consisted of vertical poles with miniature figurines on top.
"Biomimic" by Jon Denaro of Western Australia. Pretty interesting too - this one came in a pair.
"Whale Shark Stumpy" by Olivia Samec and James Moe. This sculpture was made of blue and transparent water bottles planted firmly in the sand. At night, the LED lights surrounded by the white water bottles would light up and it was an interesting thing to watch! This sculpture was probably inspired by the bumpy texture and appearance of the whale shark - the whale shark has blueish skin with whitish bumps...from memory...
"Sea of Fortune" by Kasane Low. This was made up entirely of fortune cookies - sealed under a transparent cover.
Simplicity at its best - with Masayuki Sugiyama's "Eyewall Rock". It looked like a beautiful green gemstone - with its angular patterns and all.
"The Majestic" by Chris Bailey - from New Zealand. Yet another case of simplicity at its best!
Bright yellow sculpture - dubbed as "Grove" by Ayako Saito. It looked like an unfolded paper crane to me, but perhaps it's just my perception...
"Whale Hide" by Tony Davis. This was an interesting, symmetrical sculpture indeed!
"Warrior" by Ron Robertson-Swann OAM. Pretty intriguing looking sculpture made of metal.
"The Sound of the Earth" by Wataru Hamasaka. This sculpture was built to shape like a set of amplifiers (or so it appeared to be).
"Southern Passage" by Tony Jones. I initially thought this sculpture was a permanent installation at the beach. Apparently not. It looked pretty interesting though!
"Three Twist Hearts" by Japanese sculptor Keizo Ushio. Definitely simplicity at its best! I loved using this one to frame some of my other pictures of the event...
"Inori - Angel of Peace" by Zero Higashida from Japan. I didn't spot this one until my second visit - but fortunately I managed to capture a couple of pics of it! Really interesting sculpture!
"Steel stack by tree" by Jennifer Cochrane. It had a very interesting texture - it was made entirely of rusted steel (I think!) made into cubes, and it leaned against one of the trees.
"Tusk" by John Clement from USA. An elderly lady happened to be resting by the steps when I took this picture, so she eventually got "framed" in it too!
"Life Reflection #1" by Byung-Chul Ahn from South Korea. This one was shaped like an adorable boat, and was made entirely of reflective material. This sculpture looked particularly beautiful during sunset - the sunset was literally reflected off it and I could watch the sunset just by looking at this sculpture!
"Plastic World" by Carole Purnelle and Nuno Maya from Portugal. As its name suggests, this sculpture was made entirely of plastic - and formed a giant multicoloured ball right in the middle of the beach.
"Chicken Cafreal" by Subodh Kerkar. I was immediately reminded of the Nando's chicken logo when I saw this sculpture...the resemblance is pretty uncanny.
"Embrace" by Ayad Alqaragholli from Western Australia. This sculpture is probably modelled after a couple doing an intimate dance...with the lady being carried by her lover...and being spun around. I can imagine the exhilaration and happiness from the couple...as they spin around...
"Overconsumption" by Kerrie Argent from Western Australia. This colourful installation was made of bottle caps tied together to form interesting shapes.
And that concludes the first half of my Sculptures by the Sea visits! More artwork featured in my next post!