On The Beach by Tim Kyle (Sculpture By The Sea 26)

On The Beach by Tim Kyle. Made of resin and pulp.

"My work is concerned with the mapping and recognition of the human condition. I use the figure as a metaphor for existence."

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Will They See Us? (Sculpture By The Sea 25)

Will They see Us? by Ngardab Francine Riches ( a Bardi/Kariay Kimkorly woman - Western Australia). Made of wood, ochres and paint.

"My artwork represents early ancestors when they saw the arrival of the first fleet - "will they see us?"

Apples and Pears by Chi Phan (Sculpture By The Sea 22)

Apples and Pears is by Chi Phan, and made of cold cast bronze and concrete.

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Urchins by Kelly-Ann Lees (Sculpture By The Sea 16)

(Photo by Nola - taken approx 6.30pm)

Urchins by Kelly-Ann Lees, made of recycled ferrous metal. Lees says: "All my work is strongly influenced by the objects that I find. Their creation is a direct response to form."

Perhaps Kelly-Ann was on the beach at Rosedale the day I found this:

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Waiting (Sculpture By The Sea 14)

Waiting by Andy Townsend and Suzie Bleach.

The artists ask: "Waiting for...?"

Soldier Scale 1:1 (Sculpture By The Sea 11)

I thought a switch from animals to the human form might be in order today. Last year, one of my favourite SxS pieces, Bella, was sitting hereabouts (no prizes for guessing, with my love of swimming why she was a favourite!)

This is an altogether bleaker subject. This anguished soldier is made of polystyrene and polyurethane. Artists Ruth Bellotti and Steve Rosewell comment: "A normally heroic toy figure is given a twist in this life sized sculpture."

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Alice in Wonderland (Sculpture By The Sea 5) by Rod MacRae

Rod McRae, the artist is a sculptor, photographer, educator, illustrator and children's book author.

This park at Tamarama Beach once was the home of Wonderland City, a fun park that drew thousands of people to Tamarama Beach between 1906 and 1911. "Founded by theatrical entrepreneur William Anderson, Wonderland City took up eight hectares of Tamarama Gully, at the western end of the beach, and featured entertainments hitherto unimagined in Australia, including the country's first open-air ice rink, a double-decker merry-go-round and an artificial lake. There were waxworks, a seal pond and an aquarium, plus the Airem Scarem, an airship that tracked on a cable from cliff to cliff. When not taking rides on Alice the resident elephant, crowds would gather to watch daredevil Jack Lewis rollerskate down a ramp, through a flaming hoop and into a tank full of sharks.

But despite pulling huge crowds, Wonderland City eventually ran into trouble. Tamarama locals resented having their beach blocked off and breakdowns of the Airem Scarem prompted several safety scares. The park was closed in 1911." (Sydney Morning Herald, October 11, 2008) Click on that link to find out more about this wonderful group, and the artist.

I adore this collection....it has an exuberance that is delightfully infectious. It makes you smile. But even so, it's not actually my absolute favourite of this years sculptures....we've got a way to go yet to that reveal!

NB The Alice referred to is Alice the Elephant, one of the chief attractions at Wonderland, not the story by Lewis Carroll! She is seen in the second, and last, photos.

Sculpture By The Sea - "lemon tree"

Lots of school children were visiting the sculptures when I was there. Itwas great to se lots of young people engaging with the art. The orgaisers even published a children's activity book based around the exhibits.

Artist Irene Hoppenberg of Germany said about her work: " Yellow represents light. For me the lemons are a symbol of the southern countries and the sun."

For me, this work combines two icons of the Aussie suburban backyard - the Hills Hoist rotary clothes line and the lemon tree.

By the way, I am in love with the house high on the hill overlooking Tamarama Beach. It strikes me as somethign Jilly in Menton might post!