Sculpture by the Sea
Before the massively, devastingly, horrendously violent unleashing of the heavens on Monday, it was perfectly gorgeous, sunny weekend. A weekend with lots of art excursions all over the city and even the beach.
It was the last weekend of The Sculpture by the Sea, and it certainly did not disapppoint. Cottesloe Beach was bathed in dazzling sunshine and was extra glittery with all her sculptural jewellery.
The reactions of observers and dedicated beach-goers was another source of amusement.
The imagination of the sculptors was certainly given full rein this year. Materials and form were amazing.
Kids found the counting sculpture irresistible.
Some couldn’t resist an opportunity for welcome shade.
This piece was also the winner of the $15,000.
Some beachgoers weren’t concerned about shelter from the sun. Just the opposite in fact.
Some pieces were intricate works of art.
There’s an astounding 70,000 bottle tops in this sculpture.
Made even more astounding when you realise that they’re all stitched together using cable ties.
Some quite simple in design.
Some seemed to remind us of familiar forms which we know well, but skewed somehow.
With over 60 sculptures to explore and enjoy, it was the perfect ending to the weekend.
Then the Monday Hailstorm Hurricane hit and Perth was hammered. Current damages stand at $203 million (43,000 insurance claims), with estimates that it will double. I hope the scupltures fared better than my house!
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Thanks for sharing that with us Cindy and lovely to catch up with you yesterday – this was absolutely fascinating – I will have to pop back later for another good look!
very nice
uuummm interesting and different…thought you would escape wild storms didn’t you??
L.
Thanks for your comments guys!
It was a fascinating landscape to wander through – quite surreal.
Elizabeth – great to see you back – and yes, the QLD weather is following me still!
Amazing sculptures. The imagination of people is never ending. Sorry to hear about the bad hail storm. Did you get a lot of damage to your house and cars.
We suffered a fair bit of damage Diane, Tradies and quotes still coming through every day. Still, there were a lot of people who fared far worse than we did.
Lovely to see the sculptures. The photo of the woman in the red hat posing for a photo makes me smile. From where you took the photo it looks like she is causing the sculpture to make that reaction! Censorship gone wrong again…
Elyssa I never would have thought that until you pointed it out! Ha – toooo funny!
Hope you’re keeping well.