Sculpture by the sea III et fini.....!!

I loved the quirkiness of this sculpture by Robin Yakinthou from WA made in stainless steel called 'just another conversation', the detail with the water dripping down and  splashing around the base looks fantastic but the message is serious 'and then there was none' with the water crisis all over the world, we absolutely should not be wasting a drop! Below another fun but serious creation called 'in the new covenant' by Matthew McVeigh from WA using shopping trolleys, steel and holographic etched perspex, depicting 'the new paradigm shift in consumer philosophy embracing materialism as a means of happiness'..

I'm not deliberately showing mostly WA artists, it's just that these were the sculptures that I was drawn to. On a lighter note this one by Johannes Pannekoek called 'convolution' and made in aluminium is 'a work reflecting the ever changing dynamic nature of the ocean environment'. I enjoyed the sleek curves and the way it gleamed in the hot sunshine....

Eiji Hayakawa from Japan created this sculpture in stainless steel below called 'freedom', the artist's 'representation of freedom using the historical figure of fowls from Japanese paintings in the Edo period in Japan', it did look a little 'cocky' standing at the top of the hill surveying all below.....

This last creation below did make me laugh, here we were two days into the exhibition and it looked a long way from finished. Constructed in shaped plywood and called 'punctured sky' by Elin&Keino from Finland who create 'artworks related to the politics of human interaction, interference, and reclamation of the natural environment'! The sky was magic that afternoon.....

There were more than 70 artists this year, including 30 local, 20 interstate and 20 international sculptors, I'm hoping that you've enjoyed the few that I've picked out to show you. Hope your week is off to a great start, mine is hot, hot, hot.....!!