Sculpture by the Sea III...

Here we are again on Cottesloe beach, you're getting to know it quite well by now aren't you.. would love it if you kept embiggening :)  First a sculpture in bronze by Iraqi born WA artist Ayad Alqaragholli. Like all of his work 'Embrace' has that je ne sais quoi, that wonderful feel of light and gay abandon. His work documents 'what he sees in daily life, paying homage to the importance of the figure in art history'. I feel that this artist has a very lovely outlook on life!

Above the delightful installation called 'Fetch' by Melbourne based duo The Winged Collective.. created in mirrored alucobond, the artist's statement 'they wait for you, ever poised and ever ready to have a stick thrown..their surface reflects the playful nature of those around them'. I really like this one and it's purely by coincidence that this shot included two hunky chaps in the background..really :)

Above, 'Red Centre' by USA artist Carl Billingsley.. composed of red and yellow survey flags the  meaning 'to experience the immediate.. it is ephemeral, sensory, formal, discrete, finite, specific, geometric, mutable, illusory, positive and free'.. you'll get a better overall look at how this piece sits on the beach in weekend reflections.....

'Sea Change' above by WA Artist Tim McFarlane Reid, a combination of corten steel, marine ply and aluminum sits looking over it's fellow sculptures on the beach from the grassy slopes.. 'when moving in a new direction we draw on our past to create a new present.. this shift or change opens up all sorts of new possibilities'.. something to look forward to n'est pas!

If bugs creep you out you may experience a bwaaah shudder :) as you pass 'Insectopia' by WA artist Maria Hildrick.. made up of wire, card, paper pulp, glue, India ink, enamel paint and marine varnish it really is quite beautiful. The artist 'is concerned about how we construct our sense of self, looking to animal and insect communities to explore ideas surrounding belonging, collective behavior and identity'..

Wouldn't you want to reach out and touch this sensuously smooth bronze sculpture above by South Korean artist Seung-Hwan Kim. Called 'Organism'.. the artist explores 'themes of eternity and the organic form in flora and fauna', this work refers to the concept of eternal regression'...

Anyone who has traveled in the Australian outback or worked in a mining town will know what a 'donga' is.. the donga above, more of a beach shack, called 'Our Place' by WA artist Olga Cironis an Australian installation and multidisciplinary artist who explores the link between identity and place by questioning and re-evaluating the impact of history on personal and cultural identity'. Looked right at home here on the pier end of the beach! See the photographer below.. well that's where I ventured, bare footed, slippery rocks, to take the shots I'll show you tomorrow.. life and limb I tell you :) Hope your week is progressing well, take care.....p.s. there was no rain.. 101 days and counting! p.p.s catch up today...