Australia's most expensive piece of public art, the $14 million Ouroboros, is now ready for her close-up.
The Big O - what we've decided to call Lindy Lee's epic new sculpture at the National Gallery of Australia - sparkled in the darkness on Wednesday night, a thousand pinpricks of light reflecting off the water around it.
Lindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen MinneyLindy Lee's Ouroboros is lit up and on full display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia. Picture by Karleen Minney
And you won't have a problem finding its good side; as these photographs show, it looks great from every angle - at least at night.
The 13-tonne masterpiece, made of highly polished scrap metal, has been four years in the making.
Created first in the mind of artist Lindy Lee, and then in a Brisbane foundry, the work travelled on a cross-country drive on the back of a truck, stopping traffic and closing roads with a police escort.
Lowered carefully into place in the dead of winter outside the entrance of the gallery on King Edward Terrace, the work has been covered for months to protect the surface while landscaping was completed.
Lindy Lee's Ouroboros lit up at night. Picture by Karleen Minney
On Wednesday night, the fencing came down and the world can now finally see the work in all its shiny, sparkly glory.
The work has now been unveiled to the public, along with an exhibition inside the gallery of Lee's work.
Lindy Lee's Ouroboros lit up at night. Picture by Karleen Minney
Bets are now on for how many wedding photographs will feature Ouroboros in the future.
More to come.
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