Sculpture “Horizon” by sculptor Mu Boyan features a heavily overweight man, symbolising prosperity. (ABC Arts: Teresa Tan)
The annual festival of art and kitsch features 100 works of art arranged along the spectacular coastal walk.
Sculpture “Horizon” by sculptor Mu Boyan features a heavily overweight man, symbolising prosperity. (ABC Arts: Teresa Tan)
Anne Levitch's set of seven astroturfed puzzle pieces is titled "Turf Wars".
Sculpture “Turf Wars” by Anne Levitch at Sculpture by the Sea. (ABC News: Jack Fisher)
The work references the flux of communities where some people are buying their own patch of turf while others are being turfed out.
Sculpture “Turf Wars” by Anne Levitch at Sculpture by the Sea. (ABC News: Jack Fisher)
This large inflatable work by Cool Shit depicts artist Damien Hirst's search for the shark featured in his iconic shark-in-a-tank installation.
Sculpture “Damien Hirst Looking for Sharks” pays homage to Damien Hirst’s work, ‘The Physical Impossibility Of Death In The Mind Of Somebody Living’. (ABC Arts: Teresa Tan)
"Space from the One" is the work of South Korean artist Yong-Hwan Jeon. He specialises in apple forms.
Sculpture “Space from the One” by Yong-Hwan Jeon at Sculpture by the Sea. (ABC News: Jack Fisher)
"Horizon" by Beijing sculptor Mu Boyan is made of stainless steel and references the shifting perceptions of obesity in China.
Sculpture “Horizon” by sculptor Mu Boyan features a heavily overweight man, symbolising prosperity. (ABC Arts: Teresa Tan)
Wajarri Yamatji artist Nicole Monks' work begins with Aboriginal rock carvings on the Tamarama headland.
Aboriginal rock carving of a whale shark at Bondi headland. (ABC News: Jack Fisher)
"Gawura Guruwin" (Whale Shark) has been redrawn by Gadigal Elder Charles Madden and built with six tonnes of native timber on Tamarama Beach.
“Gawura Guruwin”, a 20-metre wide timber rendering of an Aboriginal rock carving, is ignited as a sculptural fire at Sculpture by the Sea. (ABC News: Jack Fisher)
As night falls, Gawura Guruwin is set on fire.
“Gawura Guruwin”, a 20-metre wide timber rendering of an Aboriginal rock carving, is ignited as a sculptural fire at Sculpture by the Sea. (ABC News: Jack Fisher)
Britt Mikkelsen's "Lair" pays homage to the iconic funnel web spider.
Britt Mikkelsen’s Lair pays homage to the iconic Sydney Funnel Web Spider. (ABC News: Jack Fisher)
The installation is made of 60kms of biodegradable cotton string.
Nearby, a sculpture evokes the pose of Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus".
Sculpture “Whispering to Venus” is a 3D print of the naked artist Itamar Freed. (ABC News: Jack Fisher)
Israeli artist Itamar Freed used a mobile 3D scanner to capture himself.
Sculpture “Whispering to Venus” is a 3D print of the naked artist Itamar Freed. (ABC News: Teresa Tan)
While scanning, the 3D model glitched and fractured because of an algorithm error, creating extra limbs.
Sculpture by the Sea runs in Sydney until Nov 4 and in Perth from March 1-18, 2019.
Sculpture “The Face” by Deborah Halpern at Sculpture by the Sea. (ABC News: Jack Fisher)
Credits
Story and photography: Jack Fisher and Teresa Tan (ABC Arts)
Video: Jack Fisher
Drone video: Jack Fisher and Peter Robinson
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