Set along the two-kilometer coastal walk in between Bondi and Tamarama, the exhibition is in its 15th year and is well and truly entrenched in local culture.
Creatives from around the city clamor to have their sculpture admitted into the exhibition where the art spends a few weeks overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Sydney's eastern suburb residents anticipate the sculptures' arrival during spring.
Then the coastline becomes an array of wacky and beautiful art. This year, over 100 local and international artists are being displayed in nature's own gallery.
And the result is what the city purports to be -- an artistic, culturally ambitious enclave by the beach.
The event was founded in bohemian Bondi in 1997. Founder and co-curator, David Handley, explained it as a bizarre place to exhibit art.
"This coast has howling southerlies that can become borderline hurricanes,” he said. “And the sculptures have to withstand that."
Some of the sculptures are anchored more than one-and-a-half meters underground.
The best time to view the sculptures is during a calm sunrise or sunset.
Such has been the exhibition's success, the event now also travels to Cottesloe, Perth and Aarhus, Denmark.
"Sculpture by the Sea" is between Bondi and Tamarama beaches and runs until November 20. There is no admission charge. www.sculpturebythesea.com
Creatives from around the city clamor to have their sculpture admitted into the exhibition where the art spends a few weeks overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Sydney's eastern suburb residents anticipate the sculptures' arrival during spring.
Then the coastline becomes an array of wacky and beautiful art. This year, over 100 local and international artists are being displayed in nature's own gallery.
And the result is what the city purports to be -- an artistic, culturally ambitious enclave by the beach.
The event was founded in bohemian Bondi in 1997. Founder and co-curator, David Handley, explained it as a bizarre place to exhibit art.
"This coast has howling southerlies that can become borderline hurricanes,” he said. “And the sculptures have to withstand that."
Some of the sculptures are anchored more than one-and-a-half meters underground.
The best time to view the sculptures is during a calm sunrise or sunset.
Such has been the exhibition's success, the event now also travels to Cottesloe, Perth and Aarhus, Denmark.
"Sculpture by the Sea" is between Bondi and Tamarama beaches and runs until November 20. There is no admission charge. www.sculpturebythesea.com
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| "I Have Been Dreaming to be a Tree...II" by South Korean artist Byeong Doo Moon (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) |
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| "Simple Black & White" by artists Alan and Julie Aston (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) |
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| Provenance (a gift frame) by Jane Gillings (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) |
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| "Ammonite 2006" by artist Bert Flugelman (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) |
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| "Isometric Trinity" by artist Fatih Semiz (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) |
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| "Message in a Bottle" by artists Steven Thomson and Jonas Allen (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) |
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| "Ship of Fools," top, by Deborah Halpern (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) |
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| "Heads Up" Steve Croquett, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) |
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| "Private Property" Richard Tipping (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) |
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| "Anaconda" by Michael Le Grand |
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| "The Predators in the Park" (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) |
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