‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi, the world’s largest annual free-to-the-public outdoor sculpture exhibition returns to the iconic Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk.
Each year the beautiful Sydney coastline is transformed into a spectacular outdoor sculpture exhibition, featuring more than 100 works by Australian and international artists. This year there are over 40 first time exhibitors from Australia and around the world including Denmark, Japan and a significant increase in New Zealand artists, with more than a dozen exhibiting.
All Australian artists who are selected to exhibit will be considered for one of the three $30,000 Helen Lempriere Scholarships to further their artistic development. The scholarships are awarded to an emerging, mid-career and senior artist as part of the Helen Lempriere Bequest, a charitable trust managed by Perpetual, with the purpose of providing scholarships for the applied arts and crafts. Once this year’s Helen Lempriere Scholarship recipients are announced the bequest will have provided twelve Australian artists with $30,000 each in four years.
Australian artists who are selected for the Bondi 2013 exhibition will also be considered for the Clitheroe Foundation Emerging Sculptor Mentorship Program. Three young emerging artists will be awarded $10,000 each to help establish meaningful mentorships with established sculptors or artists, by facilitating a skills exchange and providing a forum for professional and technical development.
2013 welcomes three new artists into the Decade Club who will exhibit for the 10th time at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi: Robert Hague (Victoria); Keld Moseholm (Denmark); and Mitsuo Takeuchi (Japan). The Decade Club recognises the significant contribution of sculptors who have exhibited at ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi for ten years or more.
One of Sydney’s most loved events, the outdoor sculpture exhibition attracts 500,000 visitors annually.
Sculpture by the Sea
24 October to 10 November, 2013
Bondi, Sydney
Kevin Draper, threshold, 2012, steel and paint, 220 x 140, x 250cm
Alex Ritchie, kaleidoscope cube, Sculpture by the Sea 2012. Photo by Brett Winstone
