tailieunhanh - FROM PUBLIC FIGURES TO PUBLIC SCULPTURE

The family tree on the foldout pages will show the interconnection of the sculptures diagrammatically. The three mummy pieces from 1982 are linked by the method of their creation. 2804, 1983, is the Vito shape reused, but with a base and painted with a number and a sign. The number is the identifier the cast for Vito was given at the foundry. A horizontal double helix is the sign for infinity. “The triple helix means beyond infinity to me”. Joe, 1983, is the next manifestation of the mummy shape, this time with the addition of foundry ladles that function like arms, making a cross. The sculpture was named after. | Front Cover Digital collage of Burke and Wills by Charles Summers and Vault by Ron Robertson-Swann Loretta Quinn Beyond the Ocean of Existence 1993 bronze on granite plinth For the first time a selection of maquettes and models of sculptures in central Melbourne from the collection of the City of Melbourne plus works sourced from private collections and various institutions are on display in the City Gallery. The exhibits make clear the emphasis on monuments and memorials during the 19th and early 20th centuries and the emergence of abstract public sculpture in the late 20th century. Relevant books catalogues newspaper articles and statements by the artists on display give added information and touch on some of the controversies. The exhibition catalogue contains a simple map as a guide for those who having seen the artist s drawings or maquettes wish to see the final work in situ. Deborah Halpern Angel 1987-89 steel armature painted ceramic tiles on ferro-cement In the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria SCULPTURE IN THE CITY KEN SCARLETT 3 This exhibition of maquettes models and artist s drawings acts as a potted history of public sculpture in the central area of Melbourne. It enables the visitor to view the sculptor s initial ideas and compare with the finished sculpture particularly if they sally forth map in hand to inspect the work in situ. The time range is from 1860 to the present from Burke and Wills to Vault and on to the present. Looking back 150 years we have reassessed the Burke and Wills 1860 expedition from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. There is no doubting their fortitude and bravery but their unwillingness to relate to the local Indigenous people meant that Burke and Wills died of starvation in an environment that provided adequate food for the Aborigines. John King was accepted by the Yandruwandha people lived with them and survived. The people of Melbourne in the 1860s however viewed the expedition quite differently they saw .