Works of Art
The annual “Sculpture by the Sea” exhibition returns to Cottesloe Beach today, and runs through to March 23. This popular mix of sun, sand, surf and sculpture is always amusing, so go along for a look if you’re in Perth while it’s on.
This year we cheated – we went along yesterday, to see the sculpture being set up on the beach before the exhibition started. When they are in place, you forget that these sculptures are rather heavy and take quite a bit of moving to put them in position – and setting them up requires foundations and on-the-spot building and excavation operations.
In fact the beach looked like a strange cross between a building site, a crime scene and a wrapped project by Christo. Some of the sculpture was still in packing crates, others were surrounded by yellow “scene of the crime” tape, some was being moved by crane, and others were being manhandled into position.
Meanwhile, beachgoers continued swimming and sunbathing, ignoring the unusual activities going on around them.
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