This might not be local to Ireland and not everyone will see it but I was lucky enough to be able to visit this exhibition of sheer creativity, originality and down right beauty. ‘Sculpture by the Sea’ illuminated an already sun kissed beach in Perth Australia.

The aim of this blog is not intended to make you run to the nearest travel agent and invest in new flip flops but rather demonstrate the theory that artists and designers have been expressing for generations, Art is not restricted to a canvas, nor confined within four wall of a national museum.

The Annual ‘Sculpture by the Sea’ turns iconic Cottesloe Beach into an open-air art gallery and this year exhibited 64 pieces by 60 different artists, each with their own take on what signified beauty to them.
Local artist Geoffery Drake-Brockman's sculpture is a solar powered counter. Everyone that walks through its archway will improve the tally. Not to mention the kids who ran through it about twenty times in five minutes. "It's about the individual's choice as to whether they are counted or not," he said. To some this is seen as a statement about surveillance, or they can just see it as light-hearted.
Argentinian artist Alejandro Propato is one of these international artists. His piece - Arte de las Playas was easily the largest of the displays, with over 20 coloured flags flying over the sand. His manipulation of the wind as it fought its way through the flags to me represented his respect for nature and how life can be the exhibition itself.

Other pieces on display include a large caterpillar-like creation made entirely of colourful bottle tops, an invisible shed and a pearl necklace made of crayfish floats. A truly remarkable exhibition of space, colour, natures elements and most of undeniable beauty that in my view is a shame to take down.

PS Lee submitted this blog while on extended holidays in Australia. True dedication! Dave.

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Believe it or not this image is not a product of Photoshop. It is a four-storey sculpture made of welded steel and created by the New Zealand artist Neil Dawson. While it looks like an optical illusion it is very much the real thing and looks equally convincing from any angle.



The giant piece of paper, which is titled 'Horizons', is located in Dawson's native New Zealand and a quick look on the web showed other examples of his work. I particularly liked 'Ferns', a metal ball in Wellington, New Zealand which is 14m above Civic Square by means of steel cables.

It looks great in daylight but is even more impressive at night because the cables become almost invisible. I wonder if Dublin City Council have any spare euros to commission a work...?

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