New sculpture event announced for Sydney’s Barangaroo Reserve

Presented in partnership with Bondi’s Sculpture by the Sea, new Harbour foreshore park Barangaroo Reserve will play host to sculpture event Sculpture at Barangaroo this August.

The free event will feature 12 outdoor artworks by 15 Australian artists, with six works specially commissioned for the exhibition. Exhibiting artists include, Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy, Marley Dawson, Lucy Humphrey, Ron Robertson-Swann OAMMargarita Sampson, Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Yasmin Smith, Marcus Tatton, Ken Unsworth OAM, Sally Kidall, Lyndsay Urquhart, Emily Nichol and Tereasa Trevor, and Auntie Deidre Martin with collaborators.

Free talks by exhibiting artists will be held on site throughout the period, with the event culminating in a major celebration on the first anniversary of the opening of the Barangaroo Reserve on August 21st.

Barangaroo Delivery Authority Chief Executive Officer, Craig van der Laan, said: “We are very excited to be presenting Sculpture at Barangaroo, which will showcase once more the amazing public space the NSW Government has created at Barangaroo. Works to be exhibited by the extraordinary team of assembled artists will highlight the textures of Barangaroo’s spectacular sandstone and gardens, drawing on our commitment to sustainability and the significance of Aboriginal history and culture in this special place.”

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Sculpture at Barangaroo opens on August 6th and runs until August 21st. The sculptures will be available for viewing between 8am and 6pm everyday, with the foreshore remaining open to the general public throughout.
Aboriginal cultural tours of the area will also be available.

Image credit: The Grove by Margarita Sampson (pic credit: Howard Jones)

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Jodie Sloan

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