Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019

23rd Annual Exhibition  |  24 October – 10 November 2019

Sculpture by the Sea returns to the Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach coastal walk as the world’s largest free to the public sculpture exhibition. See the spectacular coastal walk transformed into a 2km long sculpture park over three weeks featuring 
100 sculptures by artists from Australia and across the world.

Acclaimed New Zealand sculptor Morgan Jones announced as recipient of prestigious Aqualand Sculpture Award at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019

                           Image: Morgan Jones, ‘The Sun Also Rises’, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019. Photo Clyde Yee.

New Zealand artist Morgan Jones has won the top prize worth $70,000 at Sydney’s Sculpture by the Sea amid doubts about the future of the popular annual event.

Jones’ sculpture, The Sun Also Rises, is made of corten steel with the Biblical title coming from the Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes.

The 85-year-old artist, who was born in England and emigrated to New Zealand in 1955, joked he had plenty of kilometres in his legs as he accepted the prize.

The acquisitive award is the most generous sculpture award in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the most sought after in the world. The Sun Also Rises will be gifted by Aqualand for permanent public placement to North Sydney Council.

On receiving the award, Jones said: “I am totally stunned – though deeply honoured – to be the recipient of the Aqualand Sculpture Award which is so highly regarded by artists around the world. This is mainly due to two people – my dear wife, Pat – and David Handley. My peerless fabricator, Queenstown Engineering should also be mentioned. Without these three The Sun Also Rises would never have appeared above the horizon.

Now, thanks to Jin Lin and all the staff of Aqualand the sculpture will have a permanent place in North Sydney.”

KOA Collective Performance 

FIRST PERFORMANCE TONIGHT 7PM TAMARAMA BEACH

This living sculpture, involving blue fabric and performers will come alive during scheduled performances as part of Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019.

A collaboration between Zuzanna Bukowski, Kieran Mitchell and Katja Keya Richter from Germany, as the KOA Collective, the collective stands for the courage to be present in movement and interactions in public space through dance, music and speech. KOA Art performances bring people together in an authentic collective creation process.

Performance times:
Friday 25th Oct. Marks Park, start 7:00PM
Sun. 27th Oct. Tamarama Beach, start 2:00PM
Sat. 2nd Nov. Marks Park, start 7:00PM
Wed. 6th Nov. Tamarama Beach, start 7:00PM
Sun. 10th Nov. Marks Park, 3.00PM TBC

The duration of each performance runs between 1.5-2.5 hours each, weather and crowd dependant.

Visiting Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019

                            Image: Joel Adler, ‘Viewfinder’, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019. Photo: Henrique Fanti.

Further information visit: http://www.sculpturebythesea.com/bondi/