Wollongong Botanic Garden 6 February – 14 March Welcome

It is particularly heart-warming to welcome back our Wollongong Acquisitive Sculpture Award (WASA) in 2021 after having to delay last year’s event because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This biennial exhibition at Wollongong Botanic Garden was launched in 2016 and has grown into one of the most popular events on our creative city’s cultural calendar. This year sees a record number of artists selected from all around Australia and New Zealand and showcases a diverse range of mediums and artistic expression. Our beautiful Wollongong Botanic Garden was established 50 years ago and there is much to be proud of with its important conservation and collection work. What better way to celebrate the beauty, creativity and diversity of our garden than with the addition of this year’s WASA sculptures. With an array of unique pieces, more and more artists each year are recognising the importance of respecting and caring for our environment. This kind of thought-provoking art is important as both a conversation starter, and as a way for us to make sense of the world and our place within it. The real beauty of the WASA is that it takes art outside the traditional gallery and museum setting and allows our community, including younger children, to experience quality art as part of their every day. This year’s exhibition again arrives with a creative community access program, jam-packed with related events co-produced by our Cultural Development and Garden teams. This year’s program is for everyone and has a focus on accessibility and cross generational arts and environmental education and play. The eighteen WASA finalists have responded directly to the Wollongong Botanic Garden’s unique site and I know you will enjoy both the inspiration and the inventiveness of these sculptures as you wander through the Garden. Running alongside the main competition and the announcement of the Acquisitional Award winner will be the ‘People’s Choice’ award, with voting opening on 13 February 2021 and closing 7 March 2021. Check the signs around the Garden or Council’s website for details on how to vote and please share your creative snaps on your socials using the #sculptureinthegarden, #wollongongbotanicgarden. Wollongong City Council aims to support community participation in creative life while celebrating our unique places and spaces. See you in the Garden. Lord Mayor Councillor Gordon Bradbery AM

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AWARD Now in its third iteration, the Wollongong Acquisitive Sculpture Award, known locally as Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong has built momentum and grown through both visitor numbers and the talents of the artists vying for their spot amongst the Garden’s diverse and unique collections. In 2021 we have a record number of finalists exhibiting in this unique location; a mix of local, national and overseas artists. Vote for your favourite The 18 Sculpture in the Garden artists have responded directly to the Wollongong Botanic Garden’s beautiful site and the inspiration and inventiveness of this suite of works will captivate sculpture for a chance and intrigue as you meander through the exhibition trail (follow the path arrows or check the maps). to win a $200 voucher From Orlando Norrish’s curving reflective stainless steel homage to the ancientness of flora, to Laura Nolan’s delicate but strong glass spheres and their poetic reason for being - ‘from its Simply visit Wollongong Botanic Garden between 6 February place in the earth’, to Leon Lester’s weird and transcendental and 14 March 2021, check out the Sculpture in the Garden signposts, the breadth and diversity of the works on show is exhibition and vote for your favourite sculpture. apparent. How to vote As with all the best exhibitions, these finalists have achieved what they set out to do, to start conversations, inspire new ways Online at wollongong.nsw.gov.au/sculpture or using the of thinking and create fresh perspectives and connections. The QR code below which is also found on the A frame signs at works on show will also divide opinion (that’s why we’ve brought Murphys Ave and Northfields Ave entrances. back the People’s Choice Award) and provoke and charm in the Voting closes 7 March. The People’s Choice Award winner best possible way. The Garden’s audience is a diverse one and the will receive $1,000 and all eligible voters will go into the beauty of Sculpture in the Garden, as always, is its ability to take draw to win a $200 voucher. art out of the gallery setting, to ‘earth it’ and make it live with us. For terms & conditions, visit We encourage you to share your creative snaps on your socials wollongong.nsw.gov.au/sculpture using #sculptureinthegarden #WollongongBotanicGarden, when you visit.

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6 7 1 Robyn Rumpf

Robyn Rumpf is a member of the Sculptors Society NSW and the Callemondah Sculptors Group, Calderwood. After initial carving courses and study at Carrara Sculpture Studio, she took on weekly classes under the tutorship of sculptor, May Barrie between 2000 and 2010. Robyn progressed to larger pieces, conquering scale with the use of power tools under May’s mentorship. This enabled the production of larger pieces using a variety of hard stones such as marble, granite and epidote. Robyn continues to exhibit with the Sculptor’s Society and was the winner of the Latham Australia Prize three times as well as the President’s prize. She has exhibited widely since 2015 with a number of multi media shows at Callemondah Studios, showcasing her sculptural work alongside photography, 2D visual and textile art. In 2019, Robyn participated in an exhibition at Project Art Space titled ‘Tribute’, a celebration of the centenary of May Barrie’s life.

Cascades This hard stone, epidote is formed deep at the rim of the Barossa Valley in SA, sourced by Barossa quarries (Angaston SA) and is the inspiration for Cascades which evolved gradually while working with the varied tones and textures of the stone. The quality of the stone allowed me the use of a high resolution polish, exposing its deep greens, reminiscent of rainforest trees and plants. The organic green stone shines with some sections left as the original weathered surfaces. These contrasts are reminders of the timeless flow of water over stone; like the cascading rivers and waterfalls flowing down over our Illawarra escarpment. Robyn Rumpf

Image: Cascades, epidote, 140 x 70 x 50cm Price: $25,000 www.callemondahstudios.org/sculpture or follow @robynrumpf

9 2 Bryn Jones

Bryn Jones has been a practicing artist for over 30 years. He has created commissioned work for Hermitage, Mt Cook, Dunedin Botanic Gardens, and Wanaka, New Zealand. Recent exhibitions include: Sculpture on the Peninsula (Christchurch), and Sculpture in the Gardens (Auckland 2017), Sculpture by the Sea (Bondi), and Sculpture on the Shore, (Auckland 2018).

My World Revolves Around Me This sculpture evolved through a developing theme in my work around the concept of vanity and our (human) attempts to control the planet and the environment we live in. The figure delicately balanced on a ball (globe), orbits the central pivot driven by wind and acts as a traditional wind vane. Our efforts to manage our changing environments are sometimes described as vain attempts. Although the semantics are different, the description between this statement and a wind vane seems appropriate. Bryn Jones

Image: My World Revolves Around Me, 300 x 120 x 400cm stainless steel, polyurethane, foam fibreglass, paint Price: $23,000 www.brynjonessculpture.com/gallery

11 3 Mark Cuthbertson

Mark Cuthbertson‘s current practice includes visual arts, set design and sculpture. His work explores colonisation and domestication within a broad national context, through the use of metaphor. His artwork is a commentary on society and aims to transform the momentous. Mark creates using simplistic and everyday materials, deconstructing an idea to its simplest elements and redefining and re-purposing through approach and application. Mark’s current sculptural works have focused on concrete as a design medium, exploring application and associations within its application, with recent works exhibited in the Montalto Sculpture Prize, Lorne Sculpture Biennial, Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong. He won the Tesselaar Sculpture Prize in 2017.

My Greatest Lament This current body of works explores the notion of regret and loss. It questions who we are and where we have come from as a country, a community and as individuals. The work appears playful in nature. It laments on our nation’s past and its dark history of injustice and betrayal. Mark Cuthbertson

Image: My Greatest Lament, 210 x 85 x 65cm, base: cast concrete (steel reinforce), bust: soft form concrete (internal steel detail) Price: $21,500 www.markcuthbertsondesign.com

13 4 Sam Crosby

Sam Crosby is an artist, educator and storyteller who aims to engage and connect people with the natural world. She is influenced by artists like Nash and Goldsworthy, who use nature as their medium. She admires artists whose work tells a story to a broad audience and not just to those who have a degree of background knowledge. Sam uses humour to engage her audiences and provides a layer of interactivity that can be mischievous and fun. She has created earth and turf sculptures for Regent’s Park in London and for a wildlife sanctuary in Kent, UK. Her most recent work includes an 8 metre long turfed eel, Burra for Centennial Parklands in Sydney and a pooping dog for Sculptures at Killalea.

Channel G Screen time vs green time is one of the great modern anthropocentric dilemmas. Channel G is a response to this universal dilemma. To interpret this, I have used familiar recycled and natural materials in a humorous way, to create a living, growing artwork. Would we feel more connection to nature if it was on a screen? Why not find out for yourself, sit down, relax for a while and enjoy just watching the grass grow. Sam Crosby

Image: (detail) Channel G, 75 x 103 x 15cm, fired earthenware, recycled materials (TV and TV shelf), soil, turf Price: $3,500

15 5 Deborah Redwood

Deborah’s practice encompasses sculpture and installation. She graduated from the College of Fine Arts (Sydney) in 2006 (her degree included a one year exchange stint at Alfred University, New York). She is currently studying a Master of Fine Art at Newcastle University. Deborah has participated in residencies and group/solo exhibitions in Australia, Japan, China, India, Kenya, NZ and the USA. Her work features in collections in Australia and internationally. Deborah has been a finalist in many sculpture events including: Sculpture by the Sea, SWELL Sculpture Festival, The North Sydney Art Prize and Sculpture at Scenic World.

Drone There is an abundance of insects in our gardens, some burrow into the ground, some fly around and pollinate. But have you ever wondered if they are all real insects? Drones can be manufactured to appear just like insects, both small and camouflaged. Have you ever wondered what critter that is in your garden? Deborah Redwood

Image: Drone, 170 x 140 x 100cm, steel Price: $5,000 www.deborahredwood.com

17 6 John Fitzmaurice

North Avoca-based sculptor, John Fitzmaurice has a background in building and design. He works in a variety of materials, with stainless steel emerging as his favoured medium. John’s works are inspired by natural forms and everyday objects which are then transformed through abstraction and humour. John works exclusively on every stage of his creations, with a focus on durability and high quality finishes defining each piece. His numerous group exhibitions include: Sculpture by the Sea (Bondi 2011), Swell Sculpture Festival (QLD 2011, 12, 13 including the Peer Award in 2012), Harbour Sculpture (2013 -2017), Monalto Award (2018 & 19), Western Sydney Uni Sculpture Award (2018) and North Sydney Art Prize (2015 & 2019). Johns works are represented in a number of public, corporate, and private collections, and he also accepts private commissions.

Splash A homage to the curious giants of the sea that shine bright and illuminate the ocean with their annual, playful migration. This piece was inspired by my love of the ocean and my respect for its inhabitants. As a surfer I have a great affinity with our ocean’s shared playground. Thanks to our evolved and enlightened protection laws, these once hunted & vulnerable creatures can freely play much to the delight of our privileged generation. The original sculpture concept was developed with a combination of a ship’s propeller and a partial glimpse of the whale’s tail. The ship’s propeller for me, symbolised the past hunting of the whales off our coastline. This concept morphed into a more abstracted form of a whale, now triumphantly breaking the ocean’s surface. The mirror finish of the stainless steel reflects today’s ground swell of support and admiration for the protection of this majestic species. John Fitzmaurice

Image: Splash, 250 x 210 x 120cm, 316 grade stainless steel polished to a mirror finish Price: $48,000 www.johnfitzmaurice.com.au or follow @sculptor_john_fitzmaurice

19 7 Fleur Brett

Fleur is a Melbourne based artist whose practice incorporates textiles, large and small scale sculptural installation, assemblage, printmaking and mixed media work. She is interested in surface texture, the layering of imagery and the movement between two and three dimensions. After completing an honours degree in Sculpture at RMIT ten years ago, her work has been exhibited widely around Australia, including in the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, the Heysen Prize for Landscape (South Australia), Sculpture at Scenic World in the Blue Mountains, Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Footscray Art Prize (Victoria), Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, the Fisher’s Ghost Art Awards (Sydney), Bay of Fires Art Prize (Tasmania) and the Victorian Craft Awards.

Shelter Shelter explores homelessness and surveillance and is made from reclaimed data cable, woven using a random weave technique. A figure lying in a foetal position inside the tent structure was woven around a 3D cast of the artist. Not offering protection from the rain or the gaze of strangers, Shelter epresses an attempt to create a home with the resources one has at hand and the skills available. Fleur Brett

Image: Fleur Brett creating Shelter, 105 x 110 x 200cm, reclaimed woven data cable and customised steel frame Price: $8,800 www.fleurbrett.com

21 Photo: Paige McLean Paige Photo: 8 David Doyle

An exhibiting sculptor since winning the 1988 bicentennial Australian Sculpture Award, David Doyle is also a member of the Victorian Society of Sculptors. David established galleries and artist studios in Queensland and Victoria and has worked in the UK, France, USA, India, Thailand and Japan. Exhibitions and prizes overseas have included multiple exhibitions in UK, India, Bangkok, and Thailand including the 13th Japanese Media Arts Festival exhibition in Tokyo. David has exhibited widely including: the Toorak Sculpture Prize, Lake Light Sculpture, Tesselaar Sculpture Prize, the Toyota Sculpture Exhibition, Cardinia Art Exhibition, Sculptures in the Gardens (Mudgee), Brighton Beach Classic (SA), Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong (2018), Hillview Sculpture at Sutton Forest, Sculpture in an Orange Garden and Artentwine Sculpture Biennial (Tasmania). Recent sculpture awards have included: the Jindivick Sculpture Award, the Bradken Iron Festival, the Rutherglen Sculpture Trail, the Yarra Glen Art Show, Lost in Sculpture (Dunkeld), the Philip Cox Prize at Sculpture on the Edge in Bermagui (2016, 2017 and 2019), Sculpture on the Green, The Edrington Art Show, The Man From Snowy River Festival and Sculptures at Killalea.

Celebrating Flowers In confronting the starkness, making physically rough sculpture... I sense a path to the underlying richness of life. What else could one ask of art? My intent with Celebrating Flowers was to create a sculpture that evokes the same sense of joy and wonder that can be experienced by looking at flowers in the natural world. David Doyle

Image: Celebrating Flowers, 450 x 170 x 170cm, steel base, stainless steel upper, and stainless steel spheres Price $4,500

23 9 Laura Nolan

Laura Nolan is an emerging artist based in Sydney, and a current Masters of Fine Arts candidate at the University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts. Laura works with hot glass as a predominant medium within sculptural installations, a practice that also incorporates a diverse range of processes expanding the field of sculpture. Laura was a finalist in the 2019 Blacktown City Arts Prize, the 2018 National Emerging Glass Artist Prize, the 2018 Clyde and Co Art Awards, the 2018 Greenway Art Prize, the 2017 Hidden Sculpture Walk at Rookwood and the National Emerging Art Glass Prize (2020). Laura is passionately motivated to make art in response to social, environmental and spiritual issues concerning the current state of the individual and the collective human condition.

Evolve Evolve is a sculptural blown glass installation that incorporates the earth as part of the work. The individual pieces respond directly to the landscape. Each piece represents life burgeoning forth from its place in the earth. Evolve is a response to our need for a connection with nature and our essential relationship with all the life that springs forth from our planet. Our evolution depends on this. Laura Nolan

Image: Laura Nolan working on Evolve, various sizes blown glass, steel Price: $7,700 www.lauranolan.com.au or follow @lauranolanart

25 Photo: Isobel Markus-Dunworth Photo: 10 Ian Mitchell Scott

Ian spent his formative years on a farm at Narromine in the Orana region of NSW. He enjoyed a long career as a mixed practice vet, spending over 40 years working all over Australia and in the UK and Canada. Later in life, Ian completed a foundry course at Wollongong TAFE and became a practicing artist after his retirement. He currently resides in Nowra and works mainly in bronze.

Small Demonstration All demonstrations, despite the very different issues involved, are similar. The true believers are at the front with banners and placards, energetically supporting the cause. This enthusiasm gradually wanes in proportion to the distance from the front, with the people in the rear more involved with their phones than the demonstration. Ian Mitchell Scott

Image: (detail) Small Demonstration, 50 x 200 x 150cm, bronze Price: $25,000

27 11 Terrence Wright

Terrence Wright is a Yuin artist who wants people to have a sensory experience through a visual and tactile response to his work. His company, Yabundja Designs has a focus on glass and timber mediums and he primarily designs and produces didjeridus and textured and slumped glass forms. Terrence describes his work as being “usable art with some playable art”. Inspirations come from dendroglyphs (or carved trees), nature and family. Terrence wants to see this dendroglyphic tradition not only reinvigorated but evolving and changing. As an educator, Terrence sees his art as an extension of this communicative work.

Glyph-Dendro Shapes such as diamonds, rhomboids and squares are not typically used in art as they rarely appear in nature. However they do exist and this sculptural work highlights this fact. My modern dendroglyph is inspired by a Smoky Cape dendroglyph which had a diamond-like pattern. I have utilised three larger diamond inspired shapes, one on the front and two on the back of the work – each rendered in their own unique style. I like to create multi-sensory artworks, so don’t be afraid to touch and feel the diamonds! Terrence Wright

Image: Glyph-Dendro, 145 x 16 x 16cm, reclaimed hardwood timber Price: $3,200

29 12 Orlando Norrish

Orlando is an emerging contemporary sculptor working predominantly in metal. After studying sculpture at Sydney College of the Arts (SCA), he continued his studies specialising in props making for theatre (NIDA). This led to an extensive and varied career making props and objects for theatre, film and television, and involved a broad range of fabrication and artistic processes. This technical grounding has equipped Orlando with a strong creative and practical skills base to pursue his own sculptural designs and art making practice on the NSW South Coast. Based in Thirroul, Orlando received his first major public art commission in 2019, producing a large site-specific rooftop sculpture for Shellharbour Council.

Seed Seed is a modern abstract piece which creates a surreal sculptural homage to our ancient native Flora. Designed to respond to the site in the Wollongong Botanic Garden, with a highly polished stainless steel surface, the sculpture reflects the surrounding light and shapes of the plants. Seed is a tall, slender abstract form that creates a striking and graceful stance, which could be ancient or modern. It aims to bring a new interpretation of biology and evolution. Orlando Norrish

Image: Orlando Norrish with Seed, 500 x 60 x 60cm, stainless steel Price: $25,000 www.littlewingworkshop.com and follow @littlewing_orlando

31 13 Leon Lester

Leon Lester is a multi-disciplinary artist specialising in abstract painting. He also works across other mediums including: drawing, photography, sculpture and music. His collection of abstract paintings explore the limits of colour, form and dimension. His work can be found in many collections in Australia and overseas and he has won several awards including the Georges River Art Prize and the Waverley Art Prize. His sculptures are highly original, meaningful and beautifully poetic. Many are designed to encourage the viewer to question their pre-existing understandings of reality; within the context of scientific, spiritual, social or political frameworks; in order to expand awareness.

Signpost for the Universe Signpost for the Universe is informed by my commitment to a daily practice of yoga and meditation. Through this and my creative process, I investigate spirituality, movement and consciousness. For me, art is about freeing one’s consciousness from the constructs of the mind. I find art has a healing quality for both the creator and the audience. Leon Lester

Image: Signpost for the Universe, 300 x 100 x 100cm, steel and plastic Price: $5,000 www.leonlester.com.au

33 14 Fatih Semiz

Fatih Semiz received his Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture) in 1992 from Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul. He has several pieces on permanent display in private and public collections, both in Australia and overseas. In Sweden he has sculptures on permanent display in Sigtuna and Visby, Gotland and in the grounds of the Istanbul Technical University, Maslak Campus. He has also exhibited his work in China, at the Jing’an Sculpture Park in Shanghai. He has participated in Sculpture by the Sea (Bondi and Cottesloe), six times since 2009. Fatih’s practice is concerned with basic geometry, straight lines and repetitions of units, usually in a minimalist way. By using infinite notions, including fractals, or illusive distortions, infinite patterns emerge. He uses these infinite patterns to relate to, and represent the passing of space and time and the accompanying changes, to develop narratives that reflect these changes in nature, time and humanity.

Curious Dream of an Architect The architecture of nature and humanity, ‘Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.’ Immanuel Kant

Image: Curious Dream of an Architect, 220 x 135 x 90cm, mild steel, polyurethane paint Price: $22,000

35 15 Nicole Allen

Nicole is constantly striving to explore the many different and unexpected representations of the human form in her work. She is never confined to just one medium, or one representation but rather her work is a continuing figurative journey with a focus on the exploration of positive and negative space. Whether using stainless or Cor-ten steel, cast aluminium, stone or a combination of all, Nicole’s practice redefines what it is to be human. She has exhibited in Australia and overseas and her work can be found in both private and public collections.

Bums On Seats I am intrigued with the human form. Why it has, and will always be, instantly recognisable. And why it’s formal recognisable elements, in conjunction with non-human elements, can create the impression or the illusion of a different narrative. Using a combination of Cor-ten and stainless steel to highlight the differences between the human and the non-human elements ……. my narrative is not as obvious as it first appears. Nicole Allen

Image: (detail) Bums On Seats, 100 x 180 x 70cm, cor-ten and stainless steel Price: $19,800 www.nicoleallensculpture.com and follow @nicoleallensculpture

37 16 Victoria Monk

Victoria Monk has been a multi media artist for 35 years in performance, community arts and as an exhibitor of printmaking and sculpture. She has a Masters of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong. Monk was awarded first prize in the Northern Beaches Sculpture Prize 2018, joint first prize (2017 and 2018) in the Bowral Sculpture Show, first prize for sculpture in the Hunters Hill Art Prize (2015) and the Amnesty International Prize (2001). Her sculptures have been selected for many exhibitions including: Tom Bass Figurative Prize, Blake Prize, Harbour Sculpture Prize (Hunters Hill), Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize and the South Sydney Sculpture Symposium. Her works have also been sold to the Menzies Foundation and to many private collectors.

Dry Dock Dry Dock is an ode to the working harbour with its fishermen and steelworkers who were once and still are part of the industrial landscape of the foreshores. The sculpture materialised from sketches of boats and the working harbour and through specifically selected, recycled metal which carries with it the industrial memory of an active work life. The choice of material relates specifically to the history of the Wollongong Harbour Precinct and its development from its earliest history and through the experience of our first people. Port Kembla is now experiencing a revitalisation and Wollongong Harbour Precinct remains a heritage-listed shipping harbour. Victoria Monk

Image: Dry Dock, 155 x 59 x 40cm, reclaimed mild steel Price: $7,000 folllow @monkeeworks

39 17 Delene White

Delene was born in Canberra and studied silversmithing at the Australian National University before accepting a Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst scholarship for post graduate studies in Germany. Delene replaced acids and flames for graphic design and was employed in that industry using her artistry and award winning skills on national and international design projects. These skills have enhanced her artistic foundations and love of three dimensional work. Delene has recently returned to her love of dimensional sculpture and she now creates forms for public and private spaces. Her sculptures express heartfelt interests and promote discussion around diversity, often through humour.

Flockers Seven is the number for the seeker or searcher of truth and it is also a play on the word several, which is the number required to form a flock. The semi-representational forms emphasise different character traits, making them, like people, both unique and individually quirky. Flockers can be seen as a simple and playful piece, made after reflection on our community leaders and the directions they can take us in. This work simultaneously asks the viewer where they sit or fit within the stories told by the flock. Flockers: #colonisation (introduced species), #greenhouse gases (global warming), #live exports (animal rights), #the top paddock (mental health), #urban planning (green spaces), #congregation (belief systems), #black sheep (individualism). Delene White

Image: (detail) Flockers, 150 x 100 x 90cm, seven separate pieces to the sculpture and all made with fibreglass, flowcoat, cement, steel rod and dad’s golf clubs Price: $36,400 www.delene.com.au

41 18 Gary Christian

Gary Christian is a distinguished painter and sculptor with over twenty years’ experience, including seventeen solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Hobart. Gary has also exhibited in numerous group shows. Recent awards and commissions include: Winner of The Hillview Sculpture Biennial (2016) for Forest Birdsong, Figures in the Landscape, a sculpture commission for Mount Annan Botanic Gardens and The Atomic Family, a commission for The University of Western Sydney. He also created Furnace for the Corrimal Coke Work’s Hundred Year Centenary. In 2009 Christian won the Santos Sculpture Award and installed a wall sculpture (commissioned by Multiplex) at No 1 Shelley Street, Darling Harbour. This is his second time as a finalist in Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong (2016).

Lament for the Missing Lament for the Missing is a response to the ever increasing loss of trees through logging, land clearing, rising seas, drought and fires. Trees purify the air and provide wildlife with habitats; they are connected to each other and to us. As cities dominate the landscape, human connection to the natural world is diminishing, yet the natural elements are still held deep within our psyche. Gary Christian

Image: Lament for the Missing, galvanised steel, oiled steel and timber (turpentine) 3.6 x 2 x 3metres variable Price: $37,000 www.garychristian.com.au

43 Getting there...

University of Wollongong

NORTHFIELDS AVE From Sydney P3 GreenPlan Nursery Administration

SOUTHERN FWY (F6) Oval Centre

Kooloobong Towri Centre P2 MADOLINE ST Discovery Centre

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Keiraville IRVINE ST

Parking MEMORIALFrom DRIVE Bulli P1 Main car park Murphys Avenue Keiraville P2 Discovery Centre car park (restricted parking) Note: Members involved in regular garden From programs require a parking permit for this Nowra car park. P3 Car park Northfields Avenue (restricted parking)

Image: 2018 winner Michael Purdy Steel City (work in progress), mild steel, used mining equipment, hardwood telegraph poles, Corten steel, Appin sandstone. Five columns: H 100cm – 280cm x max. width 100cm x max. D 100cm.

WCC5000866 Image left: (detail) Steel City, Michael Purdy 2018 winner 44 This project is delivered as part of Wollongong City Council’s Public Art Program