In spite of the Covid-19 interruption to our lifestyles this year, the Swell Sculpture Exhibition has gone ahead and ran 11-20 September at Currumbin Beach ( SE Qld ), marking the 18th celebration of narratives spoken through art. Congratulations to the Swell team headed by Lincoln Williams, the City of Gold Coast Council and a fab team of volunteers who have worked throughout the year and over the past 10 days to bring this exhibition to fruition.
72 artists have come together to cover the beach and the adjoining verge with a spellbinding display of sculptures exploring politics, environment, crisis, nature and fun.
This was my first Swell visit and the day couldn't have been more perfect to join the 'socially distancing' and 'sanitized' crowd of art lovers and the curious, on the beach under the obscenely blue spring Queensland sky.
The Good Ship Awareness - and her over-sized bra is a reminder
to all women to be vigilant and do regular checks ...
- Lorrie Ledwell and her team
Vortex - Pam Walpole & Yanni Ziji - Qld
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Adam and Eve -Gabriel Rosati - NSW
Tem / the Fragile 2020 - John Anthony Forno - Qld
Umbrella Effect - Courtney McCue and team - Qld
Monument to the Road Builders - Karl de Waal - Qld
Turning In - Aaron Chapman - Qld
Ragnar v Moby - Robert Guenther - NSW
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Fluid Air - John Nesirky - Qld
Sorrow - Jacqueline Damon - NSW
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Anomaly - Philip Darnton - UK
You / Me / Sky / Sea - Jasmine Mansbridge - Vic
... locals oblivious to the crowd -
looking south to Coolangatta and 'locked-out' NSW ...
Sentinels - Mari Hirata - Qld
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Foreigner - Christopher Trotter - Qld
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Swamp Hens - Brian Bertram - NSW
... wind surfer with Gold Coast City background ...
Lobsterarri - Giuseppe Filardo - Qld
Contortion - Clayton Blake - Qld
Ohhh Snap - Dion Parker - Qld
Julara - The Mullet - Simon McVerry - Qld
"... if you don't want your picture took - don't sit in front of the artwork ... !!! "
Unity - Luke Zwolsmann - Qld
Critically Endangered - Claudia Salvo - Qld
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Images 2 - Phillip Piperides - Qld
Moribund bit Lit AF - Daniel Clemmett - NSW
Caged Birds - Monte Lupo - Qld
Caged Birds - Monte Lupo - Qld
Caged Birds - Monte Lupo - Qld
Dilli Gent - Andrew Cullen - Qld
Femme Fatale - Village Bike inc. - Qld
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The Labyrinth - Sheree Audet - NSW
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Local Heroes - Ian Haggerty - Qld
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Natural Predator - Alyssa Ikefuji - Qld
Men of the North - Ivan Lovatt - Qld
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Stacked Chairs - Alexander Piperides - Qld
Five Fathoms Deep - Christian Newton - NSW
A Walk in the Forest - Miles Allen - Qld
