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There are 650,000 Stobie poles in South Australia, and over the past few years groups of local emerging artists have been making their mark on this local icon. Now, applications are open for the 2024 iteration of the project.
InReview
In a new sculpture unveiled this week at Lot Fourteen, early-career artist Sundari Carmody explores the ways humanity’s search for knowledge sometimes leads to a deeper sense of unknowing.
Whether it’s beautiful, humorous, provocative or poignant, public art needs that X factor to be successful. In the second article in a two-part series, John Neylon highlights some prime examples in Adelaide.
Adelaide has had its fair share of debates about public art, from the Hajek sculptures in the Festival Plaza to the pigs in Rundle Mall. In the first article in a two-part series, John Neylon offers his take on the subject and argues that the tide is turning for individual artists creating work for the public sphere.
Contemporary Adelaide artist Jason Sims admits he feels a sense of both trepidation and release when one of his public artworks is installed in its new home. His latest futuristic perception-challenging creation has been unveiled in the CBD.
A $2.35-million statue once earmarked to sit alongside the Sydney Opera House won’t be installed at its new “high-profile” location on War Memorial Drive until next year – two years after it was first gifted to Adelaide.
