Here’s a fun piece by Ian Swift who lives in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. Have a lok at some of his other works and a bit about him here. Swift uses a lot of found objects in his art.
In browsing that site I found that he had an exhibition on Sydney’s Ocean Baths, which certainly fascinate me. So I’ve commissioned a local resident to get me a copy of the catalogue.
I am sure that if these zebras could think they’d be wondering as much about the “mad joggers” who pound along the walkway between Bondi and Tamarama bright and early every morning.
This year there was a bit of fierce letter-writing to the Sydney Morning Herald about the mowing down of sculpture-viewers by joggers who feel “ownership” of the path and let no-one get in their way.
Back to the zebras….according to Wikipedia: “
In 2010, Canberra artists Alan and Julie Aston installed a herd of zebras on Lake George, adjacent to the highway stop commemorating Kevin “Dasher” Wheatley VC, used as a “Driver Reviver” site. They were named Stopper, Reviver, Survivor, and Dasher. They were a sensation, but the Government of New South Wales ordered that they be removed, following a complaint from the leaseholder of the land. They reappeared at Floriade, Canberra in September 2010, along with a baby, George. And now they’ve visited Bondi!
A brilliant blue winter’s sky above the Conservatorium Gate of the Royal Botanic Gardens, close to Macquarie Street and beside the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The surrounding bushes in bloom are adding a bit of colour at this time of year.
Sydney Council is doing a major upgrade of this park in inner suburb Surry Hills. I have blogged it before. This area was a bit of a wasteland with some degraded grass; now there’s a kids’ playground, and picnic and barbecue facilities.
I’m really looking forward to the re-opening of the pool in late 2011.