Shane McMahon's Ass
10-11-2009, 05:31 AM
IT might look like three mounds of mulch on a lawn - in fact it's an award-winning sculpture that has just picked up a $10,000 art prize.
And confirming its status as a work worthy of Da Vinci rather than Don Burke, art lovers can purchase it for a mere $27,000. Alternatively, you can get a 65-litre block of mulch from Bunnings for $16.48.
The work, entitled Ships Of Redemption, recently won the inaugural Willoughby Council Sculpture Prize on Sydney's North Shore.
Consisting of shaped piles of steel filings, timber shavings and plastic, it is the work of Victorian artists Julie Collins and Derek John. The shavings are bound together and weigh about 70kg each.
It beat 47 other entries - including a dress made of human hair - in the competition themed: "Rethink, reduce, reuse, recycle."
A spokesperson for Willoughby Council said the sculpture was a ``thought-provoking'' commentary on human consumption.
According to the exhibition catalogue the work represents three overturned ships and refers to "all of mankind who drift aimlessly ... consuming beyond reason".
While "we waste, clear fell and erode the land, living with the belief that we can have it all, forever", the sculpture apparently provides ``us with hope".
Willoughby Mayor Pat Reilly said the calibre of entries for the competition "was phenomenal".
A buyer is yet to be found for the sculpture, and the council spokeswoman said the artists had loaded it on the back of a ute and driven it home to Ballarat.
Ms Collins said the sculpture was more likely to be an outdoor piece.
"It's 3.6 metres long, so it would be better suited for an outdoor area or a courtyard," she said.
"Ideally we would like to see an art gallery or an institute buy it."
And confirming its status as a work worthy of Da Vinci rather than Don Burke, art lovers can purchase it for a mere $27,000. Alternatively, you can get a 65-litre block of mulch from Bunnings for $16.48.
The work, entitled Ships Of Redemption, recently won the inaugural Willoughby Council Sculpture Prize on Sydney's North Shore.
Consisting of shaped piles of steel filings, timber shavings and plastic, it is the work of Victorian artists Julie Collins and Derek John. The shavings are bound together and weigh about 70kg each.
It beat 47 other entries - including a dress made of human hair - in the competition themed: "Rethink, reduce, reuse, recycle."
A spokesperson for Willoughby Council said the sculpture was a ``thought-provoking'' commentary on human consumption.
According to the exhibition catalogue the work represents three overturned ships and refers to "all of mankind who drift aimlessly ... consuming beyond reason".
While "we waste, clear fell and erode the land, living with the belief that we can have it all, forever", the sculpture apparently provides ``us with hope".
Willoughby Mayor Pat Reilly said the calibre of entries for the competition "was phenomenal".
A buyer is yet to be found for the sculpture, and the council spokeswoman said the artists had loaded it on the back of a ute and driven it home to Ballarat.
Ms Collins said the sculpture was more likely to be an outdoor piece.
"It's 3.6 metres long, so it would be better suited for an outdoor area or a courtyard," she said.
"Ideally we would like to see an art gallery or an institute buy it."