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1 The Sculptors Society Bulletin Robert Hawkins, No Room at the Top wood, metal and acrylic July - August 2009 This Issue: Interview with sculptor, Prof. Wolfgang Gowin; A look inside Roger McFarlane s studio; and Sculptures from the The Towers Exhibition A special next Issue with more colour: Interview with sculptor Terrance Plowright & a look inside his studio; plus The Darling Park Exhibition, the Winners & the Judges comments sculptorssociety.com

2 Some Important Notices and Forthcoming Exhibitions For all editorial or advertising enquiries, please contact Katherine Harrington, Editor (page 11 for contact details) Please donate a Sculpture We need small sculptures to give to sponsors and others who give generously to our Society. Helen Leete has provided a sculpture and this is the only one in reserve. We have already given away three sculptures this year from Jenny Green. Sculptures have been donated previously by Margaret Sheridan, Roger McFarlane, Gino Sanguineti, Feyona Vanstom, Ella Krug and others. Contact Babette on Shared Studio Space Primrose Park 14 Dec to 4 June 2010 Contact either Jess Spooner: or visit Applications by 21 Aug 2009 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Acquisitive award of $10,000; Special commendation,non-acquisitive award of $2,000 and Viewers choice nonacquisitive of $1,000. Closing date: 14 August gov.au Phone: Australia's National Farm Sculpture Award 2009 Spirit of the Land Festival, Lockhart which runs from 9-12 Oct 09. First Prize of $10,000 For more information contact Marie van Steyn, mvsw1@bigpond.com or go to: Phone: Front Cover: Robert Hawkins entry in the Towers exhibition. Photo: courtesy of the artist Visit to Terrance Plowright s Studio - July 19 Join us on a visit to see inside Terrance Plowright s studio in Wentworth Falls. Terrance is well known for his large scale public sculptures. You will, no doubt, recall his brolgas at Darling Park and his fountain at Cockle Bay. He has a mud brick, 500 sq m studio of two storeys. He has lots of work underway. Darling Park Exhibition 3 August - 5 September 2009 Join us on Sunday 19 July 11am pm. Numbers are limited to approximately 30. If you are interested in coming along, please Jenny Green at: jenny@jennygreen.net or call her on: Sussex Street Sydney Corner Market Street, Near the Town Hall and just across from Cockle Bay Official opening Tuesday 4 August 6-8pm This is our major exhibition with over 200 sculptures in the vast foyer of Darling Park. Our judge is David Handley of Sculpture by the Sea and the exhibition will be opened by Tony Cope, Head of Offi ce for GPT Group. Special thanks go to our sponsors for the following prizes: Franco Belgiorno-Nettis Transfi eld Holdings Prize - $2,000 PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize - $1,500 Crawfords Casting Prize - $1,000 Australian Bronze Prize - $1,000 worth of bronze casting Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School Peoples Choice award I term of study at TBSSS Lathams Australia - $500 in stone carving tools Barnes Products $400 worth of moulding and casting supplies Roger Fenton plinth valued at $200 The Sculptors Society - $500 for a fi gurative sculpture The Sculptors Society - $500 for an abstract sculpture Members and their guests are invited to the opening. Members are reminded to bring a plate of food for the opening. Drinks are provided by the Society Latham Australia Pty Ltd 14 Tennyson Rd, Gladesville, NSW 2111 Ph: 1300 LATHAM (528426) Web: sales@latham-australia.com For over 30 years Latham s have been supplying the stone industry, amateur and professional Stone Masons, Sculptors, and Marble and Granite users. In 2009 we continue to support the Sculptors Society with the annual David Latham Memorial Award for Outstanding Work in Stone. Our range includes Cuturi Pneumatic Hammers, hand and machine Tungsten Carbide Chisels, nylon mallets, bitch picks, diamond blades, grinding wheels and disks. Sealers, polishers, waxes, cleaners, mastic and epoxy also in stock. Either drop into our showroom or contact us today for assistance. Now Tools For Your Trade (TFYT) Registered. 2

3 News Dr Bert Flugelman AM was awarded a Fellowship of the National Art School at the annual conferring of degrees. At the same ceremony the Hon Nathan Rees, Premier and Minister of the Arts, confirmed the future of the troubled Art School. From our President Our recent Towers exhibition in Chifl ey Tower and Governors Phillip & Macquarie Towers was a great success.we sold 28 of the 115 sculptures on display, and despite the economic climate, we had some high value sales as well as less expensive ones. Feedback was very positive from the building managers, their tenants and visitors to the buildings. Here is one example of an sent to Chifley building management: Keep meaning to say how much I m enjoying the sculpture exhibition. Thanks for putting it on - nice change of fl avour! Congratulations and good work every one. Jenny Green, President O n 21st May at the conferring of degrees at the National Art School, Dr Bert Flugelman AM, one of Australia s best known sculptors was awarded a Fellowship of the National Art School by the Hon. Nathan Rees. Bert Flugelman graduated from the school 60 years ago. The Premier said that Mr Flugelman had made an enormous contributon to the visual arts in Australia and had been a great teacher and mentor to young sculptors. He had also shown unwavering support for the National Art School (NAS). The new director of the School, Professor Anita Taylor presented a welcoming address to a packed hall of graduating students, friends and relatives in the Old Cell Block Theatre. Among other dignatories present was living art legend, John Olsen A.O O.B.E also a Fellow NAS. On the same night, Nathan Rees made the announcement of the future of NAS. This is a historic day for the National Art School which fought for and has achieved independence - you have new leadership, a new structure and a future that is assured. Approved by the NSW cabinet this week, the board includes, Peter Watts AM as chair, who was the director of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW for 27 years. Others on the board include, Mark Tedeschi QC, Sandra Yates AO, Hon. John Aquilina MP, the Director General of the Dept. of Art, Sport and Receation, Carol Mills, and Mr Peter Riordon, the Deputy General of the Department of Education and Training. Their three year appointments began on 1 June Under the new arrangement, the National Art School is nolonger overseen by the NSW Department of Education and Training. Mitzi McColl ( ) Mitzi McColl was born in Vienna, Austria and migrated to Australia in She was one of the original members of the Sculptors Society, a past president and long term member of the committee; she was also an exceptional sculptor. Mitzi had taught many of the members of The Sculptors Society; one of these members was Jan Shaw. This is Jan s tribute to Mitzi McColl: Mitzi McColl was my tutor, mentor and a friend of forty years. A couple of years ago, I asked her whether she was still making sculpture, she said, no, but I dream about it. Sweet dreams, Mitzi. by Jan Shaw 3

4 Wolfgang Gowin Wolfgang Gowin was raised and educated in Germany and has lived and worked in the USA and Costa Rica. He now lives in Bonnells Bay on the shores of Lake Macquarie in NSW. He is a medical researcher, Professor of Radiology and Osteology and has lectured all over the world. He began sculpting well before his medical studies and his passion for this art form has never ceased. His sculptures are located in museums, universities, public places and corporations in Germany, USA and Costa Rica. Gowin has lived in Australia for only the past 4 years; he visited Australia back in 1978, fell in love with this country and decided then that Australia was where he would settle down. His sculpture encompasses installation art, land art, large outdoor sculpture and indoor sculpture. His works can be playful and they can also be deeply thought provoking; he is also fond of including references in his sculptures to different cultures, past and present. Gowin is strongly anti-war and he is not timid in showing it, tackling this subject in an innovative way with the inclusion of genuine military hardware in his works. W olfgang Gowin is a Professor of Radiology and Osteology, but he has also studied philosophy and art history. He has a wonderful philosophy of life in which he values people, their cultures and their individuality. His first exhibition was in Germany in 1980, a group exhibition held at the Kleine Gallerie, Berlin; and his first solo was in 1987 in Oregon, USA. Since then his work has been in numerous exhibitions in Germany, USA, Costa Rica and Australia. He has a long list of artists whom he admires, but he especially likes and is inspired by the works of Jean Tinguely, David Smith, Mark di Suvero, as well as Alberto Giacometti. He also admires the works of Salvadore Dali, Yves Klein, Richard Serra, Pablo Picasso (sculptures), Anselm Kiefer (Paintings), Joseph Beuys (sculptures), Rebecca Horn and Eduardo Chillida. Gowin believes that sculptures should fit into the environment in which they are placed and that they should not obscure their environment; the viewer should be able to look through a sculpture to the landscape beyond. Gowin is able to achieve this with his style of construction; space flows through his sculptures. 1 Some of his works have a humorous appeal. Blonde Woman Walking the Dog (pic 1) is a parody of a blonde haired woman poking out her long, red, narrow tongue while walking her poodle; her tongue is about the length of a man s neck tie. The leash attached to her little poodle also adds to the humorous aspect of this work, it is a large heavy chain, the type you see attached to the back of towtrucks. According to Gowin, the past is as important as the future and every culture as important as any other. His sculpture, Justice (pic 2) brings together symbols pertaining to justice from different cultures and religions. The top section of this sculpture which includes scales, an ostrich feather and a heart, encapsulates the belief of the Ancient Egyptians that justice was served on the deceased before they entered an afterlife. To determine the deceased s worthiness of an afterlife, it was believed the God Anubis would supervise the weighing of the deceased s heart on scales against the feather of Ma at. The hearts of those deemed unworthy of an after life were thought to be devoured by a beast. Ma at was the Goddess of truth and justice and was represented by an ostrich feather. In Ancient Egyptian sculptures she was depicted wearing the ostrich feather on her head. Later in history, according to Gowin, these scales became Scales of justice a symbol seen in old Jewish, Roman and Greek mythology. 4 This Page: 1. Blonde Woman Walking the Dog, wood and painted recycled steel. (211x160x48cm) 2. Justice, rusted steel, wood, leather, plastic cast of a heart, ostrich feather, felt, silk, copper (244x97x114cm). 2 The blue felt coat, red silk cloth and the scales are a reference to the female Justice; a figure often portrayed holding a sword in one hand and scales in the other. Her origin can be traced back to Ancient Greek and Roman images of Themus and Justitia. In Ancient Roman sculptures, Justitia was depicted wearing a red dress and blue coat. She was one of the four virtues in Roman Mythology, the others were Prudence, Fortitude and Temperance. The female Justice has continued in various forms throughout history, all over the world. Her image is also found on the Taro card which Gowin says has its origins in Ancient Jewish culture. Her image on the Taro has undergone changes, a reflection of periods in history. She has been represented on the Taro wearing a red dress and blue coat.

5 The remaining section of the sculpture, the wheels, represent the Dharma-chakra sometimes called the wheel of truth, a symbol in Budhism. The wheel of truth has its origin in old Bon religion. The eight spokes denote the eight paths to enlightenment, a set of codes to live by. Gowin is strongly opposed to war and his use of recycled war parts in his sculptures help to impart this message. His installation work (pic 3) Crematorium Place conveys his message to burn the bombs, hence the bomb s location in a fireplace. The mourning veil and the title impress further the sad message on the viewer that bombs kill people. His anti- war sentiment was behind his involvement in the Bunker project in Wünsdorf, Germany. The project was an intitiative of the developers Waldstadt Wünsdorf/Zehrendorf Ltd who commissioned Gowin to transform an old military site in Wünsdorf, Germany which had 19 cone shaped military bunkers left from WWII (pic 4); 12 were in ruins. Gowin s plan was to change this military landscape to one filled with art. Some of these bunkers were restored by Gowin to their original historical form. He said many of the visitors to the bunker site had no idea what these weird cone shaped buildings were, nor did they have any knowledge of what this site had been used for. The area had been kept top secret for decades, first by the Nazis, then later by the Russians who took over the area after the Potsdam treaty. 3 Gowin submitted his plans for the site over the years 1996/7; work began in 1997 with 12 people working on it each day; the entire project was finished in During WWII other underground bunkers on the 600 ha property were used as the hub of all telecommunications and as a place where all the plans for the war were discussed. All phone calls to Berlin were directed through the largest of the underground bunkers which had a lift large enough to fit a truck. As a directive of the Potsdam Treaty, the Russians were supposed to destroy the bunkers; they managed to destroy only 12 of the above ground bunkers and all but the largest underground bunker. The structure and unique design of the bunkers had made them difficult to destroy. Later the Russians also kept the area top secret and used it as a facility to control air space during the cold war. 4 After the wall came down in 1989, what was left were 7 above ground bunkers still intact and a mess of steel reinforced concrete rubble spread about this enormous area of forest. All this was part of the huge clean-up that Gowin had to ultimately deal with. All 19 above ground bunkers, the 7 still intact and the 12 in pieces, were converted into land art sculptures which blended harmoniously with the surrounding landscape. After talking to Gowin, he has opened my eyes to different cultures past and present and to cultural and religious symbolism such as the Dharma- Chakra which has endured the test of time. He has also reminded me of how powerful art can be in expressing the message of the destructiveness of war. It was a priviledge to interview someone who has devoted four years to a land art project which culminated in something wonderful from something so horrific. Gowin s next project is to find a large home on a dreamlike acreage where he can settle down permanently and create a sculpture park. 5 This page: 3. Crematorium Place, fireplace, fabric bomb shell site specific (Medford, OR, USA) (305x178x229cm). 4. One of the remaining intact Bunkers refurbished to look as it did when first built according to historical documents. 5. Sections of bunker painted to resemble a rising moon. 6. Part of a bunker decorated with a stone mosaic of the rising sun. 6 5

6 The Towers Exhibition This Page Top Row (L to R): Gino Sanguineti, Mother and Child, painted steel, travertine Jan Shaw, Spring, marble, steel. Bottom Row (L to R): Blaze Krstanoski-Blazeski, Regeneration of the Princess, bronze Larissa Smagarinsky, Affinity, bronze 6

7 This Page Top Row (L to R): Michael Vaynman, First Meeting, bronze Tom McMahon, Lotus Bird, bronze Babette Forster Gomme, Miss Australia, bronze painted ceramic Bottom Row (L to R): Sally Zylberberg, Vroom Vroom, ceramic, mosaic Kathleen MacLellan, Duocity, steatite John Gardner, Event Horizon, bronze, aluminium, glass, granite. 7

8 Roger McFarlane s Studio is equipped with the latest air-filtration system Roger McFarlane was president of The Sculptors Society in 2005 and 2006, Secretary for one year and Vice President for six years. His career in sculpting began after taking classes with WEA in 1989 where he learned to carve with soapstone. He enjoyed sculpture so much he decided to continue with it. He is largely self taught, although he did visit Pietra Sancta, Italy three times over a period of 6 years working with other artists and occassionally hiring a tutor. His reason for sculpting is the permanence of it, and his favourite medium is marble because he loves the resistence it offers, although he also works with bronze. Roger prefers to work with pieces from about 30 cm up to 2.5 metres in height, so he has needed a large studio. He has received many public and private commissions both here and overseas; including Thredbo, Maitland and Newcastle; Brazil, China and Korea. Currently he is preparing for a trip to Switzerland where over a 3 week period in July-August he is heading for Vattis where he won a commission to create a work using their local marble. Last March, a group of our members, as part of our Society s organised trips to artist s studios, went to Newcastle to see Roger s studio. This is Eva Chant s account... R oger McFarlane s studio is located in a new industrial complex just off the Pacific Highway in the suburb of Sandgate. You enter Roger s studio through a room set up as a gallery displaying his finished marble and bronze sculptures arranged on plinths; he also has his paintings hung around the walls. This gallery is the first port of call for any visitor. (pic 1). Through the gallery was an area with high ceilings for working with stone, Roger s favourite medium. Roger had installed a Niagara 109/8, dust collection system as an occupational health and safety measure (pic 2 opposite page). He purchased it from Masterfield Industrial Equipment in Silverwater. The company installed the system; Roger had to ensure 3 phase power and a water supply was available to run it. 1 Roger has provided the following description 8 SYDNEY ART CASTING OFFERING A FULL BRONZE CASTING AND MASTER MOULDING SERVICE. WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CAST MINIATURE TO LARGER THAN LIFE SIZE SCULPTURES. TO ARRANGE FOR A QUOTATION OR GENERAL ENQUIRIES PHONE MICHAEL VAYNMAN OR JODY PAWLEY ON TRADING HOURS MON-FRI PM. SAT 10-4PM OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT UNIT 2A/28 BUFFALO RD, GLADESVILLE. This Page: 1. Front entrance room of Roger s studio. Opposite Page: 2. The industrial dust collector booth 3. Roger centre holding a rotary saw with Sculptors Byron Comninos and Jolanta Janavicius. 4. Roger grinding a piece of marble while in the dust collection booth. The marble is sitting on a rotating work bench. 5. Sitting Pretty, granite, Sancheong Sculpture Park, South Korea Maestro, Portoro marble, 50(h)x27(w)x10(d) cm. 7. Theatre Masks, Drama, Tragedy and Music, Carrara Marble, Young Peoples Theatre, Hamilton, Newcastle 8. Music on the Air, Portoro and Statuaro marble and stainless steel, 71(h)x70(w)x30(d)cm Photos: Roger McFarlane, Eva Chant

9 2 3 of how his dust collector works: The unit uses water to capture the dust from the air. The unit is a booth with a water wall on the back wall; it has overhead fluorescent lights to give good visibility while working. (see Pic 2) The water wall comprises a trough at the bottom on ground level which is kept up to level by a cistern somewhat the same as a toilet cistern. As the unit recycles the water you are mainly replacing water lost by evaporation. Above the main trough are two smaller troughs. What happens is that the electric fan pulls the dust through the air into the water which is sucked up to the top of the machine into a drop out chamber, the air then continues out of the building through a stack. The mixture of water and dust runs down from trough to trough and recycles through the system. Every so often depending on use, you need to scoop out the mud slurry from the bottom of the trough and dispose of it. The system works well and completely eliminates the dust problem in the studio. I mainly work in Marble so the dust can be a major issue. To make the system more effective I made a rotating work bench so that when I cut and carve stone I could always direct the flow of dust towards the water wall. (pic 4) The size of the booth in my studio allows me to work on large sculptures as well as giving me room to work without feeling claustrophobic. Roger provided a demonstration for us working on a piece of marble. (pic 4) He then gave us some insight into how he finishes his marble works: always finishing with polishing using wet n dry paper, claiming, the more you polish marble, the darker the stone becomes. After this demonstration we were taken upstairs to a mezzanine level where there was a private office where he likes to relax and think, and an open area with benches and a variety of tools and vices. His most important tools he considers are his grinders, pneumatic drills, chisels and electric sanders

10 Member s Page Photo: Mathew Crawford During their Founder s Day on 4 May 2009, Christian Brothers High School Lewisham proudly unveiled the bronze sculpture Edmund Rice: Father of Mary, Brother to all by Sydney sculptor Wendy Black. Wendy Black depicted Rice as a warm, compassionate and principled man, who was loved as a father figure by all those who knew him, and goes on to say, I have portrayed him as a father sharing a bible story with his young daughter, Mary, on his knee. Developed in association with the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio, the commission presented an exciting challenge to Wendy Black, who was amazed by the historical inconsistencies about the founder of the Christian Brothers order. The introduction to more recently published accounts on the life and charitable work of the Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice ( ) has resulted in the portrayal of a more humble and joyful figure. (by Genevieve Carson Tom Bass Sculpture School) Photo: Erin Byrne of the Southern Courier Eileen Slarke seated on her Impressionists Seat in Dunningham Reserve, Coogee Beach. (2mx2mx0.5m), bronze cast by Crawfords Eileen Slarke is the first female to be commissioned by Randwick Council to create a monumental sculpture in 150 years. The Maquette of her Impressionists Seat had first been shown in Sculpture by the Sea, Eileen was inspired to create her work by a catalogue of an exhibition of Charles Conder s works at the AGNSW in Barry Pierce, Head Curator of Australian Art had produced the catalogue and curated the exhibition. The catalogue had images of paintings by Australian Impressionists, Charles Conder and Tom Roberts when they painted together on the same day, on the same northern headland, capturing the same sweeping view of Coogee Beach during the Easter weekend of Eileen said, the Impressionists Seat commemorates this historic event in Australian Art. The seat depicts the trio: Conder, Roberts and Arthur Streeton. Streeton painted his famous Coogee Beach scenes a few years later. Sallie Portnoy won second prize at the Royal Easter Show last April in the Arts Award with Come Fly with Me. (77hx18wx12dcm), cast lead dichroic glass crystal Faye Smith has once again won the Margaret Smith Award for her resin Sculpture above in the Gosford Agricultural Show for She also won the same competition last year. This year the judge was painter and teacher Graham Balchin. The Sculptors Society would like to welcome the following new Full Members: Ian Frew Sue Roberts, Katherine Mahoney, Leslie Prosser, and Fronsnova. Photo: John Brooke Angela Morrell (Left) with Babette Forster Gomme, Vice President Last month, Angela Morrel our Exhibitions Reviewer had an exhibition of her works at Primrose Park, Cremorne where she is an artist in Residence... Full of witty observation, wry humour and intriguing juxtapositions, her show of 26 mainly small and intimate works at Cremorne s Primrose Park Gallery is a wide ranging compendium of a working artist s thoughts and opinions on life, dreams, popular culture and even the environment. Her somewhat acerbic views on the world are made kindlier by the beauty of her sculptures. In Armoury (pic above on wall) a phalanx of 10 handless female arms, all lissom and superbly decorated with feathers and tattoos, marches across a gallery wall - a sharpish comment perhaps on society s inability to resist its own fashionable fads. (Extract from a review by John Brooke) 10

11 PLINTHS MADE TO ORDER ROGER FENTON ST. IVES, NSW TEL: (02) FAX: (02) MOB: Designed for structural integrity Light weight Also for Hire Affordable Plinths The Sculptors Society Calendar 2009 Entries close Darling Park exhibition Set up of Darling Park exhibition Opening Party Darling Park exhibition Dismantle Darling Park exhibition Entries close Australia Square & MLC Centre exhibitions Set up of Australia Square & MLC exhibitions Dismantle Australia Square & MLC exhibitions Forum North Sydney Leagues Club (supper provided and bar open) Christmas Party at Pin and Joanna s house Friday 3 July Sun 2 August Tuesday 4 Aug Sun 6 Sept Friday 11 Sept Sun 11 Oct Sun 1 Nov Thursday 29th Oct Friday 4 Dec Classifieds Italian air hammers surplus to requirements. Several sizes available in cuturi stone working hammers. Contact Myles Your Clay Sculptures Fired North Shore by National Arts School Graduate with BFA Honours Contact Zoe Harrington on If your add can fit into this space then you pay only $20.00 Contact: Byron Comninos. Contact details opposite The Sculptors Society Bulletins provide information, and topical news and views considered to be of interest to our readers. Nothing written here is intended as a substitute for professional advice, and no liability arising from our publications is accepted. Articles and reviews submitted may be edited at the discretion of the editor, and no correspondence in this regard will be entered into. All material (images, graphics and writing) appearing in this publication is subject to copyright interests claimed by The Sculptors Society and should not be copied or transmitted to electronic memory or otherwise without the previous written consent of the said Society. The Sculptors Society (Copyright) This publication was printed by ABF Printers DYAD Textile - Painting Sculpture By Nic Bridges & Janine Matthews Phone: July am-5pm Wed to Sun Project Contemporary Artspace 255 Keira St, Wollongong President Jenny Green Ph: P.O. Box 357, Seaforth, 2092 jenny@jennygreen.net Vice President Babette Gomme Exhibitions & Mailouts Ph: Fax: Weemala Rd, Terrey Hills, 2084 Vice President (Exhibitions on Web & Publicity) Feyona van Stom Ph: feyona@vanstom.com Honorary Treasurer Feisal Ramadan Ph: Kooringal Ave, Thornleigh, 2120 Honorary Secretary (Membership, Website Coordinator & Enquiries) Eva Chant Ph: Mobile: Corang Rd, Westleigh, 2120 sculpt1@bigpond.net.au Bulletin Editor Katherine Harrington Ph: kjharrington@netcall.com.au PO Box 381, Turramurra, 2074 Publicity Members News on Web & Forums Organiser Gary Grant: gdsgrant@optusnet.com.au Liaison Officer Sally Zylberberg Ph: , Fax: zylberberg@bigpond.com Minutes Gib Owen Ph: Bulletin Advertising & Invoicing Byron Comninos Ph bcomninos@gmail.com Assistant Mailouts Jolanta Janavicius Ph: Exhibitions Reviewer Angela Morrell Ph: Publicity Archives Ella Krug Ph: Bulletin Consultant Alan Somerville ISSN

12 Artists are invited to submit work for inclusion in the fourth UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition To be held on the Campbelltown Campus from 30 April 30 May 2010 Images reproduced courtesy of artists (Foreground) Gary Deirmendjian Brancusi s Nest 2008 (Background) Col Henry Is it our Turn Yet? 2008 Prizes UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award, valued up to $25,000 Landcom People s Choice Award, $5,000 Entries close Friday 4 September 2009 For application forms or information contact: Monica McMahon (02) or monica.mcmahon@uws.edu.au Or visit the UWS website