SCULPTURES are set to be installed throughout Frankston as part of a council partnership with Sculpture by the Sea, a not-for-profit organisation based in Sydney.
Frankston Council will lease 10 sculptures to be placed on public display along the city’s foreshore and “popular public spaces”.
Sculpture by the Sea manages two annual free exhibitions of sculpture artworks at Bondi in Sydney and Cottesloe in Western Australia.
Council will lease the sculptures for public view across Frankston from Sculpture by the Sea for $60,000 over three years plus installation costs.
“Our city’s new sculpture collection will feature an eclectic series of works that the community is welcome to enjoy in picturesque locations, ranging from the waterfront to parks, community centres and libraries,” Mayor Cr James Dooley said.
The first three sculptures to be installed – Oushi Zokei Hexagonal by Keizo Ushio, Mirage by Deirdre Mair and Harry Stitt and Intervention by Mike Van Dam – will find a home for three years at Beauty Park, Frankston Waterfront near the Yacht Club and within sight of Frankston Life Saving Club.
“This initiative makes art more accessible to the Frankston community. Sculptures will become an iconic attraction of Frankston and reach a new market of local, interstate and international visitors,” Cr Dooley said.
“Frankston increasingly is a destination for arts and culture, with more than 163,000 people visiting the Arts Centre and 130,000 people visiting McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery every year.”
