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Public Sculpture
Anish Kapoor, who is visiting Australia soon, says he "hates" public sculpture. The British-born Indian sculptor has strong opinions on what constitutes a good sculpture. It cannot, for example, be "just a fat turd on the lawn."
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Bronze dog sculpture "Larry La Trobe" by Pamela Irving, Melbourne City Square.Credit:John Woudstra
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Vault at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) by Ron Robertson-Swann.Credit:Craig Abraham
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Mark Holsworth who blogs about Melbourne Sculpture. Pictured at the "Great Petition" by Susan Hewitt and Penelope Lee.Credit:Justin McManus
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Three Businessmen Who Brought Their Own Lunch, Bourke Street, Melbourne. Sculptors: Alison Weaver and Paul Quinn.Credit:Julian Kingma
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Bunjil an eaglehawk. Sculpture by Bruce Armstrong.Credit:Craig Abraham
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The Big Matchsticks by Brett Whitley. Pacific Highway, Sydney.Credit:Nick Moir
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Ken Unsworth's Stones Against the Sky at the top end of William St, Kings Cross.Credit:Peter Rae
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El Alamein Fountain by Bob Woodwaed. Fitzroy Gardens, Kings CrossCredit:Peter Rae
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Fiona Hall sculpture. A Folly for Mrs Macquarie in the Sydney Botanical Gardens.Credit:Peter Rae