Announcement of the 2012 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition Award Winners

The $10,000 (non acquisitive) award judged by Phillip Doggett-Williams - artist and arts educator was presented at the Opening Event last Friday night that was formally opened by Andrea Coote MLC. Two hundred+ artists, traders, sponsors, councillors, residents and special guests attended the TOK H Centre for the announcements.

City of Stonnington and Bank of Melbourne Award – $10,000

Adrian Spurr with shop exhibit no 70 - ‘A Contemplation’ at Haighs Chocolates

Toorak Village Traders Award - $1,000

Sarah Field with shop exhibit no 56 – ‘Visions of excess series’ at Hot Pinkys Nails

The 2012 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition is the most innovative and important annual event to take place in the Toorak Village, where we link the arts with business to form a unique cultural experience. During the entire month of May we exhibit contemporary sculptural works in the shop windows and on the sidewalks of Toorak Road.

This is the 11th year of the exhibition where 88 artists will display their sculptures in 79 Toorak Village shop windows with 9 large sculptures bolted to the sidewalks of Toorak Road. These will compliment the 3 permanent sculptures purchased by the Toorak Village businesses from previous shows. Presented by the Toorak Village Traders, directed by Tony Fialides and curated by Malcolm Thomson.

EXTERIOR sculptures

9 large sculptures are bolted to the pavements along Toorak Road including artists: Christabel Wigley, winner of the 2012 Montalto Sculpture Prize, with ’The Tudors’. Anton Hasell exhibits a steel and stainless steel ‘Cherry Blossom Tree’ with a green steel budgie sitting on one the limbs. Sam Anderson a lifesized steel ‘Gorilla’ wanders amongst Mercedes-Benz cars. John Topfer last year’s winner, an excellent new work called “Pod”. Frank Duyker an amusing cement work titled ‘Three Men in a Pub’. Martin Moore an interactive work titled ‘Racing Snails’, that children will love. John Wood with a colourful steel work ‘Intervention#2’. Chris Flenley presents a strong steel sculpture called ‘Detachment’. Damian Vick with a towering 2m ’Surge’ honeycomb steel sculpture.

INTERIOR sculptures

Selectors chose 79 works for exhibition in shop windows featuring artists such as Ernst Fries, a practicing sculptor for the past four decades. Dean Bowen, one of Australia’s top selling artists. Darren McGinn a former winner of the Toyota Travelling Scholarship. Kerry Cannon’s work titled “The Gooney Bird” a ‘precocious drawings from pre-school days’ is a humorous entry. Al Phemister’s 2.5m tall “3 Dandelions” in the busy Tok H atrium. Robert Hague’s bronze Moth hammer, Joanna Rhodes quirky colourful rabbit. Brian Paulusz in bluestone, James Parrett, Zoe Amor, Nicole Allen, Craig MacDonald have all presented new exciting works. The inclusion of a larger proportion of figurative works is a feature of this year’s exhibition by artists Diane Woodgate a perfect face in bronze, Ri Van Veen, Linda Fish, Mela Cooke, Norian Paicu, Maria Coyle, Anne Anderson and Claus Bedrow.

All sculpture and sales enquires to Tracey Cammock – 0438 542 713. tracey@toorakvillage.com.au
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