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Anne Ross (born 1959)[1] is an Australian sculptor, whose large fanciful bronze statues figure prominently in various public places.
Works
editHer public work includes The Resting Place (1999) in City of Kingston,[2] Dance of the Platypus (2001) in the City of Wyndham, The Other Side of Midnight (2012) in Canberra,[3] Midnight (2015), at the University of Wollongong,[1] Summertime (2017) in the City of Bayside,[4] Taken Not Given (2018) in Melbourne[5]
Ross was also commissioned to create A is for Alexander B is for Bunyip C is for Canberra (2011),[6] a reference to the 1972 children's book The Monster that Ate Canberra by Michael Salmon, the inspiration for the ABC-TV children's series Alexander Bunyip's Billabong. The statue was installed adjacent the public library, Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory and "launched" by Jon Stanhope MLA on 13 April 2011. Within three years maintenance costing over $5,000 was deemed necessary.[7]
She contributed a much smaller bronze bunyip to the American Natural History Museum, New York City.
Gallery
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Alexander Bunyip, Gungahlin -
Plaque -
Summertime (2017) -
Plaque
References
edit- ^ a b "Anne ROSS". University of Wollongong Collection. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "$80,000 sculpture at Southland". The Australian Jewish News. Vol. 65, no. 37. Victoria, Australia. 11 June 1999. p. 5 (What's on). Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Other Side of Midnight". artsACT. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Sculpture - patinated bronze, Anne Ross, Summertime, 2017". Victorian Collections. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Taken Not Given". City Collection. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "A is for Alexander B is for Bunyip C". artsACT. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Public Art Schemes Leave Costly Repair Bills". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 12 September 2023.