Sydney Sculpture Walk
Role: Public Art Assistant Curator
Development: Sydney Sculpture Walk, Sydney CBD, Royal Botanic Gardens and The Domain
Program / Client: City Art for the City of Sydney
Amanda was the City of Sydney Assistant Curator of Public Art for the Sydney Sculpture Walk program and other new artworks being commissioned as major City of Sydney initiatives in the lead up to the 2000 Olympic Games and 2001 Centenary of Federation.
The Sculpture Walk consists of ten permanent public artworks by international and Australian artists throughout Sydney's CBD, East Circular Quay, the Royal Botanic Gardens and The Domain. Amanda worked closely with esteemed Curator, Sally Couacaud and each of the artists to develop and realise the public art program that address historical and cultural aspects of the many high profile and beautiful sites in which they are housed.
Artworks include (clockwise from far left) Fiona Hall's Folly for Mrs Macquarie, Janet Laurence and Jisuk Han's Veil of Trees, Japanese artist Kimio Tsuchiya's Memory is Creation Without End, Nigel Helyer's Dual Nature, Robyn's Backen's Archaeology of Bathing, Bronwyn Oliver's Magnolia and Palm, Lynne Roberts-Goodwin's Tankstream, through Pitt Street and Anne Graham's Passage in Martin Place.
Images: City of Sydney