An immersive, public sculpture by Australian artist Lindy Lee has been wending its way through three states in an epic journey from Brisbane to the National Gallery of Australia.
Among the headaches of organising the interstate delivery of the National Gallery of Australia’s most expensive art commission, fears that it might be rear-ended have not eventuated but there have been a few close calls.a 13-tonne twist of highly polished stainless steel costing the gallery $14 million, has been slowly making its way from the Brisbane foundry to Canberra on the back of a truck.
Dense fog delayed the convoy in Dubbo and a terrible road accident halted it for several hours just outside of Wagga Wagga in NSW. On at least two occasions, impatient drivers jumped traffic queues to drive straight in the path of the rig bearing the packed artwork.All the while, the work’s black plastic wrapping has been shredded by winds, doing what Lee describes as a “slow striptease” to reveal something of the artwork’s polished skin.
“The whole object is nine metres long, seven metres wide and 4.6 metres high and there is no internal frame,” he says. Lee’s collectability has since surged off the back of the commission and the NGA will stage an exhibition of her work to coincide with the official unveiling ofmade from more than 50 kilograms of pure Australian gold is also to go on displayCourtesy the artist, UAP and Sullivan+Strumpf, © Lindy Lee“I think $14 million is lean for what we have produced considering the 60,000 hours involved,” she said.
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