Usually i couldn't give a hoot about these hunks of metal in our city- but thanks to the
Sydney Statues Project as part of
Art and About Sydney 2010 artists they stand out brilliantly against the amass of dull colours and monotonous traffic. I like to stay clear of the city if I can help it, but I thoroughly enjoyed my walk from MCA to Surry Hills the other day and it's thanks to these guys. Maybe now there will be more public drive to beautify our city beyond these redundant, bland symbols of the dead.
Statues that received a much needed makeover include:
Porcellino the boar outside Sydney Hospital, Macquarie St
Captain Cook in Hyde Park South
The Shakespeare Memorial in Shakespeare Place
Prince Albert in Macquarie St
Queen Victoria in Queens Sq, outside QVB
photo: alexander papasavvas
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