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Exhibition - Sculpture by the Sea

Steel beauty: Artist Mark McClelland with his sculpture, she thought.
Picture by Stephen Cooper

First-time entrant and major prize winner of this year's Sculpture by the Sea exhibition Mark McClelland created his colossal work after some divine inspiration. "I just woke up one day in the middle of last year with a drive to create a work specifically for this show," he says. "It came from God really".

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Spectrum The Sydney Morning Herald
John McDonald
"Insouciance by the Sea"

Australian's love the beach; we love a bit of culture too - the cheekier, the better

Extract: Skilful placement played a large role in determining the winner of this year's $30,000 NAB Sculpture Prize: Mark McClelland's she thought - a flat rectangle of steel with a key-shaped hole, thought which one observes the horizon where the sea meets the sky. The sheer simplicity of the work is appealing, although the choice cannot have been easy for this year's judge, Terence Maloon, from the Art Gallery of NSW.

October 24th 2008, Sculpture by the Sea newsletter

Sunshine and whales... What a difference a day makes! After three days of wild storms, this morning early visitors to the exhibition were greeted by a beautiful sunrise and the extra surprise of two separate pods of whales frolicking off the point at Marks Park. The park itself is now full of school groups enjoying the sculptures, and the weather for the weekend is predicted to be fine again. In today's email we are featuring a number of the prize winning sculptures from the 2008 exhibition.

The awards were judged by Terence Maloon, Curator of Special Exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and were announced at the Opening Night of the Exhibition.

The NAB Sculpture Prize is the major prize at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2008, and was awarded to Mark McClelland for his work 'she thought'. Photo Jamie Williams View newsletter

ABC STATELINE PROGRAM Quentin Dempster, host of Stateline in New South Wales, has agreed to take us on a last minute tour of Sculpture by the Sea, it closes on Sunday.

And the winner is... veteran designer and sculptor Mark McClelland's dramatic mile steel and bronzed installation called 'she thought'
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ART AND ABOUT FOR A WONDROUS EVENT

Sculpture by the Sea - Elizabeth Fortescue
Weekend Telegraph, Culture

Mark's Park, which lies half way along the path, also has an assortment of sculptures including this year's winner of the $30,000 Sculpture Prize, Mark McClelland's large metal work, she thought. McClelland's piece was informed by the space in which it is being exhibited, which McClelland visited regularly during the creative process. » Read entire article

Nine MSN : Sculpture by the Sea Slideshow
Sculpture by the Sea, one of the world's largest free outdoor art exhibitions, has officially opened in Sydney. Here's a look at some of the sculptures.
Mark McClelland's sculpture "she thought"