by Trevor Weekes
Public Art / Araluen Art CollectionArrernte Country, 1988 Carbon copy, 2008 Comet, 1995 Grand Circle Yeperenye Sculpture I’ve Seen The Moon, 1995 Mt Gillen, 2008 The Language of Stockmen, 2019 The Split, 1984 Tread Softly, 2001 What are we doing here? – Malapropos, 2016
Commission for the opening of the Araluen Arts Centre in 1984, this sculpture by Trevor Weekes — The Split — was inspired by the rock formations around Alice Springs.
The fragmented sections came from a trip to Standley Chasm. It was there that the artist saw an enormous rock area with a giant split through which the sky was visible. The choice of steel (rusted) was used to mirror the colour of the earth and the rocks and the bronze was something precious within a natural form.
Trevor Weekes
Born 1951 (Orange, NSW)
The Split 1984
Corten steel and brass plate
Araluen Art Collection. Commissioned for the
opening of the Araluen Arts CentreThis artwork was inspired by a trip the artist made
to Standley Chasm and references a split through
which the sky was visible. The rusted steel mirrors
the colour of the earth and rocks.
Footnote & References
- The Split, Alice Springs Public Art Map, Alice Springs Town Council, https://artmap.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/content/the-split
Public Art / Araluen Art CollectionArrernte Country, 1988 Carbon copy, 2008 Comet, 1995 Grand Circle Yeperenye Sculpture I’ve Seen The Moon, 1995 Mt Gillen, 2008 The Language of Stockmen, 2019 The Split, 1984 Tread Softly, 2001 What are we doing here? – Malapropos, 2016
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