McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery in Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia | Sculpture garden

McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery

Locality: Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9789 1671

Address: 390 McClelland Drive 3910 Langwarrin, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.mcclellandgallery.com

Likes: 7549

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Cafe
• Art gallery
• Sculpture garden

25.01.2022 Gary Wilson’s sculpture'Untitled' 2003was created for the McClelland Survey and Award exhibition in 2003, and has remained in McClelland's permanent outdoor collection since.The sculptureinvites the viewer to physically enter and explore the combination of colour and optical illusion within the space. Gary Wilson, 'Untitled' 2003. Collection McClelland. #garywilson... #mcclellandinsights See more

24.01.2022 Victorian sculptor and printmaker Geoffrey Ricardo incites humour in his art by using a menagerie of actors, often in animal costumes, to play with and comment on the absurdities and vanities of life. Ricardo’s characters come from distant naïve memories, childhood misunderstandings and simplifications, slowly recollected for their graphic sense of parody. He inverts, reverses and stylises these memories into dreamlike puns on reality where recognisable stereotypes and arc...hetypes, such as the kangaroo from the Australian Coat of Arms, engage in grand comic melodramas. 'Anno Domino' is a life-sized Rhinoceros constructed from malleable sheets of copper that share an uncanny likeness to the leathery skin of a Rhino. Many of Ricardo’s sculptures represent the bodies of animals often depicted as costumes inhabited by humans. However, in this work the magnificent Rhino is depicted as itself, the only sign of human intervention or presence is through the blanket placed upon its back. Ricardo has used the image of Anno Domino since the mid-1990s in both his sculpture and etchings. The earlier etchings often featured dotted patterning across the Rhino’s body suggesting, as the title alludes to, the tiles of a ‘Domino’ game, which act as a metaphor for the pressure placed by humans upon the Rhino’s existence, its hierarchy in the animal kingdom and its survival. Photo Mark Ashkanasy. #geoffreyricardo #mcclellandinsights See more

18.01.2022 We are looking forward to welcoming visitors back to McClelland from next Wednesday 2 December, after many months. Some important changes have been made to the way we are welcoming visitors. To assist McClelland with the costs of implementing a safe and welcoming environment, adult visitors will be charged a $6 Booking Fee. McClelland Members and Children up to 18 years are exempt from the Booking Fee. As a not-for-profit organisation, McClelland relies largely on the donat...ions of visitors to help us do what we do: conserve and build the collection, curate inspiring exhibitions and public programs, and care for the beautiful sculpture park and bushland setting for all to enjoy. The $6 Booking Fee will help alleviate the additional costs of operations implemented for McClelland’s re-opening and is expected to apply for the next twelve months. For more information, please see details on our website. If you have any questions, or would like information on becoming a Member, please contact us on [email protected] Drone video by Vaughan Laws Photography. Audio record 'sounds of Australian bush' from freesound.org and recorded by kangaroovindaloo #McClellandSculpturePark+Gallery #WelcomeBack #SummerAtMcClelland

15.01.2022 Peter Schipperheyn’s large scale figurative sculpture ‘Torso Femminile’ is carved from white Carrara marble, representing the enduring classical carving tradition of the Mediterranean region through the depiction of the human form. The large sculpture presents associations of antiquity through its form and material. The raw edges and untouched underside of the sculpture give a sense of power within humanity. Schipperheyn speaks of sculpture as ‘the feeling for the pur...pose of form’, and comments that ‘tradition is the conversation which stretches across time; it is a conversation about what it is to be a human being’. Through the means of classical sculpture, Schipperheyn transcends time, bringing the vitality of the classical era into the contemporary. Image: Peter Schipperheyn, ‘Torso Femminile’ 1995-2000, carved white Carrara marble, 280 x 160 x 120 cm. McClelland Collection. #McClellandInsights #PeterSchipperheyn See more

07.01.2022 We are excited to announce that McClelland will be re-opening its gates for visitors on Wednesday 2 December. We are looking forward to finally sharing the much-anticipated exhibition ‘Inside Out: Space and Process’ with you, presenting the practices of Anne-Marie May and the late Erwin Fabian; along with the initial outdoor instalment of ‘Site and Sound: Sonic art as ecological practice’, an exhibition that invites audiences to consider the importance of listening as a means... towards a better understanding of the urgent and complex environmental issues facing our planet. To help visitors navigate the sculpture park and gallery safely, we will be introducing some important measures to support public health and the safety of visitors, volunteers, and staff, including timed-entry booking to McClelland, maintaining a rigorous cleaning schedule, and limiting numbers within the galleries. We will also be asking visitors to wear a face mask, practice social distancing, and encouraging cashless payments. Further information about McClelland’s reopening is available on the McClelland website. Timed-entry bookings will be available to book online from 25 November. We look forward to enjoying the summer with you at McClelland! #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery #WelcomeBack #SummerAtMcClelland Image: McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery, Photo Mark Chew See more

05.01.2022 This year has been so challenging for us all in Victoria, so it is with great excitement that our state’s restrictions are finally beginning to ease. While the gallery sector continues to await further announcements regarding reopening, we are hopeful that it will not take long! The exhibition ‘Inside Out: Space and Process’, presenting the practices of Anne-Marie May and the late Erwin Fabian, remains installed in the galleries; the sculpture park is lush and bursting with l...ife this Spring; and we look forward to welcoming you back to McClelland when we can! Until then, please continue to explore the McClelland website and stay tuned! Image: 'Inside Out: Space and Process' 2020, Erwin Fabian and Anne-Marie May, Installation view, photo Christian Capurro. #InsideOutSpaceAndProcess #AnneMarieMay #ErwinFabian #McClellandSculptureParkAndGallery See more

05.01.2022 The McClelland labyrinth captured from above. We are so fortunate to be located amongst the bush land of Langwarrin. As the area urbanises, we are reminded of the respite found in the sculpture park, even if only experienced digitally for the moment. Image: Andrew Rogers, ‘The winding path, the search for truth’ 2010. Photo Vaughan Laws. #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery... #AndrewRogers #McClellandCollection See more

05.01.2022 On this day in 1969 the first foundation stone for McClelland gallery was laid. Designed by architects Munro and Sargeant, the gallery building took two years to build, with much hard work and toil by many volunteers to clear the land of weeds, rubbish and scrub. The Premier of Victoria at the time, Sir Henry Bolte, officially opened the completed building on 3May 1971. The Gallery underwent significant changes in 1997 when it closed for two years for extensive refurbishment.... The architects Williams Boag designed the new exhibition spaces, loading and storage facilities, study and conservation areas, administration and catering services. They maintained the integrity of the original Munro and Sargeant design, and the extensions mesh seamlessly with the original modernist building. Most recently, architect Kerstin Thompson designed the Sarah & Baillieu Myer Education Pavilion and Graham Family Terrace, and these additions opened in early 2019. Images: McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery, McClelland Archive. #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery #McClellandInsights

03.01.2022 Louise Paramor was the recipient of the The McClelland Award for her work 'Top shelf' in 2010 and the sculpture remains a vibrant part of McClelland's permanent outdoor collection today. Paramor explained that: In my sculptural work of recent years, I have been preoccupied with industrial plastic objects, and have presented them in a variety of assembled structures, each with the linking title, 'Jam Session'. In 'Top shelf' the arrangement of the plastic objects has bee...n formalised through the addition of a large steel platform to contain and elevate the ensemble. Standing tall, loud with saccharine colour and packed with ubiquitous form, the 'Jam Session' has evolved into a compilation where architecture and sculpture collide. Image: Louise Paramor, 'Top Shelf' 2010. Collection McClelland. Photo Mark Ashkanasy . #louiseparamor #mcclellandinsights See more