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Echoes From The North Sculpture (2005)

Augustine Dall'Ava

Mild steel, Stainless steel, Auto enamel paint

H8.6mx W2.7, H7.6m xW3.3, H3.7mxW1.8m

The Echoes From the North sculpture was originally commissioned by the Gandel Retail Management in 2004. It is an optimistic group of sculptures, installed at the corner of Edward and Queen Street as a Permanent artwork. The form and the highly reflective metallic

colours are visual signifiers associated with Brisbane and the naturalenvironment of Queensland.

A bold, brightly coloured sculpture is just what the rather drab street needed, reminding passersby of the beautiful colours and hues of the energetic Brisbane city and the natural environment of Queensland. The three mild steel / stainless steel sculptures, of varying sizes, feature unusual shapes (a cube and a flame), balancing, sometimes precariously, from on top of their colourful columns. The colours are symbolic of the landscape and environment of Queensland; the metallic reds, blues and yellows reflect the iridescent colours of the tropical fish of the Great Barrier Reef, the green the rainforest, the white the beautiful beaches, blue the water and golden yellow the sun. As night falls and long shadows are cast on the city, the sculpture take on a more interesting form.