Our journey has been filled with significant milestones. In addition to curating five regional exhibitions since 2018 that have showcased incredible Australian sculptures and artists, we've gifted ten public sculptures to the Shire of Dungog.
A key focus of Sculpture on the Farm is to boost tourism in the area, and we’re excited to be developing a Sculpture Trail that will connect Dungog Common Recreational Reserve to the town’s main street, further establishing Dungog as a vibrant cultural hub. With each Biennale, we look forward to growing this collection and continuing to make a lasting impact on the community.
These achievements reflect our commitment to fostering creativity, enhancing tourism, and building strong connections between art and community. Each step forward reinforces our dedication to making contemporary sculpture accessible and celebrated in our region.
Sowelu is finding wholeness and completeness within whom we are and how we interact and connect with others.
2021 Acquisition: Sowelu Two, 2018 by Jen Mallinson - Dungog Common
This sculpture is inspired by the Joni Mitchell song of the same name, it is a tree for the Tree Museum.
2025 Acquisition: Big Yellow Taxi, 2018 by Stephen Coburn - Dungog Common
This sculpture merges Soviet-era monumentalism with science fiction.
2023 Acquisition: UFO Utopia, 2023 by Nigel Dobson - Dungog Common
Highlighting the animal kingdom's delicate symbiosis, this work depicts a kangaroo providing fur for a Brown Headed Honey Eater's nest, urging us to protect our planet.
2023 Acquisition: Collecting Fur to Line the Nest 2, 2023 by Jimmy Rix - Dungog Common
Centred Earth explores our connection to the sun, the earth, and each other.
2023 Assisted Acquisition: Centred Earth, 2022 by Sam Anderson - Dungog Common
This work explores animal symbiosis, highlighting the need to protect the planet; here, a Brown Headed Honey Eater rests upon a kangaroo.
2023 Acquisition: Kangaroo and Honeyeater, 2023 by Jimmy Rix - Gresford Arboretum, East Gresford
Tarisse translates her ‘Campsites’ story into metal and stone, symbolising Indigenous strength, longevity, and land.
2023 Assisted Acquisition: Campsites, 2022 by Tarisse King - Dungog Common
This represents mankind trying to maintain the environment, growth and sustainability, and how we are bending under the pressure of trying to balance all three.
2020 Acquisition: Entwined, 2019 by Bob Teasdale - Dungog Common
Theatre of the Shadow infers an ambiguity between shadow and reflection.
2020 Acquisition: Theatre of the Shadow, 2019 by Peter Tilley - Dungog Library
Immerse yourself in the vastness of the Australian sky. By stepping through the portal, you leave the world behind for a solitary moment – leaving you with nothing but sky.
2018 Acquisition: Nothin’ but Sky, 2018 by Braddon Snape - Lioness Park, Dungog
After a short walk along Common Creek opposite Gate 4, you will encounter " A Thought is a Ripple" in the Dungong Common made possible by Sculpture on the Farm and Create NSW.
2022 Acquisition: A Thought is a Ripple, 2021 by Gavin Vitullo - Dungog Common
Works by Jimmy Rix are exemplars of his sense of humor and his engagement with Australiana
2021 Acquisition: Kelpie, 2021 by Jimmy Rix - Dungog Visitor Information Centre
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