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Top award for Murrumbateman sculptor

MURRUMBATEMAN sculptor, Philip Spelman, is one of three Australian sculptors to win a Helen Lempriere Scholarship of $30,000 to further his artistic development.

The other winners were Lou Lambert and Tom de Munk-Kerkmeer, both of  WA.

Canberrans will be familiar with his works, the large orange sculpture near the Waldorf on London Circuit and a blue sculpture near the Convention Centre, but his public art sculpture and installation are seen through the ACT.

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He will use the scholarship to research the possibilities of fabricated sheet elements derived from decorative architectural iron work and to visit leading sculpture galleries like the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC, the Guggenheim, the MOMA in New York and the extensive iron collection held at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.

Spelman has been a sculptor for more than 20 years.

Graduating from the Applied Arts Department at the Queensland College of the Arts and continued his studies at the ANU School of Art, where he has taught for some years.

His works are abstract constructions in which elements balance, tumble and float creating positive and negative compositions of space, light and shade.

Philip has been exhibiting regularly at “Sculpture by the Sea” since 1999, exhibiting sculptures in Bondi, Cottesloe and Aarhus, Denmark.

The scholarships are awarded as part of the Helen Lempriere Bequest, a charitable trust managed by Perpetual, with the purpose of providing scholarships for the applied arts and crafts.

Andrew Thomas, Perpetual General Manager Philanthropy said: “The Helen Lempriere Scholarships raise awareness of private sector giving and, importantly, demonstrate the ongoing contribution it can make to the arts.”

 

 

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