HOT LIST
Outback art installations
THE LIVING DESERT AND SCULPTURES, NSW
THE 12 SANDSTONE SCULPTURES ON A HILL NORTH OF BROKEN HILL COMPRISE AN ECLECTIC EXHIBITION: THEY’RE BY BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AND INCLUDE TIWI TOTEMS FROM BATHURST ISLAND PLUS A PIECE FROM MEXICO.THIS COMPELLING SCULPTURE PARK IS SURROUNDED BY A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. VISITNSW.COM
Quinkan Country, Qld
You’ll find galleries of rock paintings made between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago on the sandstone escarpments around Laura on Queensland’s Cape York peninsula. Quinkan Country has been listed as one of the top 10 rock-art sites in the world by UNESCO, and provides an incredible visual record of age-old Aboriginal integration with the landscape. Take a tour with the Quinkan & Regional Cultural Centre. quinkancc.com.au
Inside Australia, WA
FORTHE 2003 PERTH FESTIVAL,TURNER PRIZE-WINNING SCULPTOR ANTONY GORMLEY INSTALLED 51 HUMAN-SHAPED FIGURES, MODELLED ON THE PEOPLE OF NEARBY TOWN MENZIES, ONTO AN EXPANSE OF LAKE BALLARD,AVAST OUTBACK SALT LAKE.THE RESULTWAS EERIE AND EFFECTIVE – ESPECIALLY AT DAWN AND DUSK – AND SO INSTANTLY ICONIC THAT WHAT WAS INTENDED AS A TEMPORARY INSTALLATION BECAME A PERMANENT FIXTURE. LAKEBALLARD.COM
Field of Light Uluru, NT
BRITISH ARTIST BRUCE MUNRO’S 49,000-SQUARE-METRE INSTALLATION, WHICH GLITTERS AT THE BASE OF ULURU, IS FAST BECOMING A MODERN CLASSIC WORK OF ART. UNVEILED IN APRIL 2016 AND ORIGINALLY SLATED TO RUN FOR ONE YEAR, IT HAS PROVED SO SUCCESSFUL THAT VISITORS NOW HAVE UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2020 TO SEE IT. AYERSROCKRESORT.COM.AU
MUTONIA SCULPTURE PARK, SA
About 60 kilometres west of Marree, along the Oodnadatta Track in the South Australian desert, is an assembly of industrial sculptures that’ll make you feel like you’re on a Mad Max film set. A huge metal dingo, the Ghan Hover Bus, two silver Beechcraft planes standing on end, aka Plane Henge... they were all created by former mechanic Robin Cooke out of recycled materials.