Clive Murray-White: Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2011 (up date)

Murray-White Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2011

Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2011, Clive Murray-White
Sara Delaney - a head of her time

This post is for the many well wishers I have from around Australia and the world. No we didn't win the big prize but in truth that's not really the main thing with the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture - it only comes around once every 3 years and only 6 participants are selected from the hundreds that apply, it is what I'd call, aimed at the pointy end of the art world. New propositions, stretching the boundaries, questioning what art should or could be - and it is against this background that I feel very honoured to have been selected. I think almost all the other participants were around the same age as my children, in fact we discovered that I'd taught the mother of one of them at art school many years ago.

We all have our ideas about art and for me the great tradition of sculpture was never quite as broken as we though it was back in the 60's and 70's. Painters never threw away painting but the sculptors enthusiastically thrashed the lot and tried to start again (me included). Who knows if they really succeeded - maybe only time will tell.

Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2011, Clive Murray-White
Sara Delaney - a head of her time (back)

The public enjoying marble - shortly after taking this picture I saw both the women stand on either side of the sculpture and press their cheeks against Sara's!