Wednesday 8 June 2011

Customs House Square, Sydney Ice Bear

Sydney Ice Bear was an ice sculpture of a male polar bear that was located in Customs House Square this week. British sculptor Mark Coreth carved out the life-sized melting ice sculpture of a polar bear on Friday (top). By Monday, the sculpture had melted away to reveal a bronze skeleton (bottom). The display was timed to coincide with World Environment Day on Sunday, as a metaphor for the human impact on our environment and to create awareness of climate change. This is the sixth Ice Bear Project carving following on from those in London, Copenhagen, Montreal, Toronto and Manchester.

24 comments:

  1. Wow. What a beautiful idea-- it does make an impact. I admire artists who do temporary work, like ice sculptors and sand sculptors. It seems like it would be so difficult to see your hard work melt or wash away.

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  2. fantastic shot and ice sculpture!

    what a pity that it won't last...

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  3. Fascinating public feature! To see it melt creating various artistic shapes must have been an incredible sight!

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  4. Thanks for posting this, was hoping you would. I didn't get a chance to see it.

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  5. That is SO cool -- literally!! And what a great idea indeed! Fantastic sculpture and a terrific capture as always, Jim! Hope your week is going well!

    Sylvia

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  6. I have never heard of doing an ice sculpture on an existing frame! Too bad it has to melt away...

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  7. That is very cool! I'm surprised I didn't hear about that.

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  8. What an amazing image Jim, and such a fantastic idea, the sculpture that keeps changing. So happy to see it.

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  9. Even with our current chilly snap I bet our bear melted a lot faster than any of those other cities.

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  10. It seems so cruel to leave them out in the sun, don’t you think?

    Have an ice day, Boonie

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  11. Excellent idea. I am sure the thought registered with people who saw the sculpture changing over the week.

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  12. Boonie S, it does seems like a bit of a shame to lose these works of art so quickly.

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  13. Artists do all sorts of things nowadahys. These are splendid examples of melting art.

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  14. I know Polar Bears are big, but I guess I just didn't realize HOW BIG! WoW! They're HUGE!

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  15. So cool ... and what a great sculpture!

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  16. Brilliant - love the timing of its melting as well!

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  17. OMG! that was so awesome.. great shots. .=)

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