Balancing Act - Taree, NSW, Australia
S 31° 54.801 E 152° 27.667
56J E 449051 N 6469042
This very clever 'figurative' sculpture depicts a woman supporting a man, who in turn is supporting three children. This is outside the Taree Centrelink building: where social welfare payments and services are organised at times of major change.
Waymark Code: WMPA21
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 07/27/2015
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This is outside 188 Victoria St, Taree, 2430
From the Arts Mid North Coast site:
"In the year 2000, artist Rick Reynolds won a Taree Bicentenary Committee competition for the commission to create a sculpture for the main street of Taree. The towering powder coated steel sculpture titled Balancing Act, caused some public reaction to the feature of the woman’s figure supporting the male figure and the three children’s figures."
From the granite plaque in front of the sculpture:
"Balancing Act"
by
Rick Reynolds
A gift to the City by the
Taree City Festival Committee
and the people of the
Manning Valley, celebrating
the Centenary of Federation
Unveiled by His Worship
the Mayor Clr Mick Tuck
on 26th January, 2001