If you\u2019re not part of the local art scene, you probably won\u2019t recognise the name Anne Neil, but you may recognise some of the artworks on her impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n
The Fremantle-based sculptor and Curtin graduate is known for her monumentally-sized creations \u2013 from the colourful, patterned concrete walls at the Midvale interchange<\/a> of the Great Eastern and Roe Highways, to the supersized ink dipping pen nibs lining the entrance to Perth\u2019s Stirling Gardens<\/a> and the abstract metallic fishing net at the Mandjoogoordap Drive roundabout<\/a> in Mandurah.<\/p>\n Neil is now being rewarded on a more personal level, with her latest sculpture, Murmur<\/em>, purchased by the State Government as a gift to Curtin University for its fiftieth anniversary.<\/p>\n Murmur<\/em> resembles a giant mollusc seashell, standing more than two metres high, and made from marine-grade aluminium. It was originally created for this year\u2019s Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Cottesloe.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great knowing that my work has been bought, but the fact it\u2019s being donated to Curtin is the icing on the cake,\u201d says Neil.<\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be where I am today without Curtin. The lecturers were fantastic and very supportive. They helped me hone my craft and without this support I would not be who I am today.<\/p>\n \u201cI like the idea that just as Curtin made its mark on me, I\u2019m now able to make my mark on Curtin, and the fact it\u2019s in its fiftieth year only adds to my gratitude to the state for this purchase.\u201d<\/p>\n Director of the John Curtin Art Gallery Chris Malcolm was delighted to accept the gift on behalf of Curtin at the Sculpture by the Sea opening event on 2 March.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been involved with public art projects around Curtin for more than 20 years and there are terrific opportunities for artists as we continue to develop our campus,\u201d says Malcolm.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to look at Anne\u2019s sculpture from a hundred metres away, but it is extraordinary to see the attention to detail up close. It\u2019s got a textured finish that captures the light as you move around it.\u201d<\/p>\n After the sculpture is installed, Neil hopes students will feel a sense of joy when they look at it through its similarity to a seashell.<\/p>\n \u201cWith this sculpture, I wanted to evoke the memory or \u2018murmur\u2019 of a shell, rather than a shell itself,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Neil believes there has been no better time than now for artists to make their mark on Western Australia.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fact that we\u2019re living in a young city and artists have the potential to influence it on a grassroots level is tremendous,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019re not part of the local art scene, you probably won\u2019t recognise the name Anne Neil, but you may recognise some of the artworks on her impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9. The Fremantle-based sculptor and Curtin graduate is known for her monumentally-sized creations \u2013 from the colourful, patterned concrete walls at the Midvale interchange of the Great… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[199,198,200],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-50-years","tag-alumni","tag-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/50years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/50years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/50years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/50years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/50years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/50years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/50years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/50years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/50years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/50years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}