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In the sands of our remembrance, grows the soul of our nation (Poppy sculpture)

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Gary Grant

2014 - 2015

Overview

A large steel sculpture representing a poppy flower. It is comprised of five red petals and a green stem with a single leaf. The petals have creases and undulations evoking the natural texture and movement of a poppy. Black paint creates shadow and depth.
The centre of the flower (ovary) is circular with a scalloped form. The ovary is black with purple hair-like embellishments. Numerous black stamens with stems called filaments and capped with lozenge-shaped anthers radiate from a disc attached behind the ovary. There is a black and red flangelike back plate, or sepal, on the underside of the flower.

Historical information

Poppy has been displayed on a small number of occasions for short periods only. From 2015 to c.2019 Poppy was installed at Circular Quay, Sydney for ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day and was assembled and disassembled within the same day for both events.
The artwork includes a complimentary gift for visitors of a small vial containing sand from the beaches of Albany and a pine needle from a pine tree associated with the original Lone Pine from the Gallipoli campaign.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2023.6.1

Item type

Themes

Material

Paint (Coating)

Width

1300 mm

Height or length

1700 mm

Depth

1250 mm

Weight

5349 mg

Keywords

First World War

Anzac Centenary

Place made

Bundeena
New South Wales
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Public Location

National Anzac Centre Foyer

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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