Bandaged Bear and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead present the

SCULPTURE WALK THIS WALK SHOULD ONLY BE UNDERTAKEN WITH ADULT SUPERVISION

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Two Abseilers, Artbusters

Playtime, Ken Cato

BEGIN AT THE HOSPITAL FORECOURT

This was one of the first artworks to be installed when the Hospital was built in 1995. The sculpture is called Playtime and was made by an artist called Ken Cato. Can you count how many there are? Do you think the figures are dancing, playing or running? Can you come up with your own sculpture pose?

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Look up at the main facade of the Hospital. Near the roofline you will notice two figures abseiling down the wall. This sculpture was also installed when the Hospital was built.

WHAT IS SCULPTURE?

Sculpture can be made of almost anything; metal, wood, stone, paper maiche, egg cartons, feathers, old tyres, whatever your imagination can come up with! And it can take any shape or form, whether it is abstract or realistic.

WHY IS SCULPTURE AT THE HOSPITAL?

The sculptures you’re about to visit are part of the Hospital’s art collection. Art helps to create a healing environment within the Hospital and to amuse and distract patients and their families.

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ENTER THE HOSPITAL THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE

Look up to see the amazing floating sculpture by Mike Kitching, On air. Can you see how it has been hung? Would you be able to hang this from your ceiling at home? It reminds Bandaged Bear of a crazy looking kite. What does it remind you of?

It is also lit by neon lights at night.

TURN TO YOUR RIGHT AND BEGIN WALKING THROUGH THE MAIN FOYER

Opposite the Outpatients Reception Desk you will see a very colourful elephant and an extreme surfing mouse. Can you describe what the sculpture is made out of? Do you think that elephants can do headstands?

Can you pretend you’re surfing just like the mouse?

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On air, Mike Kitching

Extreme Surfing, Ian Swift

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Drawers from water, Jennifer Turpin

TURN AROUND AND WALK DOWN THE CORRIDOR BEHIND YOU

Just outside Audiology you’ll find Peter Taylor’s timber sculpture, Landscape figure.

Do you think this figure is coming out of the landscape or becoming part of it? Is this person becoming a tree or is the tree coming alive?

WALK FURTHER DOWN THE OUTPATIENTS CORRIDOR PAST

THE SPEECH DEPARTMENT

Here you will find a work by Jennifer Turpin called Drawers from water. Does this look like a useful piece of furniture? Would you be able to reach if your pyjamas were in the top drawer?

Landscape figure, Peter Taylor

Bandaged Bear, Sean Coderio

Look up and you will see the Bandaged Bear clinging to his tree. Made from paper maiche by Sean Coderio while he was still at art school, Sean is now a well-respected contemporary artist.

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Over the top in the verandah vernacular, Bruce Howard

FOLLOW THE STEPS UP TO LEVEL 3 (THE LIFT IS AROUND

TO YOUR RIGHT IF YOU NEED IT) TO GET A CLOSER LOOK

At the top of the stairs you will also find Bruce Howard’s Over the top in the verandah vernacular, an amusing style of bed with outrageous architectural forms. The sculptor has tried to make a piece of furniture look like a whole house. What other pieces of furniture could you turn into a house? A chest of drawers? A table? A chair?

RETRACE YOUR STEPS BACK TO THE GALLERIA AND CONTINUE DOWN THE

RAMP TO THE RESTAURANT AREA

Paul Juraszek is a sculptor who works with wood and carves it into animals from myths and legends. Here, next to the lifts, you can find his wooden sculpture Lion. Does his pose remind you of another lion? In a movie perhaps?

Show us your best wild beast lion face!

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Lion, Paul Juraszek

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TURN TO YOUR RIGHT AND WALK OUT THROUGH THE AUTOMATIC DOORS

Past the playground and directly in front of you is Patience Devas’ Remembrance Statue. This statue is part of the Quiet Garden, where patients and their families can come for a respite from the Hospital environment.

Remembrance Statue, Patience Devas

Just beyond this sculpture is a labyrinth (or maze). Installed in 2012 it was instigated by one of the Doctors working at the Hospital for patients and families. Find your way to the centre by following the path.

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Point to heaven, Akio Makigawa

Beyond the labyrinth is another sculpture. Cross the road (watch out for cars!) and here you will find Akio Makigawa’s Point to heaven. This sculpture is made from granite and marble, both very heavy types of stone. How do you think the artist would have made this artwork? What type of tools would he have used?

You can end your sculpture walk here but if you have a little more time we can wander through the Hospital and find a few more.

ARE YOU READY FOR MORESCULPTURE HIDE AND SEEK?

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Father and Child, Patricia Lawrence

RETURN INSIDE TO LEVEL 2. WITH THE BEAR CAFÉ IN FRONT

OF YOU, TURN TO YOUR LEFT AND CONTINUE DOWN THE CORRIDOR

At the first big set of windows you will see a bronze sculpture in the courtyard below, by Patricia Lawrence called Father and Child.

Also in this courtyard are three cows. One was painted with patients by the artist Ken Done and the other two by patients of the Hospital in workshops run by this artist.

Cows, Ken Done

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GO BACK THE MAIN CORRIDOR

At the next set of windows you will see Robert Juniper’s Tree form II. This sculpture is made from steel. Does it look much like a tree?

An artist is someone who tries to make a thought into something real.

They paint pictures or make sculptures. Sometimes they want to make their picture or sculpture exactly like what they are thinking about (figurative or realistic) and sometimes they want to make it only a little bit like it so that your imagination has to fill in the blanks (abstract). Do you think the artist has made this sculpture realistic or abstract?

CONTINUE FURTHER DOWN TO THE ENTRANCE OF YARALLA WARD

AND TURN RIGHT

At the end of the corridor next to the window, you will find another sculpture by Peter Taylor called Split figure.

Split figure, Peter Taylor

Tree form II, Robert Juniper

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Follicle, Richard Goodwin

Asmat house posts, Papua New Guinea

Further down the corridor and out the windows on your left are two very tall wooden posts. They have been carved into the shape of human figures by the Asmat people of Papua New Guinea. These posts would have traditionally stood outside their houses.

WALK BACK TO THE BEAR CAFÉ AND CONTINUE DOWN THE

CORRIDOR ON THE OTHER SIDE

Opposite the entrance to Surgical Ward you will see a metal sculpture out the window, suspended in the courtyard. This sculpture is called Follicle by Richard Goodwin.

This sculpture was also installed when the Hospital was built. They thought they would need a helicopter to help install it because the sculpture looked so heavy. It is actually very light and they didn’t need a helicopter after all!

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RETURN BACK TO THE BEAR CAFÉ

The last sculpture can be found in the Outpatients Bandaged Bear Clinics, waiting room two.

This sculpture has been carved from wood by the artist Bruce Armstrong. What sort of animal do you think is it?

This sculpture is called Just looking and it faces a painting with the same title by the same artist. If this was a staring competition who do you think would win? The sculpture or the painting?

Thank you for coming on a tour of the Hospital’s sculpture collection

Just looking, Bruce Armstrong (Artwork)

Just looking, Bruce Armstrong (Sculpture)

GO HOME AND CREATE YOUR OWN SCULPTURE

WE HOPE YOU’VE ENJOYED IT AND MAYBE YOU CAN

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THANKYOU FOR VISITINGWE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SCULPTURE WALK!

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