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Alex Seton’s marble Sculpture No. 23 transforms an everyday parcel into oversized public art.
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Big Parcels – Sculpture No. 23
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35.27841° S, 149.12766° E
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The story
Alex Seton carved a cardboard parcel out of marble, complete with the creases and dents of a long journey.
Sculpture No. 23 sits in Civic, and the ACT Public Art List describes exactly that illusion: a package rendered in stone, carrying the soft damage that a real parcel accumulates in transit. Seton is among Australia's most accomplished marble carvers and has built a career on this kind of trompe-l'œil – folded fabric, inflatable boats, hoodies, life jackets – all in a material that has meant permanence and seriousness for two and a half thousand years.
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The current ACT Public Art List retains Sculpture No. 23 at Civic and describes the carved illusion of a package with creases and dents from a long journey.
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Public pedestrian artwork near West Row and Alinga Street. Do not route vehicles directly to the sculpture.
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