Artist: Trevor Weekes
Artwork Name: Gateway Sculpture
Medium: ciment fondu, aluminium, stainless steel
Date Created: 2001-02
This sculpture was commissioned to mark the entrance to the museum and welcomes visitors with symbols of the lake. The right pillar depicts a rock shelf and life under the water. The left is a mooring, a solitary and dignified object with great purpose. Spanning the two is a familiar hull shape, here resembling a discarded wreck. At the top of this skeletal form is a steel rod which hints at the pastime of fishing. At the base is a ripple pattern, evocative of wind combing the surface of the water.
Trevor Weekes is a practicing Artist and Educator. He has been a Lecturer in Natural History Illustration and Fine Art in The School of Design, Communication and Information Technology, University of Newcastle.
His art practice embraces multi disciplines, specifically Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Artists Book production and more recently Animation. Music has always played an important role in his life and is an area he has been involved in, producing a sound piece to CD, and incorporating sound in several of his installations. His absolute love of animals has been a major topic of interest, focusing on Birds specifically and Flight.
Commissioned by Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and supported by Arts NSW, 2001. Supported by Arts NSW.