Inge King
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Ingeborg Viktoria "Inge" King ( ; 26 November 1915 – 23 April 2016) was a German-born Australian sculptor. She received many significant public commissions. Her work is held in public and private collections. Her best known work is Forward Surge (1974) at the Melbourne Arts Centre. She became a Member of the Order of Australia in January 1984.
Ingeborg Viktoria "Inge" King ( ; 26 November 1915 – 23 April 2016) was a German-born Australian sculptor. She received many significant public commissions. Her work is held in public and private collections. Her best known work is Forward Surge (1974) at the Melbourne Arts Centre. She became a Member of the Order of Australia in January 1984.
Recognition, honours and awards
1984: Member of the Order of Australia, For service to the visual arts, particularly sculpture 2009: Australian Arts Council Visual Arts Emeritus Award, in recognition of her central role in raising the profile of modern sculpture in Australia 2010: A Thousand Different Angles, a Frontyard Films documentary on Inge King and her sculpture, by Amanda King and Fabio Cavadini was screened on the ABC1 programme Artscape. A five-minute extract is available online from the National Film and Sound Archive. 2015: The Dame Elisabeth Lifetime Achievement Award For Australian Sculpture 2016: Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Major works
Royal Australian Air Force Memorial
The Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, situated on Anzac Parade, Canberra, was King's first significant public commission, gained as the result of a competition. The memorial had to symbolise the aspirations and the achievements of the RAAF, as embodied in the Air Force motto: Per Ardua ad Astra (through adversity to the stars). It was installed in 1973. The structure consists of three stainless steel panels, reminiscent of aircraft wings, the tallest nearly 8 metres high, which are separate but related to each other. In the centre is a bronze structure standing on a plinth. A plaque mounted on the plinth explains that the "three upsurging wing shapes in ground stainless steel represent endurance, strength and courage, while the bronze flight image embodies man's struggle to conquer the elements". [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Royal_Australian_Air_Force_Memorial see images
Sun Ribbon
This work was installed in 1980, on a small lawn outside the Union Building at the heart of the University of Melbourne. It is formed from 19mm steel, and consists of two upright steel circles, each 360 cm in diameter, and three folded metal planes; the total length is 6 metres. It provides the students with a unique resting place among its massive unfurling bands and is the focal point of one of the university's busiest outdoor spaces, the Union Lawn. see more images
Shearwater
This sculpture was commissioned by Esso Australia for a site outside its building on the south bank of the Yarra River in Melbourne. It was installed in 1995. The sculpture is built in polychrome steel. Its dimensions are 780 cm by 670 cm by 350 cm. See images
Red Rings
This sculpture was commissioned in 2008 by ConnectEast as part of the EastLink collection. It is located at the junction of the EastLink Trail and the Dandenong Creek Trail, near the EastLink Motorway, Melbourne. It is made up of three steel rings, each 2.5 metres in diameter and painted red. It is intended that people can walk through the sculpture. see more images
Rings of Saturn
Rings of Saturn is located in the Sir Rupert Hamer Garden, in the grounds of the Heide Museum of Modern Art in Bulleen, a suburb of Melbourne. Shortly after the dedication of this work, in August 2006, King said: Working with Heide Museum for Rings of Saturn, firstly we agreed on a maquette. Then when I saw the site I knew I had to enlarge the work to do what I call 'conquer the landscape'. The Australian landscape is an enormously powerful landscape; vast and with clarity of atmosphere, and you never know in advance how work will look in it. The landscape grips my imagination – I try to measure my work against the vast spaces of this country. Conquering the landscape does not rely on scale but simplicity and clarity of form expressing inner strength and tension. If my sculpture is outdoors or in the public domain I like it to arouse people's curiosity to explore the work. Multidimensional objects look different from every angle. The exciting thing about outdoor sculpture is the change with the light, the weather... everything is in constant flux. It becomes almost a living entity. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Inge_King_Rings_of_Saturn see more images
Other works
Flower Dancer (1948), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne * Oracle (1966) Encounter (1968), La Trobe University, Melbourne-Bundoora Fred Schonell Memorial Fountain (1971), University of Queensland, Brisbane Black Sun (1975), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/work/75902 Dialogue of Circles (1976), La Trobe University Sculpture Park, Melbourne-Bundoora Temple Gate (1976/1977), Sculpture park in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Lunar Image (1980), Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT), Darwin, Northern Territory Jabaroo (1984/1985), McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria Silent Gong (1989) Island Sculpture (1991), McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria Guardian Angel (1995), Deakin Museum of Art, Deakin University, Melbourne Nayads (1997), Monash Gallery of Art (on loan from National Gallery of Victoria), Melbourne Moonbird (1999 commissioned by the Australia Fund), Residence of the Prime-minister, The Lodge, Canberra The Sentinel (2000), Eastern Freeway in Melbourne Wandering Angel (2000), The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Rings of Jupiter (3) (2006), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne * Red Rings (2008), Eastlink Motorway in Melbourne [https://web.archive.org/web/20130427103757/http://www.eastlink.com.au/downloadFile.aspx?file_id=157
See also
List of centenarians (artists) List of German women artists
References
External links
Capturing the spirit of the times Article in The Age Exhibition, Commissions and Awards list at Australia Galleries The sculpture of Inge King, including her 2009 exhibition "Sculpture: Maquettes and Recent Work" Sculpture: 'MoonBird' at the Lodge, Canberra Inge King and Grahame King Website
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