If you ever wondered how much it cost to
put up a public sculpture in the middle of nowhere in Queensland here are some
figures to help you out. These are the commissioning and construction costs for
Andy Goldsworthy’s sculpture Strangler cairn a 3.7 meter high granite sculpture funded through the art+place
Queensland Public Art Fund.
Total cost $874,000 of which $421,500 went
to the artist, $64,000 to helicopter the stone to the site and $388,500 for
production costs.
You can view a clip of Andy Goldsworthy
talk about the sculpture here.
Image: Andy Goldsworthy's sculpture Strangler cairn
