Resilience
Within our Foreshore Park here in Newcastle, there stands a particularly emotive, poignant and I think quite lovely sculpture, set as a reminder of the impact mental illness can have. On our Hunter community and humanity in general.
Sculpted by Newcastle-based Roger McFarlane, this piece portrays an abstract female form in a contemplative pose.
The words 'resilience’ and 'mental health and wellbeing' are inscribed on its base. The base of the statue is also equipped with a QR matrix that allows visitors to scan a code with their smartphones and call up information on mental health services.
McFarlane has commented on his sculpture being "complex to minimal, depending on the viewer’s vantage point - intended to show all aspects of human nature. We can look very calm on the outside, with a lot going on inside of us".
Unveiled 2015. Marble, 2 m in height.
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Resilience
Within our Foreshore Park here in Newcastle, there stands a particularly emotive, poignant and I think quite lovely sculpture, set as a reminder of the impact mental illness can have. On our Hunter community and humanity in general.
Sculpted by Newcastle-based Roger McFarlane, this piece portrays an abstract female form in a contemplative pose.
The words 'resilience’ and 'mental health and wellbeing' are inscribed on its base. The base of the statue is also equipped with a QR matrix that allows visitors to scan a code with their smartphones and call up information on mental health services.
McFarlane has commented on his sculpture being "complex to minimal, depending on the viewer’s vantage point - intended to show all aspects of human nature. We can look very calm on the outside, with a lot going on inside of us".
Unveiled 2015. Marble, 2 m in height.
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