This work can be seen on the Sculpture Trail in the Dungog Common, Dungog.
It is part of the permanent collection of sculpture on public display in the Dungog Shire, donated by Sculpture on the Farm.
078: Nigel Dobson
UFO Utopia | 2023
This work is an extension of previous sculptures that explores my interest in Soviet Era monuments.
I take the visual language of that art form and put my own spin on the work that also incorporates science fiction and outer space travel.
This work is a symmetrical sculpture that blooms from the ground, and offers the viewer angles and through lines.
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This work can be seen on the Sculpture Trail in the Dungog Common, Dungog.
It is part of the permanent collection of sculpture on public display in the Dungog Shire, donated by Sculpture on the Farm.
To : Sculpture on the Farm
UFO Utopia | 2023 Sculptor Bio
Nigel Dobson
I primarily work creating large steel sculpture, however on a number of residencies I have undertaken hollowing out a log to create a canoe form. The main aspect of the work comes in the physical act of removing the core of the log and the process that comes with that.
In the past I have also sent the log out on a body of water and lit a fire in the middle to leave no remaining object, just the remembering of the process in the hand made.
Scholarships and Prizes
Sculpture by the Sea Clitheroe Scholarship Recipient 2019
Acquisitive prize winner for Dungog Common, Dungog, NSW 2023
Commissioned for Snowy Valley Sculpture Trail, Batlow, NSW 2024
National Art School Onslow Storrier Paris Residency Recipient - Cité Internationale Des Arts 2025
