Golden Sun Moth, Benjamin GILBERT, 2016
“Based on the sensitive flora of the site, the endemic Golden Sun-moth artworks celebrate the intertwined lives of plants and beasts.
The moth lives on the roots of the Matted Flaxlily, a gesture of consideration of the environment and a reminder of the delicate balance of ecosystems”.
Sculpture information
Golden Sun Moth, Benjamin GILBERT, 2016
Location: Champions Parade, Wollert, Victoria, Australia, 3752
Material: Stainless steel and stone
About the artist
Benjamin Gilbert’s passion for sculptural form began in his father’s Old Green Shed, where a metal table and an antique vice were the tools of his childhood imagination.
“I grew up having a shed with absolutely no rules,” says Gilbert of his early life in Yackandandah, a country town in northeast Victoria. “We made a lot of cubby houses!”
Following his passion for creating things with his hands, coupled with the practical sensibility of a rural upbringing, Gilbert went on to study furniture design, but managed to fail sculpture.
Learn more about Benjamin Gilbert at agencyofsculpture.com