The State Government has announced the winner of the $1million situate international sculpture competition which will take pride of place at the centre of the Forrest Place forecourt in Perth.

Culture and the Arts Minister John Day said artist James Angus, consulting engineer Doug Knox, lighting designer Peter Mclean and industrial designer Sebastian Adams had been chosen from five finalist teams.

When installed, their brightly coloured hollow-cast aluminium three-dimensional biomorphic form will be 11 metres long, three metres wide and 6.5 metres high.

Read the Minister's statement.

James Angus’ work can be seen in the Collections of the Art Galleries of South Australia and WA.  He is also represented at the National Gallery of Australia and the Sydney and Chicago museums of Contemporary Art.

More information on situate, images of the five finalists, the competition process and the jurists can be found at https://situate.dca.wa.gov.au/.