Albatross Fountain Hoodie

Portion of the Ferro-cement construction by Tanya Ashken installed 1986 in Wellington, capital of New Zealand. Originally designed for an Auckland location, this was the first Wellington Sculpture Trust project. "The sculpture... started life as an idea for three abstract shapes interacting with themselves and their intermingling spaces. The water was always a part of it, evoking feelings of rocks and the sea. The name came suddenly in a moment of inspiration!... I have always been fascinated by the Albatross, its size, its power and its awesome grace. My sculpture is large and white and of the sea. There is a realistic albatross there too, as I realised when the sculpture was being built. I now think of it as a lament for the albatro...