The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize An acquisitive award of $10,000
Alex Seton, I...U
The Special Commendation Award A non-acquisitive award of $2,000
Stephen Bird, Breakfast Hero
Highly Commended
Huseyin Sami, High Tea 2009
Ken Yonetani, Dead Sea
The Viewers’ Choice A non-acquisitive award of $1,000
Anita Larkin, Wallop
The judges of the 2009 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize were Geoffrey Cassidy, Neil Balnaves and Diane Balnaves.
43 works
Annie Aitken, Stitched #10, nylon vegetable nets, stripped polypropylene vegetable sacks, stainless steel wire, 35 x 45 x 45 cm. Courtesy of James Dorahy Project Space.
Jack Bell, Ku-Camp Dog, acrylic and natural ochres on milkwood, 39 x 70 x 15 cm. Courtesy of Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery.
Michael Bell, Devils from Dazu, timber, wire, paint, 44 x 24 x 46 cm. Courtesy of Ray Hughes Gallery.
Stephen Bird, Breakfast Hero, clay, pigments, glaze, 69 x 23 x 16 cm. Courtesy of Ray Hughes Gallery.
Rae Bolotin, Steel Peel, stainless steel, 70 x 60 x 50 cm. Courtesy of Stella Downer Fine Art.
John Brooke, Here Comes the Sun, mild sheet steel, 59 x 60 x 30 cm.
Louise Buchanan, Genetic Material: First Generation, Family Portrait, wax, yarn, found objects, 80 x 50 x 80 cm.
Penny Byrne, Super, vintage porcelain figurine, retouching medium, powder pigments, 35 x 11 x 11 cm. Courtesy of Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art.
Alexandra Chambers, Remember When..., blown and kiln cast glass, wood, brass, earphone set, 20 x 25 x 15 cm. Courtesy of Sabbia Gallery. Photo: Stuart Hay.
Will Coles, ANZAC (RSL), fibreglass, resin, two-pack paint, 79 x 63 x 47 cm.
Kate Ellis, Untitled arms 2008, hardened bleached beeswax, silk thread, poodle fur, 71 x 18 x 13 cm. Courtesy of Karen Woodbury Gallery.
Titania Henderson, Piled Up, bone china, 25 x 51 x 38 cm. Courtesy of Karen Woodbury Gallery.
Liz Henderson, Sweet Talk (Black and White), rubber, pins, nails, plastic, plaster, 20 x 44 x 20 cm.
Therese Howard, What's Your Poison?, bronze, silver, 18ct gold, diamonds, marble, wire, 21 x 16 x 23.5 cm. Courtesy of Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art
Katherine Huang, Stacking Landscapes, porcelain, terracotta, plastic, wood, found object on box, 35 x 29 x 47 cm. Courtesy of Neon Parc.
Chris Ingram, Bronze Lego, bronze, 54 x 40 x 40 cm.
Jonathan Jones, Untitled (domestic heads or tails) 2009, fluorescent tubes, powder-coated metal, electrical wiring, 62 x 35 x 35 cm each. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis.
Kate Just, Nesting, epoxy clay, fibreglass, metallic car paint, satin, latchhooking plastic, 22 x 52 x 52 cm. Courtesy of Nellie Castan Gallery.
Sherrie Knipe, Water Wings, recycled pine, 50 x 78 x 22 cm. Courtesy of Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art.
Carly Kotynski, Soft Serve, carved dishcloth sponge, 15 x 15 x 15 cm.
Anita Larkin, Wallop, collected objects, 78 x 47 x 58 cm. Courtesy of Defiance Gallery.
Kate Mackay, Cardboard Cube #3 That's How the Light Gets In, cardboard, acrylic paint, yarn, 46 x 46 x 46 cm.
David Marshall, My First Car, recycled car parts, mixed media, 40 x 50 x 50 cm.
Darren McGinn, The Dreaded Double Booking, Site 2, ceramic, 46 x 36 x 20 cm.
Ian Munday, White Relief (after Nicholson), found acrylic cabinet, cast polyurethane, ceramic, plaster, found material and objects, 54 x 41 x 37 cm.
Nell, The Ghost Who Walks Will Never Die, bronze, 23 x 22 x 22 cm. Courtesy of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
John Nicholson, Send/Receive, plastic, 60 x 41 x 7.5 cm. Courtesy of Sophie Gannon Gallery.
Rodney Pople, Altar Piece, mat, timber, linen, archival ink print, oil paint, string, nails, screws, 80 x 60 x 35 cm. Courtesy of Australian Galleries.
Elvis Richardson, The impossibility of losing in the mind of someone winning, found burnt and re-silvered trophy, cement base, 16 x 15 x 10 cm. Courtesy of Hugo Michell Gallery.
Ron Robertson-Swann, On Reflection, mixed media on canvas, 31 x 21 x 18.5 cm. Courtesy of Defiance Gallery.
Lisa Roet, The Scout, Hosei, bronze, glass, 60 x 70 x 15 cm. Courtesy of Karen Woodbury Gallery.
Caroline Rothwell, Comparative Anatomy (Mouth Head, i), powder-coated Britannia metal, 64.5 x 22 x 7 cm. Courtesy of Grantpirrie and Tolarno Galleries.
Julie Rrap, Stasis Symbol, bronze, silver chrome, 15 x 53 x 10 cm. Courtesy of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
Ann Russell, Macarthur Park, bricolage, 30 x 27 cm.
Huseyin Sami, High Tea 2009, household paint, paint tins, paint lids, melamine board, 76 x 24 x 24 cm. Courtesy of Sarah Cottier Gallery.
Alex Seton, I...U, bianco marble, resin inlay, 8 x 55 x 78 cm. Courtesy of Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art.
Roh Singh, Owl Blind, frosted acrylic, plywood, paint, 29 x 12 x 22 cm. Courtesy of Dianne Tanzer Gallery.
Braddon Snape, Shifted Paradigm, cast pure white cement, 58 x 38 x 10 cm.
Suzannah Terauds, Domestic Elation, blown glass, cast glass pegs, wooden pegs, 35 x 35 x 35 cm.
Kensuke Todo, Takashimaya Department Store, Kyoto 2007, mild steel, 43 x 71 x 16 cm. Courtesy of King Street Gallery on William.
Impiti Winton, Kipara Wipiatjara (Bush Turkey with Feathers), raffia, emu feathers, 38 x 29 x 72 cm. Courtesy of Tjanpi Desert Weavers.
Ken Yonetani, Dead Sea, porcelain, 57 x 42 x 42 cm. Courtesy of Dianne Tanzer Gallery.
Michael Zavros, Orpheus, bronze, 24.2 x 13.7 x 1.4 cm. Courtesy of Grantpirrie.