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Visual Arts
Louise Paramor’s Panorama Station (2012) at the Southern Way Peninsular Link Freeway;Image source louiseparamor.com
In 2011, Washington Post’s Cari Shane did an audit of America’s public sculptures. ‘Of the estimated 5,193 public statues depicting historic figures on display on street corners and parks throughout United States, only 394 of these monuments are of women … [and] across the hundreds and hundreds of statues in New York City, just five depict historic women,’ reported the Smithsonian on the results.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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