Sweet Water Arch ~ stainless steel
Artists: Denis O’Connor & Bernie Rutter
Sweet Water Arch stands four metres high in the car park adjacent to the Lyric Theatre, opposite the Governor’s Bridge and across the road from Stranmillis College. It links the communities on both sides of the river, symbolises the theatrical connection with the Lyric and the flow of the river. It also features details from the impressive frontage of Stranmillis College, designed by Charles Lanyon, and oars.
You can see the oars, perhaps the chair is a symbol of the seat of learning at the college.
Children from three local schools worked with artists and lecturers to help design the piece. along with input from art and design students from Stranmillis College, local historians and residents groups all helped contribute to the content of the sculpture.
The name, Sweet Water Arch, derives from the Irish for the area ‘An Srúthan Milís’ or ‘sweet stream’.
View from the other side.
Denis O’Connor hails from Cork and with his partner Bernie Rutter they together form Sculpture Works based in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, where they create work for national and international commissions, residencies and exhibitions.
I see it every day, and will always think of it as ‘the elephant’ even though I know better 🙂
speccy, if Dublin can have a Floozie in the Jacuzzi, Belfast can have an elephant by the river! 😉
it’s lovely.
It grows on you.
My reaction was exactly that of Speccy! It is very creative.
I would say, unusual!
Love the sculpture. Someday, i am going to get out and take a few photographs around here. You are inspiring me. We don’t have any elephants, however. Dianne
Dianne, I look forward to seeing the results of your travels.
A pachyderm on the berm.
You’re welcome.
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But definitely not a Rhinoceros or Hippopotamus!
And you have a nice synchronicity with Ramana and his lovely piece from Bruce Lee. Water is the current theme that I will float upon for a bit.
Watch out for the the Coriolis effect! 😉
We each see things a little differently, so what do I see with my wandering eye, an elephant of course.
Heffalump was my first thought for a title.