(10 Mar 2025)
SOUTH AFRICA SCULPTOR PARKS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Johannesburg, South Africa – 25 February 2025
1. Various of artist James Delaney placing a metal sculpture of an elephant inside his studio
2. Metal sculptures of an elephant, fox and meerkats sculptures inside James Delaney’s studio
3. SOUNDBITE (English) James Delaney, artist and contemporary paint and printmaker:
“This is going to get laser cut now from this drawing. So, I’ll give you an example of an elephant that there was a drawing of a different elephant, but similar to this one, and this is how it turned out. So it is the steel, which is about 2 or 3 millimetres thick. So this one moves a little bit, but the wind can blow through it. So for a public space, it’s not going to fall over. It’s easy to anchor into the ground because it’s got a built-in base, so that slots in.”
4. Display of metal baobab tree, springbok, vulture, giraffe sculptures
5. Delaney working using charcoal to draw his next elephant sculpture
6. Delaney drawing an elephant head for his next sculpture
7. SOUNDBITE (English) James Delaney, Artist and contemporary paint and printmaker
“What I found at the wilds that I spent a couple of years fixing the park and planting and weeding and restoring the infrastructure. We did a lot of work and we couldn’t get people to go back and then I had this idea of making laser cut steel sculptures. First of a set of 67 owls, and then later on the kudu and the giraffe and then all those big pieces. And it’s that which turned the wilds around. Because those become draw cards and we live in an era now of the photograph. It’s all about the photo that you take. Particularly if you could be in the photograph and next to something which is a landmark and public art is a landmark.”
8. Wide of “The Wilds” a municipal nature reserve in Johannesburg
9. Giraffe sculpture installed inside The Wilds a municipal nature reserve
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Johannesburg, South Africa – 26 February 2025
10. Women at Killarney Park, exiting using the newly installed James Delaney gate
11. Close-up of the gate with an eagle standing on a tree
12. Wide of Killarney residents at the opening of the new Killarney gate installed
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Jenny Moodley, Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo communication officer:
“We’ve got this wonderful gate that we’ve unveiled today, and we hope that that will stand the test of time. We want residents to feel very welcome in this space and where possible to continue to keep it as a vibrant space and yet keep the noise levels down, because it’s in the heart of residential, at the same time, you can walk your pets in here, you can come express yourself, read a book. It’s extremely safe, it’s well-contained.”
14. Person on bench and another walking in Killarney Park
15. Residents sitting at the park
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Nadia Nicholaaspar, Johannesburg resident
“When you come upon a piece of art where you least expect it, it’s like magic. You immediately smile, and you wonder, you ask questions: how did this happen? What’s the story behind this? Who are the people who put this here? And it makes you think, well, somebody or a group of people love this place enough to put this effort into it, so I’m going to love it too. I’m going to be a little bit more respectful.”
17. Owl sculpture on a tree at “The Wilds” nature reserve
18. Various of baby deer sculpture at “The Wilds” nature reserve
19. Wide of a giraffe sculpture at “The Wilds” nature reserve
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