A DAY IN THE COUNTRY | The Point Leo Estate Sculpture Park

Unlike other Australian sculpture parks accessible to members of the public, Pt. Leo Estate Sculpture Park includes works by major international as well as major Australian artists. This impressive roll call includes George Rickey, Tony Cragg, Inge King, Boaz Vaadia, Tomnakatsu Matsuyama, Barry Flanagan, Julian Opie, Bruce Armstrong and Lenton Parr.

The Sculpture Park is an outdoor gallery within 135 hectares of landscaped grounds that offer a gentle promenade to lead visitors past some 60 works mostly but not exclusively of large-scale. Each work has an explanatory plaque giving details on the artist, a succinct account of their career and a short statement about the significance of the work itself.

Stylistically, exhibits range through a broad spectrum of idioms from geometric abstraction of figuration with a 7-metre high cast iron head of Laura by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa being one of the most acclaimed exhibits.

Join The Friends for a very special and exclusive tour with Pt. Leo Estate’s consultant Sculpture Park curator Geoffrey Edwards, who is also a Trustee of The Johnston Collection. With a program of future acquisitions and site-specific commissions in prospect, Geoffrey will be able to tell us more about the sculpture park that will remain a work in progress over coming years.

After The Friends leave Pt Leo, there will be lunch at a nearby restaurant followed by the opportunity to visit another garden in the Mornington Peninsular area. This special day in the country will conclude at approximately 4:00 pm.