Owl (sculpture)

Owl is a sculpture eight metres tall,^[1] designed by Bruce Armstrong. Its full name is The Big Powerful Owl. It is in Canberra, Australia.^[2]

Owl was built in 2011, and is one of the 150 megasculptures of Australia.

Criticism[change | change source]

The shape of the owl has spared some criticism but remained a great tourist attraction from all over Australia.^[3]^[4]

The statue has also been prone to graffiti and the ACT government had to spend $3000 on removing the graffiti.^[1]

Gallery[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Burgess, Katie (2017-07-18). "ACT government to install CCTV cameras to stop vandalism of the Belconnen Owl". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
↑ Directorate, ACT Government;; PositionTitle=Director; SectionName=artsACT; Corporate=Community Services (2018-11-29). "Owl". www.arts.act.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-03-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "'Penis Owl' to stolen bull testicles: Australia's strangest statues". NewsComAu. 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
↑ Warden, Ian (2019-08-10). "Freudian fears of brave public art". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

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[Burgess-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Burgess, Katie (2017-07-18). "ACT government to install CCTV cameras to stop vandalism of the Belconnen Owl". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[2] Directorate, ACT Government;; PositionTitle=Director; SectionName=artsACT; Corporate=Community Services (2018-11-29). "Owl". www.arts.act.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-03-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] "'Penis Owl' to stolen bull testicles: Australia's strangest statues". NewsComAu. 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[4] Warden, Ian (2019-08-10). "Freudian fears of brave public art". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

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