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Automatic for the people (SURF) 1997

Artwork Automatic for the people (SURF) this artwork made of Epoxy-coated custom wood on powder-coat enamelled base, created in 1997-01-01
Accession No.
1998.156a-b
Date Created
1997
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary Australian Art
Dimensions A
200 x 55 x 55cm
Media Category
Sculpture
Medium
Epoxy-coated custom wood on powder-coat enamelled base
Place Created
Brisbane
Credit Line
Purchased 1998 under the Contemporary Art Acquisition Program with funds from Frank and Shelley Manning through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

It was very influenced by the big yellow MIAMI HIGH sign, which of course is copied from the HOLLYWOOD sign. But the piece was also meant to maybe work as decor for a surf shop as well as an artwork. It was two metres high and the Queensland Art Gallery had just bought it. Before they got it I took it down to Surfers to photograph it 'in situ' as it were, as that is where I'd always imagined it. As I was photographing the piece I heard the voice of a Japanese tourist behind me. 'Ah Surf!' he exclaimed and gestured to his girlfriend to stand by to pose with the sculpture. He then took his place next to me to take a photograph. He obviously thought that the sculpture was a tourist prop of sorts, a photo opportunity with nothing to do with me. I must say I was extremely flattered, a huge success in my eyes.

— Scott Redford, 2005.

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