Bushy's BLOG » statue http://bushymills.com Ex South African engineer living and experiencing Brisbane, Australia Sat, 12 May 2012 03:47:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Anubis http://bushymills.com/2008/09/27/anubis/ http://bushymills.com/2008/09/27/anubis/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:23:48 +0000 bushy http://bushymills.com/?p=117 Art and architecture define cities. The Egyptians have pyramids, Venice has the statues and buildings that are slowly sinking, Italy has the Leaning Tower of Pisa and New York had the Twin Towers that collapsed with 9-11.

Down under we’ve got the Sydney Opera House and the Coathanger in New South Wales.

Not wanting to be out done by the blokes south of the border in New South Wales, Brisbane has the Egyptian God Anubis ;-)

Anubis

Anubis waiting for a couple dead souls

Guarding the corner of Wharf and Anne streets in the Brisbane CBD, this part jackal, part tradesman, hoodie and all is a most welcomed addition to the Brisbane architectural void.

Sure Brisbane has plenty of statues – ANZAC square etc, heritage sites but nothing really original, new or blatantly different – well, that was until Anubis arrived !!!

Made from steel, with its feet firmly rooted in concrete, the Egyptian God Anubis is focused, but gently intimidating as it guards the gates to the afterlife.

Anubis statue is made from unforgiving, compromising steel

The Egyptian god statue Anubis is skillfully formed out of unforgiving, uncompromising cold steel

Maybe Anubis has always been there – measuring the worthiness of those crossing the intersection to enter the realm of the dead – moving onto the afterlife.., embalmed perhaps in a vehicular collision?

A statue that not only looks good, but has a higher purpose?

A chilling thought – so strong is it, I walk on the other sidewalk, hopefully Anubis can’t see me?

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