Drago Marin Cherina (born 1949) is a

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sculpting Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

artist, who was naturalized Australian in the years 1970.

Life and career

Cherina was born in

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, Croatia. He moved to England, where he worked as an assistant to Henry Moore. He came to Australia in 1975 to do a bust of Prime Minister,

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, and liked the place so much he arranged to be naturalized in Gough's office. He currently lives in

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Works

Notable works include ''The Mathy'' a bronze statuette awarded to the annual winner of the IFAC Australian Singing Competition and a bust of Alexander Solzhenitsyn that is held at the

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. A bronze sculpture of cellist

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, by Cherina, was installed at the Kensington Park Community Centre in Kensington, Sydney, in 2018. A

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is installed in

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New Town Central Park New Town Central Park, or Hongqiao New Town Central Park, is a 130,000-square-meter park located at 2238 Yan'an Xi Lu (延安西路2238号) in the Changning District's Hongqiao Development Zone, in Shanghai, China. It opened in 2000 in pursuit of ...

. A 6 metre high, six tonne abstract artwork depicting prolific sculptor Henry Moore located in Banjo Paterson Bush Park in Yeoval, New South Wales, Australia.

References

External links

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Living people Croatian artists 1949 births Croatian emigrants to Australia {{croatia-artist-stub