Secret World of a Starlight Ember

The grand reopening of the MCA, after the doozy of a year that was in 2020, was marked by an exciting retrospective focusing on the work of Chinese-Australian artist Lindy Lee's exhilarating 40-year career. A multidisciplinary whizz, her celebrated sculpture has always caught the eyes of passers-by, including the seemingly molten bronze beauty of ‘Unnameable’ which you can usually see at Sullivan and Stumpf gallery.  But the show also marked a fabulous new addition to Sydney’s public art riches with the addition of Lee’s brand new work ‘Secret World of a Starlight Ember’ on the MCA forecourt at Circular Quay. Inspired by the milky silver marvels of the spiralling cosmos on high, the shimmering, polished steel work is punctuated by thousands of tiny holes. Casting intriguing shadows by day, a signature of Lee’s sculptural works, when it’s lit up at night, ‘Secret World of a Starlight Ember’ creates its own burning constellation.