Andrew Rogers, Sculptor

I watched a very interesting program on television about an Australian sculptor, Andrew Rogers.

Andrew Rogers is one of Australia’s most distinguished and internationally recognized contemporary sculptors. He exhibits internationally and his critically acclaimed sculptures are in numerous private and prominent public collections in Australia, South East Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States of America.

He is also the creator of the world’s largest contemporary land art project. Titled “Rhythms of Life”, the project comprises 40 massive stone structures (Geoglyphs) across 12 countries in five continents and has involved over 5,000 people.

These Geoglyphs range in size up to 32,000 sq m – and are commanding worldwide attention. They are situated in the Arava Desert - Israel, the Atacama Desert - Chile, the Bolivian Altiplano, Kurunegala - Sri Lanka, Victoria -Australia, the Gobi Desert - China, Akureyri - Iceland, Rajasthan - India, Cappadocia - Turkey, Jomson and Pokhara in Nepal, Spissky and the High Tatras in Slovakia and in the Mohave desert in the USA. Individually and together the Geoglyphs form a unique set of drawings upon the Earth stretching around the globe, connecting people with history and heritage.

This program centred on his two projects in Slovakia.