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Curated by Nick Vickers and Cassandra Hard-Lawrie, “Hidden: A Rookwood Sculpture Walk” is a gravesite exhibition for one of Australia’s oldest, biggest, and most multicultural cemeteries. The annual sculpture exhibition began nine years ago when Rookwood Gardens authorities were keen to promote the historic site as a place for rambling family outings and picnics. “Hidden is more be within yourself and discover the sculptures hidden there,” Vickers said.Forty artists are participating in this year’s exhibition. The cemetery’s newly renovated Elephant House contains artworks including Denese Oates’ pyramid-shaped “Oh What A Tangled Web.” Nearby, “Bricks And Mortals” by Allyson Adeney, comprises of bricks placed on the soil where grass seeds have been scattered. Throughout the exhibition, the artist will remove the bricks one by one, leaving grave-shaped imprints in the earth. Some other artists include Wendy Edwards, Louis Pratt, Mark O’Ryan, and Susan Campbell Wright.August 26, 2017, saw a public garden party launch and the announcement of the $10,000 Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Award.“Hidden: A Rookwood Sculpture Walk” is on view through September 24, 2017, at the Rookwood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Hawthorne Ave, Rookwood, noted The Daily Telegraph. ... (BLOUIN ARTINFO)

Henry Andregg Jr., who died in one of the bloodiest Pacific Theater battles against Japan in World War II, has come home to his final resting place.The 22-year-old Whitwell, Tenn., native lost his life on Nov. 20, 1943, on the first day of fighting at Betio Island, which is part of the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. For decades he lay, unknown, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Modern DNA analysis confirmed his identity in May.On Friday, he received full military honors in a ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery. Nieces and nephews gathered to welcome their long-lost uncle home."For inasmuch as Corporal Andregg's spirit has long departed his body, we do commit these remains, at last, to their final resting place in the earth from whence they came," said Brenda Woods, the pastor of Sulphur Springs United Methodist and Looney's Creek Chapel United Methodist Church in Whitwell. "Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust."Above, the United States flag flew at half-staff, in accordance with the day of mourning declared by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in honor of Andregg's "ultimate sacrifice.""We never thought this day would come," Dot Rogers, one of his nieces, said after the ceremony. She last saw her uncle when she was 16 years old.Andregg joined the Marine Corps on June 6, 1942, and served in Company C, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion of the 2nd Marine Division.Nancy Harris, another niece, said her mother — Andregg's sister, now deceased —always wondered what happened to his body. Until a few years ago, she said she figured the family would never know because it had been so long.Related ArticleMarine lost in World War II comes to final rest in ChattanoogaRead moreThat changed a couple of years ago when she saw other deceased servicemen were coming home after DNA tests identified them, she said, adding she "kind of felt it in her heart" he might return one day."I thought if Uncle Henry could come home, that would be the most awesome thing," ... (Chattanooga Times Free Press)