Situated at the entrance of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Lindy Lee’s six-meter sculpture The Life of Stars links the Art Gallery of South Australia and its exterior forecourt. Fabricated by Lee in China, the work displays a densely perforated surface and creates dappled light, which together suggests a universe within, while its oval form suggests the beginnings of life itself.
Visible by day and night, The Life of Stars appears both to contain and radiate light. This delicate play between interior and exterior, form and emptiness is significant. The concentric circles on the surface reference Indra’s net, which is a metaphor of Mahayana Buddhism, symbolizing the universe as a vast web of connections.
