We go in search of the 6-metre-tall, 'gorgeously freaky' kewpie dolls that were a nod to Australia's film and theatre history during the Sydney Olympics' closing ceremony — and stole the show in their oversized, twirling glory.
Twenty years after twirling through the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games, 12 giant kewpie dolls are scattered across Australia.Brian Thomson designed the 6-metre-tall dolls as a tribute to Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom and Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth DollThe kewpie dolls are now owned by museums, festivals, and private collectors across the country
Kewpie dolls entered the stadium with ballroom dancers at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics. 'Lilly' sits by a creek on an alternative lifestyle community called The Rainbow School of Happiness near Tenterfield in the NSW New England region."She has been rainbowed by myself and a beautiful homeless man named John," Andre said.
"But unfortunately, he did not get permission from the council and she retired to the Rainbow School of Happiness." "We're happy to keep her — there's an asking price of around $55,000 — but it will be hard to say goodbye." "Not just in terms of the achievements of our athletes, but also how Australia was projecting its own image to an international audience at the beginning of the 21st century.
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