Look beside the coastal path on Marine Parade, north of North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club and south of Grant Street.
Iraqi-born Australian artist Ayad Alqaragholli is known for elongated figurative sculptures that use gesture and movement to explore human relationships, migration and belonging. Here the bodies are far from anatomically literal: long limbs, the circular support and the precarious-looking balance do most of the storytelling.
Je T' Adore dates from 2017 and was donated to the Town of Cottesloe by long-time local swimmer Shobha Cameron. Its permanent position beside the North Cott coastal path gives it an especially open backdrop - move a few steps along the path and the figures continually rearrange themselves against sea and sky.
For another Alqaragholli work, find Farewell Kiss near Cottesloe Station. One sculpture sits beside the ocean and the other near the railway, creating a lovely connection between two very different parts of Cott.
WA Public Art Inventory - Ayad Alqaragholli

