Concrete Forest, an artwork comprising 36 concrete human busts each incised with a delicate foliage design created by Beijing born artist Ah Xian, has won the $50,000 Clemenger 2009 Art Award.

This highly prestigious exhibition and prize was established by Joan and Peter Clemenger in 1991 through a generous gift to the National Gallery of Victoria.  Presented as a series of triennials, this is the sixth and final award in the series.