List of public art in Canberra
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This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
The list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space; it does not include artwork on display inside museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals and mosaics.
| Year | Name | Image | Artist | Location | Medium | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Ethos | Tom Bass | Civic Square
35°16′53″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2813°S 149.1311°E / -35.2813; 149.1311 |
Copper | The winged female figure symbolises the civic pride of Canberra residents. The fabric of her robe is decorated with emblems and figures representing the community. | [1] | ||
| 1964 | Father and Son | John Dowie | Garema Place
35°16′42″S 149°07′54″E / 35.2783°S 149.1317°E / -35.2783; 149.1317 |
Dedicated to Sir John Downer. | ||||
| 1967 | Play Sculpture | David Tolley | Commonwealth Park
35°17′21″S 149°08′10″E / 35.2891°S 149.1362°E / -35.2891; 149.1362 |
Precast concrete with a painted fibreglass finish | Consists of seven separate forms arranged to function as both play equipment and as seating | [2] | ||
| 1967 | Untitled | Bert Flugelman | In front of Bruce Hall, Australian National University
35°16′28″S 149°07′01″E / 35.2745°S 149.1169°E / -35.2745; 149.1169 |
Copper sheeted upright set on mosaic tile basin | This fountain is a thoughtful and well-integrated study of the spiralling and radiating movements of water and light. | [3] | ||
| 1968 | Two Figures | Barbara Hepworth | Out front of National Capital Exhibition
35°17′24″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2901°S 149.1312°E / -35.2901; 149.1312 |
Bronze | [4] | |||
| 1968-1973 | Lintel Sculpture | Tom Bass | Above the front entrance of the National Library of Australia
35°17′48″S 149°07′48″E / 35.2968°S 149.1300°E / -35.2968; 149.1300 |
Copper | It is based on allegorical symbols based on ancient Sumerian and Akkadian seals dating back to 3000 BC. | [5] | ||
| 1970 | Sculptured Form | Margel Hinder | Woden Town Centre
35°20′40″S 149°05′09″E / 35.3445°S 149.0857°E / -35.3445; 149.0857 |
Aluminium | Winner of a competition that invited artists to represent the "metamorphosis of a typical natural Australian environment into complex development for urban use" | [6][7] | ||
| 1970 | Virginia | Clement Meadmore | National Gallery of Australia
35°20′40″S 149°05′09″E / 35.3445°S 149.0857°E / -35.3445; 149.0857 |
Weathering steel | 365 h x 1402 w x 609 d cm, 8164 kg
Cross section 152.25 h cm |
[8] | ||
| 1973 | Dreaming | Milan Vojsk | Between Reserve Bank of Australia and Canberra City Police Station
35°16′50″S 149°07′36″E / 35.2805°S 149.1268°E / -35.2805; 149.1268 |
Cast bronze figure on natural rock in rectangular pool | [9] | |||
| 1977 | Seated Lady | Herman Hohaus | Commonwealth Park
35°17′18″S 149°08′02″E / 35.2884°S 149.1340°E / -35.2884; 149.1340 |
From 1978 to about 2000 this sculpture was located at the government offices canteen in Woden, and then moved to Commonwealth Park. | [10][11] | |||
| 1978 | Seqvanae | Michael Kitching | Canberra City Community Health Centre
35°16′41″S 149°07′39″E / 35.2780°S 149.1276°E / -35.2780; 149.1276 |
Polished stainless steel and red fibreglass | Contains symbolic references to health and medicine | [12] | ||
| 1980 | Japanese Cherry Tree Grove | Canberra City Community Health Centre
35°17′26″S 149°07′43″E / 35.2906°S 149.1287°E / -35.2906; 149.1287 |
A gift from the people of Japan presented during a visit in 1980 by Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ōhira. | [10] | ||||
| 1981 | Wind Sculpture | Ernst Fries | Intersection of Akuna Street and City Walk
35°16′41″S 149°07′39″E / 35.2780°S 149.1276°E / -35.2780; 149.1276 |
Stainless steel and painted steel | [13] | |||
| 1981 | Eternity | John Robinson | Petrie Plaza
35°16′48″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2799°S 149.1310°E / -35.2799; 149.1310 |
Polished bronze ring and black painted steel | Cast in Italy and donated anonymously to the people of Canberra in 1981 | [14] | ||
| 1982 | Gymnast | John Robinson | ||||||
| 1983 | Edmund Barton Statue | Marc Clark | Southwest of Edmund Barton Building
35°18′17″S 149°08′03″E / 35.3046°S 149.1343°E / -35.3046; 149.1343 |
[15] | ||||
| 1985 | Holodomor memorial | Yurii Denysenko | Ukrainian Orthodox Centre
35°16′27″S 149°07′38″E / 35.2741°S 149.1271°E / -35.2741; 149.1271 |
[16] | ||||
| 1986 | Head | Bruce Armstrong | National Gallery of Australia
35°18′01″S 149°08′10″E / 35.3003°S 149.1362°E / -35.3003; 149.1362 |
Carved red gum
155.5 h x 90.5 w x 239.5 d cm |
[17] | |||
| 1988 | Armillary sphere sundial | Hendrik Forster | Northwest corner terrace to Parliament Drive
35°16′48″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2799°S 149.1310°E / -35.2799; 149.1310 |
Sand-cast and polished bronze on a large granite base | A gift from the Country Women's Association to the nation for the opening of Parliament House | [18] | ||
| 1988 | Eglė the Queen of Serpents | Ieva Pocius | Glebe Park
35°16′53″S 149°08′10″E / 35.2815°S 149.1361°E / -35.2815; 149.1361 |
Bronze | Refers to a Lithuanian folk tale about Eglė the Queen of Serpents | [19] | ||
| 1988 | Illumicube | Kerry Simpson | Canberra Centre entrance through Ainslie Avenue
35°16′46″S 149°08′07″E / 35.2795°S 149.1352°E / -35.2795; 149.1352 |
Glass and programmable LED lighting | Made from 570 glass bricks | [20] | ||
| 1989 | Resting Place of the Dragonfly | Mary Kayser | Commonwealth Park
35°17′19″S 149°08′02″E / 35.2887°S 149.1340°E / -35.2887; 149.1340 |
Painted steel | Originally exhibited as part of the 1989 Floriade Sculpture Project | [21] | ||
| 1995 | Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 9 | Henry Moore | East corner of the National Library of Australia
35°17′47″S 149°07′51″E / 35.2965°S 149.1308°E / -35.2965; 149.1308 |
One of nine two-piece sculptures Moore created, starting in 1959 | [22][23] | |||
| 2000 | Lola Black Lola Pink | Stephanie Burns | East entrance of the Canberra Museum and Gallery
35°16′51″S 149°07′50″E / 35.2808°S 149.1306°E / -35.2808; 149.1306 |
Bronze | [24] | |||
| 2000 | Shevchenko's Visions | Anatoly Valiev | Ukrainian Orthodox Centre
35°16′27″S 149°07′37″E / 35.2742°S 149.1270°E / -35.2742; 149.1270 |
In honour of Ukrainian writer, poet and artist Taras Shevchenko. Presented to the Ukrainian community in Australia by the city of Kyiv. | [25] | |||
| 2000 | Korean War Memorial | Anzac Parade
35°17′21″S 149°08′30″E / 35.2892°S 149.1417°E / -35.2892; 149.1417 |
Commemorates the Australians who served and who died in the Korean War | [26] | ||||
| 2001 | Cushion | Matthew Harding | Garema Place
35°16′51″S 149°07′50″E / 35.2808°S 149.1306°E / -35.2808; 149.1306 |
Stainless steel, polished granite "wedge" plinth, steel inlayed poetry pages | A lounging large stainless steel cushion. A poem by Marion Halligan lies on scattered pages on the granite plinth below the cushion to form a tribute to Garema Place. | [27] | ||
| 2001 | Casuarina Pods | Matthew Harding | City Walk, Canberra
35°16′55″S 149°08′01″E / 35.2819°S 149.1335°E / -35.2819; 149.1335 |
Bronze | [28] | |||
| 2001 | Ainslie's Sheep | Les Kossatz | City Walk, Canberra
35°16′47″S 149°07′56″E / 35.2798°S 149.1322°E / -35.2798; 149.1322 |
Cast aluminium | [29] | |||
| 2001 | Circuitry | Fiona Hooton | Junction of Alinga Street and Mort Street
35°16′42″S 149°07′49″E / 35.2782°S 149.1304°E / -35.2782; 149.1304 |
Painted steel | [30] | |||
| 2002 | Diamonds | Neil Dawson | National Gallery of Australia
35°18′00″S 149°08′10″E / 35.2999°S 149.1362°E / -35.2999; 149.1362 |
Aluminium extrusion, mesh painted with synthetic polymer automotive paints, stainless steel fittings, cables | [31] | |||
| 2002 | Vortex | David Jensz | New Acton Precinct
35°17′05″S 149°07′27″E / 35.2846°S 149.1242°E / -35.2846; 149.1242 |
Corrugated iron | 190 X 210 X 235 cm | [32] | ||
| 2005 | Red and Blue | Inge King | National Gallery of Australia
35°16′45″S 149°07′39″E / 35.2792°S 149.1276°E / -35.2792; 149.1276 |
Polychrome steel | [33] | |||
| 2006 | ACT Memorial | Matthew Harding | Ainslie Place
35°16′51″S 149°07′54″E / 35.2808°S 149.1316°E / -35.2808; 149.1316 |
Dedicated in 2006 | [34] | |||
| 2006 | Fractal Weave | David Jensz | Canberra Theatre Centre
35°16′52″S 149°07′50″E / 35.2812°S 149.1306°E / -35.2812; 149.1306 |
Two woven curved forms in copper piping and sits on a granite plinth | [35][36] | |||
| 2007 | Resilience | Ante Dabro | Intersection of Binara St and City Walk
35°16′57″S 149°08′02″E / 35.2824°S 149.1338°E / -35.2824; 149.1338 |
Bronze | [37] | |||
| 2007 | Gather | Matthew Tobin | Intersection of Bougainville Street and Flinders Way, Griffith
35°19′16″S 149°08′01″E / 35.3211°S 149.1336°E / -35.3211; 149.1336 |
Bronze and mosaic tile | These sculptures appear as a group of surreal vegetative forms crowned with oversized seed pods (referencing nearby Liquidambar trees). | [38] | ||
| 2007 | Relic | Rick Amor | Intersection of Childers Street and University Avenue
35°16′44″S 149°07′26″E / 35.2789°S 149.1238°E / -35.2789; 149.1238 |
Bronze | It is a bronze sentinel, an ancient figure borne from distant memory, standing at a nexus of both time and place. | [39] | ||
| 2007 | Sculpture No 23 (The Parcel) | Alex Seton | Corner of West Row and Alinga Street
35°16′42″S 149°07′39″E / 35.2784°S 149.1276°E / -35.2784; 149.1276 |
Western Australian jade green marble, white marble and resin inlay | It is a carved illusion where an everyday object is transformed into and object of art. | [40] | ||
| 2008 | Choice of Passage | Phil Price | Waldorf Arcade, London Circuit
35°16′55″S 149°07′56″E / 35.2820°S 149.1321°E / -35.2820; 149.1321 |
Polyurethane painted fabricated steel | It uses abstract forms to create a sense of balance and poise. | [41] | ||
| 2008 | The Big Little Man | Dean Bowen | Petrie Plaza
35°16′47″S 149°07′53″E / 35.2797°S 149.1315°E / -35.2797; 149.1315 |
Bronze | It provokes interaction and discussion. | [42] | ||
| 2008 | Untitled | Jean-Pierre Rives | 7 London Circuit
35°16′54″S 149°07′30″E / 35.2816°S 149.1251°E / -35.2816; 149.1251 |
Painted steel | Donated to the ACT Public Art Collection by Leighton Properties | [43] | ||
| 2008 | Rain Pools | Stephen Newton | East side of Clare Holland House
35°18′15″S 149°09′08″E / 35.3043°S 149.1522°E / -35.3043; 149.1522 |
Carved granite | It is a series of granite discs that respond to the tranquillity of Lake Burley Griffin. They symbolise circles of support and the bonds of a common humanity. | [44] | ||
| 2008 | Dinornis Maximus | Phil Price | Yarra Glen, Curtin
35°20′00″S 149°05′10″E / 35.3334°S 149.0862°E / -35.3334; 149.0862 |
Wind kinetic sculpture
11 metre tall |
It uses fully-sealed rolling bearing systems designed for longevity and environmental resilience to create "a wind powered ballet in the sky". | [45][46] | ||
| 2009 | On the Staircase | Keld Moseholm | Gorman Arts Centre courtyard
35°16′54″S 149°07′30″E / 35.2816°S 149.1251°E / -35.2816; 149.1251 |
Bronze, copper | It has a philosophical aspect by reflecting on the effect of reading on the spirit - 'the more I read the smaller I feel'. | [47][48] | ||
| 2009 | Icarus | Jan Brown | Garema Place
35°16′46″S 149°07′56″E / 35.2794°S 149.1322°E / -35.2794; 149.1322 |
Bronze | Four bronze figures are inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Icarus. | [49] | ||
| 2009 | Vessel of (Horti)cultural Plenty | Warren Langley | Intersection of Rimmer Street and Marcus Clarke Street
35°16′37″S 149°07′34″E / 35.2769°S 149.1262°E / -35.2769; 149.1262 |
Galvanised steel, polycarbonate, LED lights | The Vessel holds abstracted flowers that are illuminated at night and move with the breeze. | [50] | ||
| 2009 | DNA | Jonathon Leahey | Alexandrina Drive, Yarralumla
35°17′57″S 149°06′37″E / 35.2991°S 149.1103°E / -35.2991; 149.1103 |
Corten steel, stainless steel | It consists of 27 interconnected cubes. | [51] | ||
| 2009 | Genesis | Ante Dabro | 25 Brindabella Circuit, Brindabella Business Park
35°18′55″S 149°11′20″E / 35.3152°S 149.1890°E / -35.3152; 149.1890 |
The artist describes it as “a symphony of forms and echoes the beginning of time, sensing the site called for a composition of two”. | [52] | |||
| 2009 | Young Eagle | Qian Jian Hua | intersection of Bunda Street and Garema Place
35°16′42″S 149°07′57″E / 35.2784°S 149.1325°E / -35.2784; 149.1325 |
Bronze | It evokes the strength, optimism and freedom of youth - a spirit that can be embraced at any age. | [53] | ||
| 2010 | Windstone - A Trail of a Cloud | Koichi Ishino | Glebe park
35°16′52″S 149°08′05″E / 35.2811°S 149.1348°E / -35.2811; 149.1348 |
Stainless steel, granite | The solidity and surface detail of natural granite is a sharp contrast to the ethereal, mirrored surface of stainless steel. | [54] | ||
| 2010 | Cupressus sempervirens | Paul Jamieson | The lane on the west of New Acton Precinct
35°17′04″S 149°07′28″E / 35.2844°S 149.1244°E / -35.2844; 149.1244 |
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| 2010 | Life Cycle | David Jensz | Intersection of Bunda Street and Petrie Plaza
35°16′44″S 149°08′00″E / 35.2790°S 149.1332°E / -35.2790; 149.1332 |
Stainless steel, stone | Mixture of stone and steel create a form that is both supple and organic. The double spiral of tightly packed stones is a visual metaphor for a life crammed full of experience. | [55][56] | ||
| 2010 | Eran | Gloria Thapich | National Gallery of Australia
35°18′04″S 149°08′08″E / 35.3011°S 149.1355°E / -35.3011; 149.1355 |
Aluminium | 2.7 meters height | [57] | ||
| 2010 | Within without | James Turrell | National Gallery of Australia
35°18′06″S 149°08′11″E / 35.3016°S 149.1365°E / -35.3016; 149.1365 |
This Skyspace is a viewing chamber that affects the way we perceive the sky. | [58] | |||
| 2010 | Ebb and Flow | Matthew Harding | Corner of Bunda Street and Genge Street
35°16′39″S 149°07′54″E / 35.2776°S 149.1317°E / -35.2776; 149.1317 |
Stainless steel | It draws in and reflects back the movement and colour of one of Canberra's busiest urban streets. The sculpture appears to be made of liquid and light. | [59] | ||
| 2010 | Toku | Shinki Kato | Lennox Gardens
35°17′53″S 149°07′18″E / 35.2981°S 149.1216°E / -35.2981; 149.1216 |
Steel, granite, mirror | Toku was commissioned to celebrate the 1300th anniversary of Japan’s ancient capital. | [60] | ||
| 2010 | Saltimbanque | Tim Kyle | Kendall Lane, New Acton Precinct
35°17′06″S 149°07′26″E / 35.2850°S 149.1240°E / -35.2850; 149.1240 |
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| 2011 | Modern Man | Tim Kyle | New Acton Precinct
35°17′05″S 149°07′30″E / 35.2847°S 149.1251°E / -35.2847; 149.1251 |
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| 2011 | Statues of Prime Minister John Curtin and Treasurer Ben Chifley | Peter Corlett | Intersection of Walpole Crescent and Queen Victoria Terrace
35°18′18″S 149°07′57″E / 35.3049°S 149.1326°E / -35.3049; 149.1326 |
Bronze | [61] | |||
| 2011 | Lady With Flowers | Dean Bowen | Flemington Road, Gungahlin
35°12′01″S 149°08′57″E / 35.2002°S 149.14911°E / -35.2002; 149.14911 |
Bronze | [62] | |||
| 2011 | A is for Alexander B is for Bunyip C is for Canberra | Anne Ross | Flemington Road, Gungahlin
35°11′07″S 149°07′54″E / 35.1853°S 149.1318°E / -35.1853; 149.1318 |
Bronze, Stainless Steel, Glass, Light | Inspired by the popular 1972 children's book, The Monster that Ate Canberra by Michael Salmon | [63] | ||
| 2011 | The Big Powerful Owl | Bruce Armstrong | Intersection of Benjamin Way and Belconnen Way
35°14′51″S 149°04′03″E / 35.2475°S 149.0675°E / -35.2475; 149.0675 |
Cast composite, steel, hardwood, paint | It honours the Powerful owl, Ninox strenua, which is the largest owl species in Australasia. | [64] | ||
| 2011 | Two to Tango | Michael Le Grand | Shakespeare Square, London Circuit
35°16′51″S 149°07′33″E / 35.2807°S 149.1257°E / -35.2807; 149.1257 |
Painted steel | It refers to couples or plant shoots reflecting the growth and rise of the city centre and its changing demographic. | [65] | ||
| 2011 | bush pack (nil tenure) | Amanda Stuart | City Walk, Canberra
35°16′44″S 149°07′54″E / 35.2789°S 149.1316°E / -35.2789; 149.1316 |
Bronze | Seven dogs in three groups run down City Walk in the direction of the Civic carousel. The artwork is of an intimate pedestrian scale. | [66] | ||
| 2011 | Fenix 2 | N/A | Latin American Plaza, Childers Street
35°16′38″S 149°07′32″E / 35.2773°S 149.1255°E / -35.2773; 149.1255 |
Stainless steel | Replica of the capsule that rescued 33 trapped miners from the San Jose mine in the Atacama Desert, Chile in October 2010. | [67] | ||
| 2011 | Folding Ground Across the In Between (Pink sculpture)
Sky Shard Above the In Between (Blue sculpture) |
Jon Tarry | Intersection of Moore Street and Rudd Street
35°16′37″S 149°07′40″E / 35.2770°S 149.1279°E / -35.2770; 149.1279 (Pink sculpture) |
Steel and paint | [68] | |||
| 2012 | Robert Menzies statue | Peter Corlett | Commonwealth Park
35°17′25″S 149°08′04″E / 35.2904°S 149.1344°E / -35.2904; 149.1344 |
Bronze | [69] | |||
| 2012 | Perception and Reality 1 | Andrew Rogers | Canberra Airport
35°16′52″S 149°14′57″E / 35.2811°S 149.2491°E / -35.2811; 149.2491 |
Bronze | Australia’s largest cast figurative bronze sculpture | [70][71] | ||
| 2012 | The Other Side of Midnight | Anne Ross | City Walk
35°16′50″S 149°07′58″E / 35.2806°S 149.1327°E / -35.2806; 149.1327 |
Bronze, stainless steel | [72] | |||
| 2012 | Chalchiuhtlicue | Jesús Mayagoitia | Latin American Plaza, Childers Street
35°16′38″S 149°07′32″E / 35.2773°S 149.1255°E / -35.2773; 149.1255 |
Steel | Inspired by the pre-Hispanic stone sculpture of the same name, found at the archaeological site of Teotihuacan, Mexico. | [73] | ||
| 2012 | Droplet | Stuart Green | 23 Furzer Street, Phillip
35°20′32″S 149°05′03″E / 35.3421°S 149.0841°E / -35.3421; 149.0841 |
Electro-polished 316 grade stainless steel | [74][75] | |||
| 2012 | Poets' Corner | Cathy Weiszmann | Glebe Park
35°16′53″S 149°08′09″E / 35.2815°S 149.1358°E / -35.2815; 149.1358 |
Bronze and Granite | Three bronze busts depicting Canberra-focused Australian poets Judith Wright, A. D. Hope and David Campbell | [76] | ||
| 2012 | Dream Lens for the Future | Keizo Ushio | Vibe Hotel Canberra
35°18′32″S 149°11′16″E / 35.3090°S 149.1878°E / -35.3090; 149.1878 |
Japanese Granite | Carved from a single piece of stone | [77] | ||
| 2012 | Journeys | Phil Price | Entrance to the Canberra Airport
35°18′31″S 149°11′12″E / 35.3087°S 149.1868°E / -35.3087; 149.1868 |
Wind-activated kinetic sculpture that has 22 moving joints | [78][79] | |||
| 2012 | Longitude | Matthew Harding | Veterans Park
35°16′37″S 149°07′49″E / 35.2769°S 149.1302°E / -35.2769; 149.1302 |
Granite | The artist takes up the concept of emotional separation that service personnel and their families experience during periods of active duty | [80] | ||
| 2012-2014 | Big Snake | Phil Price | Legislative Plaza
35°16′55″S 149°07′54″E / 35.2819°S 149.1316°E / -35.2819; 149.1316 |
Wind-activated kinetic sculpture.
The identical sculptures have been placed in various places in the world.[81] |
[82] | |||
| 2013 | Patria es Humanidad (Our Country is Humanity) | Nelson Dominguez Cedeño (with the support of local artist Geoff Farquhar-Still) | Latin American Plaza, Childers Street
35°16′40″S 149°07′34″E / 35.2777°S 149.1262°E / -35.2777; 149.1262 |
Steel, gravel, stone | Donated by Cuba | [83] | ||
| 2014 | Canberra Centenary Column | Geoff Farquhar-Still | City Hill
35°16′53″S 149°07′45″E / 35.2814°S 149.1292°E / -35.2814; 149.1292 |
Stainless steel, granite, glass tiles | Inspired by the Canberra Commencement Column | [84] | ||
| 2014 | The Encounter | Hugo Morales | Latin American Plaza, Childers Street
35°16′39″S 149°07′34″E / 35.2776°S 149.1260°E / -35.2776; 149.1260 |
Steel | Donated by the Government of Uruguay and the people of Soriano Province | [85] | ||
| 2020 | Undergrazing | Sian Watson | Hobart Place
35°16′46″S 149°07′34″E / 35.279543°S 149.126064°E / -35.279543; 149.126064 |
Bronze | Inspired by the artist’s long-standing relationship with animals and the landscape | [86][87] | ||
| 2020 | Windswept | April Pine | Constitution Place
35°16′59″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2831°S 149.1311°E / -35.2831; 149.1311 |
Weathered steel | It depicts the architect of the Constitution of Australia – Andrew Inglis Clark, who was a founding father and co-author of the Australian Constitution. | [88] | ||
| 2021 | John Gorton statue | Lis Johnson | South of John Gorton Building
35°18′09″S 149°08′01″E / 35.3026°S 149.1336°E / -35.3026; 149.1336 |
Bronze | [89] | |||
| 2022 | Big Swoop | Yanni Pounartzis | Petrie Plaza
35°16′43″S 149°07′55″E / 35.2786°S 149.1319°E / -35.2786; 149.1319 |
Fibreglass with steel structure | Has been commemorated on stamps and coins | [90][91] | ||
| 2022 | Duyfken | Willem Janszoon Commemorative Park
35°19′50″S 149°07′48″E / 35.3305°S 149.1301°E / -35.3305; 149.1301 |
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| 2022 | Christ child and Saint Christopher | St Christopher's Cathedral, Manuka
35°19′07″S 149°07′57″E / 35.3185°S 149.1324°E / -35.3185; 149.1324 |
Bronze | [92] | ||||
| 2024 | Ouroboros | Lindy Lee | National Gallery of Australia
35°18′05″S 149°08′07″E / 35.3013°S 149.1353°E / -35.3013; 149.1353 |
Recycled stainless steel | Commissioned to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the museum | [93] | ||
| Introspection | Ante Dabro | Canberra Airport | Bronze | [94] | ||||
| Between Innings | Gary Lee Price | Theatre end of Lyric Lane, Constitution Place
35°16′57″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2824°S 149.1310°E / -35.2824; 149.1310 |
Bronze | Sourced from the United States | [95] | |||
| Journeys of the Imagination | Gary Lee Price | 25 Catalina Drive, Majura Park
35°17′56″S 149°11′18″E / 35.2988°S 149.1882°E / -35.2988; 149.1882 |
Bronze | [96] | ||||
| Flight | Keizo Ushio | Vibe Hotel Canberra
35°18′32″S 149°11′16″E / 35.3090°S 149.1878°E / -35.3090; 149.1878 |
[97] | |||||
| Uluru Line | National Museum of Australia
35°17′34″S 149°07′13″E / 35.2928°S 149.1202°E / -35.2928; 149.1202 |
[98] | ||||||
| Dance of the Secateurs | Bruce Radke | Commonwealth Park
35°17′18″S 149°07′58″E / 35.2884°S 149.1329°E / -35.2884; 149.1329 |
Winner of the 1988 Canberra Floriade sculpture award | [99] | ||||
| Kangaroo and Joey | Jan Brown | Commonwealth Park
35°17′16″S 149°07′56″E / 35.2877°S 149.1322°E / -35.2877; 149.1322 |
[100] | |||||
| Skylark | Sian Watson | East Hotel, Kingston
35°19′09″S 149°08′14″E / 35.3193°S 149.1373°E / -35.3193; 149.1373 |
steel, cement, sealant, paint | 237 x 90 x 40 cm | [101] | |||
| Zugzwang | Philip Spelman | Commonwealth Park
35°17′19″S 149°07′57″E / 35.2885°S 149.1324°E / -35.2885; 149.1324 |
It recalls the carts that carried people to the guillotine during the French Revolution and is named Zugzwang, a chess term that refers to forcing a player into an unwanted move. | [102] | ||||
| Torsional Wave | Questacon
35°17′56″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2990°S 149.1312°E / -35.2990; 149.1312 |
Wind-activated kinetic sculpture. It consists of 25 horizontal bars, suspended vertically by means of a central tensile strap which is, in turn, attached to two parallel columns of spheres. | [103] | |||||
| Ithaca | Anne Ferguson | The lane on the west of New Acton
35°17′04″S 149°07′27″E / 35.2845°S 149.1243°E / -35.2845; 149.1243 |
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| Canberra's Basketball Tree | Petrie Plaza
35°17′05″S 149°07′28″E / 35.2847°S 149.1244°E / -35.2847; 149.1244 |
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| Time Thief (center to left) & Bowerbird (right corner) | Robin Blau | New Acton Precinct
35°16′47″S 149°07′53″E / 35.2797°S 149.1313°E / -35.2797; 149.1313 |
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| The Astronomer | Tim Wetherell | Questacon
35°17′54″S 149°07′55″E / 35.2982°S 149.1319°E / -35.2982; 149.1319 |
Made from the ruins of the Mount Stromlo Observatory, which was destroyed by the 2003 Canberra bushfires | [104] | ||||
| Albert Einstein | Questacon
35°17′55″S 149°07′53″E / 35.2987°S 149.1314°E / -35.2987; 149.1314 |
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| Unknown | 240 Bunda Street
35°20′45″S 149°12′22″E / 35.3457°S 149.2060°E / -35.3457; 149.2060 |
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