Rhizome
Artist
Richard Goodwin
Medium
Steel
District
North Canberra
Commissioned
2007
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Rhizome is a sculptural marker at the intersection of the Barton Highway and Gungahlin Drive. It is a 17m high x 10m wide metal structure designed to resemble Australia’s indigenous grasses.
The work was commissioned as part of the Gungahlin Drive Extension Public Art Program. The objective of the program was to enhance the driving/riding experience and respond to the characteristics of the urban, natural and community environments.
There are four other works by Richard Goodwin that are installed along a 6km stretch of the roadway. They include:
*The Indigenous Land Art sculpture (Calvary Hospital Precinct) which consists of coloured towers and huge stone installations.
*Sound walls (AIS precinct) is an abstract interpretation of one of Walter Burley Griffin’s concrete tile designs.
*The coloured retaining walls (Aranda precinct) are designed to resemble the ACT’s geology and colours.
*The pedestrian bridge extension (Aranda Precinct) consists of a footbridge between Aranda and Black Mountain.
Richard Goodwin
Rhizome, 2007
Steel
Gungahlin Drive and Barton Highway interchange, North Canberra