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Artist - Thylacine Art Projects
Title - Running Lights
Medium - Mixed media
Location - Belconnen
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2006
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Running Lights Running Lights is a series of brightly-coloured columns that respond to Lake Ginninderra and its environment. They chime and sway, and in the evening they shine across the water.
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Artist - Alex Seton
Title - Sculpture No 23 (The Parcel)
Medium - Western Australian jade green marble, white marble and resin inlay (2003)
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired
- 2007
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Sculpture No 23 (The Parcel) Sculpture No 23 (The Parcel) is a carved illusion where an everyday object is transformed into and object of art. The artist has sculpted green and white marble to recreate a package with the creases and dents of a long journey. The contents are yet to be revealed.
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Artist - Margel Hinder
Title - Sculptured Form
Medium - Aluminium
Location - Woden
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 1970
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Sculptured Form This work was the winner of a competition that invited artists to represent the ‘metamorphosis of a typical natural Australian environment into complex development for urban use’. Hinder has created a commanding, beautifully fluid, plump work that belies its materials. By polishing the aluminum surface to a soft patina, and allowing it to bulge around the middle, the sculpture resembles a large soft heart, appearing to be made of several chambers but actually one connected and vital whole.
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Artist - Lis Johnson
Title - Senator Ryan Addresses the Rally
Medium - Bronze
Location - South Canberra
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
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Senator Ryan Addresses the Rally The inspiration for this portrayal of Susan Ryan was a 1977 women’s work rights rally image where she stands confidently addressing the gathering. Her appearance and hairstyle are slightly later, early 1980s. One hand on hip, the pose shows strength and determination. The other hand is open, conciliatory, appealing. A petite woman with a big presence, Susan is a great role model. She said, ‘Do the work and get respect for it… Don’t expect favours. Do demand respect.’
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Artist - Michael Kitching
Title - Seqvanae
Medium - Polished stainless steel and red fibreglass
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 1978
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Seqvanae The work forms a gateway to the ACT Health Building and is rich with symbolic references to health and medicine. The work is a tribute to 'Seqvanae', Roman goddess of healing and includes red and silver crosses and a snake representing the Greek doctor 'Aesculapius'. Lettering on the work resembles an optometrist's eye test chart.
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Artist - Peter Corlett
Title - Sir Robert Menzies
Medium - Bronze
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2012
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Sir Robert Menzies The ACT Government commissioned Sir Robert Menzies and another artwork by Peter Corlett to celebrate and acknowledge former Prime Ministers that significantly supported the development of Canberra.
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Artist - Jon Tarry
Title - Sky Shard Above the In Between
Medium - Steel and paint
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2011
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Sky Shard Above the In Between A folded form balanced on a point, painted blue. The artwork amplifies and gives form to the architectural forms of the building on one side and of the sculpture and the natural forms of the trees on the other.
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Artist - Bev Hogg, Elizabeth Patterson and Mike McGregor
Title - Soccer Players
Medium - Stainless steel armature with a coloured concrete shell
Location - Belconnen
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired
- 2011
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Soccer Players Commissioned by the Village Building Company, this artwork consists of three lifesize children playing a game of soccer.
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Artist - Jimmy Rix
Title - Stopping to Smell the Flowers
Medium - Corten Steel
Location - Gungahlin
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2017
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Stopping to Smell the Flowers Arrangements of flowers witness the most important and special moments in our lives. They help us congratulate, thank, celebrate, mourn, decorate and mark milestones. They are also a simple and beautiful way to show adoration. This intimate exchange represents a universal way to express love.
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Artist - Peter Tilley
Title - The Ability to Imagine
Medium - Cast iron, corten steel
Location - Belconnen
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired
- 2010
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The Ability to Imagine This rusted steel sculpture portrays a poetic journey of the spirit. A figure, travel case in hand, contemplates a voyage that while imaginary does not appear to be without effort. The sculpture is one of a series of works through which the artist explores the concept of a journey as a metaphor for the search for meaning in life.
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