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Cushion

Artist - Matthew Harding
Title - The Cushion and the Wedge
Medium - Stainless steel, polished granite "wedge" plinth, steel inlayed poetry pages
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2001

The Cushion and the Wedge
People can often be seen lounging in this large stainless steel cushion which is one of the most popular artworks in the city centre. A poem by Marion Halligan lies on on scattered pages on the granite plinth below the cushion to form a tribute to Garema Place.

The Encounter

Artist - Hugo Morales
Title - The Encounter
Medium - Steel
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired - 2014

The Encounter
The Encounter commemorates the 2006 meeting of sculptors in Palmar, in Uruguay’s Soriano Province.

The Fourth Pillar

Artist - Neil Roberts
Title - The Fourth Pillar
Medium - Neon, rolled corrugated iron
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 1997

The Fourth Pillar
The work features evocative blue neon phrases which stretch down a number of columns and are visible from the various mezzanine floors within the ACT Magistrates Court. By using lyrical everyday terms which have specific legal meanings the artist intended that the work would soften the experience for people visiting and working in this building.

The Glebe

Artist - Hew Chee Fong and L M Noonan
Title - The Glebe
Medium - Grandee granite and porphyry pavers
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2002

The Glebe
Inspired by Glebe House, previously located on this site, the Glebe is made from a single block of grandee granite, segmented into house shaped blocks to represent European settlement of the area and the sub-division of the original Glebe allotment of 119 acres.

the Goongarline

Artist - Malcolm Utley
Title - The Goongarline
Medium - Granite, steel
Location - Gungahlin
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2008

The Goongarline
The Goongarline draws inspiration from Gungahlin's rocky hills or 'Goongarline' as they were called by local Indigenous people at the time of European settlement.

The Listening Posts Small

Artist - Paul Jamieson
Title - The Listening Posts
Medium - Timber (red gum)
Location - North Canberra
Owned and maintained by - Transport Canberra and City Services
Commissioned - 2011

The Listening Posts
Two carved red gum totem posts set within the landscaped Banksia Street wetlands.

The Master's Voice

Artist - Sonia Leber and David Chesworth
Title - The Master's Voice
Medium - Digital recording, stainless steel grilles
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2001

The Master's Voice
On the edge of City Walk is a concrete wall which houses a soundscape. The Master’s Voice ‘...trips up passers-by, induces double-takes, [and] private puzzled glances...' (Mitchell Whitelaw in Real Time Magazine #46, 2001).

The Meeting Place Artist - Silvio Gallelli
Title - The Meeting Place
Medium - Glass
Location - South Canberra
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2008

The Meeting Place
The Meeting Place is made up of seven layered glass figures installed on a glass wall.

The Other Side of Midnight Artist - Anne Ross
Title - The Other Side of Midnight
Medium - Bronze, stainless steel
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2012

The Other Side of Midnight
This whimsical artwork consists of a painted doll with a decorated carousel dog on either side, linking closely with the much loved Civic carousel.

The World Peace Flame Monument

Artist - Jim Williams et al
Title - The World Peace Flame Monument
Medium - Sandstone
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS)
Commissioned - 2001

The World Peace Flame Monument
This monument represents the steps each person takes for peace. Bogong moths are shown being drawn to a flame by Ngunnawal artist Jim Williams. Bogong moths migrate through this area each year and were a traditional food source for local aboriginal people.


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