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Two to Tango Artist - Michael Le Grand
Title - Two to Tango
Medium - Painted Steel
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2011

Two to Tango
Two to Tango is two curvy linear metal forms that can be viewed as subtly referring to couples or plant shoots reflecting the growth and rise of the city centre and its changing demographic. The blue colour of the forms echo the blue skies of Canberra.

Undergrazing by Sian Watson

Artist - Sian Watson
Title - Undergrazing
Medium - Bronze
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2020

Undergrazing
Undergrazing was developed as a result of Watson’s long-standing relationship with animals and the landscape, fusing ideas of sustainability, agriculture, and human-animal interaction.

untitled 1997

Artist - Andrew Townsend and Suzie Bleach
Title - Untitled (Andrew Townsend and Suzie Bleach, 1997)
Medium - Ceramic tiles mosaic
Location - Woden
Owned and maintained by - ACT Health
Commissioned - 1997

Untitled (Andrew Townsend and Suzie Bleach, 1997)
This lively mosaic provides a welcoming entry to the Family Health Centre.

Untitled_Frank_Hinder 100

Artist - Frank Hinder
Title - Untitled (Frank Hinder, 1963)
Medium - Glass mosaic ceiling.
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - The Canberra Centre
Commissioned - 1963

Untitled (Frank Hinder, 1963)
This work by the renowned modernist artist Frank Hinder is one of the most subtle artworks in the city centre. Created as part of the building, the vaulted tiled ceiling is a remarkable blend of form, tone and colour. Monaro Mall established this precinct as a hub of retail activity in Civic from the early 1960s.

Untitled 1965

Artist - Gerald and Margo Lewers
Title - Untitled (Gerald and Margo Lewers, 1965)
Medium - Four piece wall sculpture, cast copper
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - The Reserve Bank of Australia
Commissioned - 1965

Untitled (Gerald and Margo Lewers, 1965)
The original maquette for this work was designed and fabricated by Gerald Lewers, and developed and executed by Margo Lewers after his death. This 17 metre long sculpture includes a fulcrum and two weights symbolizing the Reserve Bank’s role in balancing the economy.

Untitled by Jean-Pierre Rives

Artist - Jean-Pierre Rives
Title - Untitled (Jean-Pierre Rives, 2008)
Medium - Painted steel
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired - 2008

Untitled (Jean-Pierre Rives, 2008)
This untitled abstract artwork was donated to the ACT Public Art Collection by Leighton Properties.

Untitled_S_Maritti 100 Artist - S Maritti
Title - Untitled (S Maritti, 1967)
Medium - Copper coated concrete (later painted)
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - Commonwealth Bank
Commissioned - 1967

Untitled (S Maritti, 1967)
This work is integrated with the building façade and was designed to complement the Commonwealth Bank building’s architecture.

Vessel of (Horti)cultural Plenty Artist - Warren Langley
Title - Vessel of (Horti)cultural Plenty
Medium - Galvanised steel, polycarbonate, LED lights
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2009

Vessel of (Horti)cultural Plenty
The Vessel holds abstracted flowers that are illuminated at night and move with the breeze.

We Are Fishes 100

Artist - Andrew Townsend
Title - We Are Fishes
Medium - Galvanised steel, cast black patinated aluminium, hollow form copper sheet with green patination
Location - Tuggeranong
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 1997

We Are Fishes
A pair of wind vanes in the shape of fish appear to swim through the air between the Tuggeranong Arts Centre and Lake Tuggeranong. One fish is cast black patinated aluminium, the other hollow form copper sheet with green patination. The work reflects life in the adjacent lake and plays on the nautical architecture of the Arts Centre building.

Wide Brown Land small

Artist - Marcus Tatton, Futago and Chris Viney
Title - wide brown land
Medium - Corten Steel
Location - South Canberra
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2010

wide brown land
This artwork celebrates Dorothea Mackellar's popular Australian poem My Country which was written in 1908. The sculptural forms that make up the work are inspired by the cursive style of Mackellar's own hand-writing. The artwork frames a wide vista that stretches across the National Arboretum Canberra to the hills that mark Canberra's western and southern boundaries.


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