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Commemoration 100

Artist - Malcolm Munro
Title - Commemoration
Medium - Painted steel
Location - Belconnen
Owned and maintained by - Venues Canberra, CMTEDD
Commissioned - 2000

Commemoration
This work is dedicated to the volunteers and torch bearers who contributed to the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic games in Canberra.

Confucius

Artist - Jiaxiang Stone Carving Studio of Shandong (山東嘉祥杏花石雕厂) Established 1910
Title - Confucius
Medium - Limestone
Location - North Canberra
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2010

Confucius
Confucius, a Chinese philosopher and teacher who lived in fifth century BC, has had a profound influence on Chinese culture and thought. This sculpture was carved in the birth place of Confucius, Qufu, Shandong Province, China. The sculpture was gifted to the people of Canberra by the Australian Confucius Research Society in association with the Canberra Chinese Community Preparatory Committee of the Statue of Confucius to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Sister City Agreement between Canberra and Beijing.

Crossing

Artist - Wendy Mills
Title - Crossing
Medium - Stainless steel, paint and acrylic
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2001

Crossing
The Coranderrk Street bridge forms a gateway from the Canberra Institute of Technology to the city. Crossing, which is located on the bridge pillars, symbolises the flow of energy generated by traffic, both pedestrian and vehicular. This artwork is best viewed at night.

Crying Dinghy

Artist - Hanna Hoyne
Title - Crying Dinghy - a Spirit Recharge Vessel from the Cosmic Recharge Series 2018
Medium - Concrete, stainless steel, aluminium, automotive paint
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2018

Crying Dinghy - a Spirit Recharge Vessel from the Cosmic Recharge Series 2018
A rescue boat for the human spirit, made for everyday people as a place for contemplation. A stone pillow near the bow and two giant gramophone horns channel the tears cried into the pillow to amplify them. While the vessel is built to navigate the sea of tears, once the flood of raw emotion has been released, the person themselves might feel their own inner buoyancy.

Culture Fragment small Artist - David Jensz
Title - Culture Fragment
Medium - 100mm copper elbows and pipe, filled with cement grout
Location - Woden
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2012

Culture Fragment
By weaving the elements of his work together, David explores individual threads that collectively produce a “social fabric”. As a community we are all connected, our sense of separateness is only a question of degree.

Cumulus Aeronauticus

Artist - Geoff Farquhar-Still
Title - Cumulus Aeronauticus
Medium - Stainless Steel
Location - Belconnen
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2012

Cumulus Aeronauticus
This artwork suggests movement of planes, people and celestial navigation.

Dancers on a Lakefront Artist - Konstantin Dimopoulos
Title - Dancers on a Lakefront
Medium - Composite rods, steel
Location - Belconnen
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2010

Dancers on a Lakefront
Dancers on a Lakefront draws inspiration from the native reeds and rushes that stretch along the perimeter of Lake Ginninderra.

DeCollette

Artist - Michael Le Grand
Title - Decollete
Medium - Three coated steel elements
Location - Tuggeranong
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 1997

Decollete
This work was initially designed for the entryway to the Tuggeranong Arts Centre. It resembles a ships bow and wave reflecting the riverside location and nautical references in the design of the Arts Centre. The work was intended to pull the building’s flat façade into the street's pedestrian space. Following changes to the Arts Centre's entryway the artwork was moved to Manning Clarke Offices, Tuggeranong in 2000.

Dinornis maximus Artist - Phil Price
Title - Dinornis Maximus
Medium - Kinetic sculpture
Location - Woden
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2008

Dinornis Maximus
Dinornis maximus is a prominent 11 metre tall wind-activated kinetic sculpture. The artwork forms a striking gateway on the northern edge of Woden Town Centre. The sculpture uses fully-sealed rolling bearing systems designed for longevity and environmental resilience to create 'a wind powered ballet in the sky'. In describing his artworks New Zealand artist Phil Price says he seeks a 'combination of movement that provides a flow and a dance'.

DNA Artist - Jonathon Leahey
Title - DNA
Medium - Corten steel, stainless steel
Location - South Canberra
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned - 2009

DNA
The sculpture consists of 27 interconnected cubes. 26 are made from corten steel and one from mirrored stainless steel. The rusted elements blend together with the surrounding bushland setting while the single mirrored element reflects the presence of the viewer within the work. All 27 cubes combined would form a united cube with a ratio of 3:3.


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