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Artist - Jan Brown AM
Title - Icarus
Medium - Bronze
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2009
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Icarus These four bronze figures are inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Icarus. In this story Icarus' father, Daedalus, created wings made from feathers and wax for himself and his son to flee from captivity on the island of Crete. Icarus is warned by his father not to fly too close to the sun or the sea. However, exhilarated by the experience of flight Icarus flies too high, his waxen wings melt and he falls to his death. Brown's sculpture encourages sympathy with Icarus' unbridled exuberance and an acceptance of its ineveitable tragic consequences.
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Artist - Kerry Simpson
Title - Illumicube
Medium - Glass and movement activated lighting
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired
- 1988
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Illumicube This work was presented to the people of Canberra to commemorate 25 years of electricity supply. The colour of the light originally changed in response to sound. With more people now living in the city centre, the sound feature has been de-activated to stop the cacophony of car horns late at night.
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Artist - Kozo Nishino
Title - in the stream
Medium - Titanium alloy, stainless steel
Location - South Canberra
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2011
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in the stream "The concept of this sculpture features a vast sky and/or the universe and it expresses something that we cannot see such as wind and air. One can enjoy the movement engraved in the sculpture itself, but on the other hand, I think it also offers the viewers to feel atmosphere and time through their five senses. Although this sculpture is temperate and sensitive, it is also abundant and embracing, reflecting the image I had of Canberra during my visits. I hope that many people will love the sculpture’s warm-hearted expression and I hope this sculpture stays and lives in the hearts of each person visiting the Arboretum.” Kozo Nishino
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Artist - Hudson Alison, Robert Puruntatameri, Ngunytjima Carroll, Carol Williams, Janet DeBoos, Vivian Thompson, Kantjupai Baker
Title - Indigenous Ceramics
Medium - Ceramic
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired
- 2009
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Indigenous Ceramics Indigenous ceramic artworks purchased from Three Communities One Voice exhibition at Watson Arts Centre.
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Artist - Richard Goodwin, with Lynn Duncan, Dale Huddleston, Renee Smith and Jim Williams
Title - Indigenous Land Art
Medium - Stone, timber, steel
Location - North Canberra
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2007
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Indigenous Land Art A land art installation with coloured timber towers and large stones that form the shape of a bogong moth.
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Artist - Matthew Harding
Title - Kambah Sheep
Medium - Galvanised steel, metal, bronze, granite, hardwood and found objects
Location - Tuggeranong
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2002
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Kambah Sheep Inspired by the rural history of the area, the Kambah Village Shopping Centre artworks include elements depicting a rural iconic vernacular such as livestock, working animals, Australian insects, corrugated iron, tools and hardware.
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Artist - Suzie Bleach and Andrew Townsend
Title - La Perouse
Medium - Bronze
Location - South Canberra
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2014
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La Perouse Jean-François de Galaup, compte de La Pérouse led a French naval expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1785.
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Artist - Dean Bowen
Title - Lady With Flowers
Medium - Bronze
Location - Gungahlin
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2011
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Lady With Flowers A figurative bronze animated by a whimsical naivety that will touch the child in people of all ages, Lady With Flowers is located near a bus stop on Flemington Road, Gungahlin and one imagines she is about to take an ACTION bus to the City to meet her bronze counterpart, the Big Little Man.
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Artist - Peter Corlett
Title - Laurie Daley
Medium - Bronze
Location - Belconnen
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2001
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Laurie Daley This sculpture signifies the outstanding contribution Laurie Daley has made to Rugby League.
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Artist - Nerine Martini
Title - Life boat/Thuyen Cuu Roi
Medium - Wood, steel, lead, lacquer
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired
- 2006
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Life boat/Thuyen Cuu Roi Life Boat/Thuyen Cuu Roi is constructed from an old wooden boat which came from Hoi An in Vietnam. The arms/oars are carved from recycled timber and coated with lacquer using traditional Vietnamese techniques. In the artist's words "Life Boat/Thuyen Cuu Roi seeks to embody ocean journeys of courage and compassion".
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