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Artist - Paloma Ramos
Title - New Blood (Gateway Artwork)
Medium - Painted steel
Location - Belconnen
Owned and maintained by - Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS)
Commissioned
- 1996
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New Blood (Gateway Artwork) New Blood is a welcoming and dynamic gateway to Kippax Library, it celebrates energy, movement and colour.
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Artist - Anne Ross
Title - On the Road Again
Medium - Bronze
Location - Woden
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2011
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On the Road Again By Melbourne-based artist and dog-lover Anne Ross, On the Road Again is a surreal take on life in the suburbs. The figure and canine companion are depicted driving up to the shops, only the car is missing.
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Artist - Keld Moseholm
Title - On the Staircase
Medium - Bronze, copper
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired
- 2009
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On the Staircase This bronze and copper sculpture contrasts a series of small human forms with the architectural weight of an oversized staircase. The artwork has a philosophical aspect by reflecting on the effect of reading on the spirit - 'the more I read the smaller I feel'.
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Artist - Keizo Ushio
Title - Oushi zokei, dream lens for the future
Medium - Japanese Granite
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2012
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Oushi zokei, dream lens for the future Oushi Zokei, Dream Lens for the Future, by Keizo Ushio is a circular granite form carved from one piece of stone. The work is positioned creating a view of City Hill looking through the centre.
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Artist - Bruce Armstrong
Title - Owl
Medium - Cast composite, steel, hardwood, paint
Location - Belconnen
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2011
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Owl This landmark sculpture honours the Powerful Owl, Ninox strenua, which is the largest owl species in Australasia. The owl is classified as an occasional resident to the ACT and has been sighted in the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra Nature Park and Namadgi National Park. The owl has a commanding and enigmatic presence when encountered in the wild. The artist has portrayed the owl as a guardian spirit or totem overlooking its domain.
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Artist - Geoffrey Bartlett
Title - Oyster
Medium - Bronze, aluminiumm various timbers, steel
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2004
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Oyster Oyster is one of two indoor public art sculptures by Geoffrey Bartlett located within the ACT Magistrates Court.
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Artist - Nelson Dominguez Cedeño (with the support of local artist Geoff Farquhar-Still)
Title - Patria es Humanidad (Our Country is Humanity)
Medium - Steel, gravel, stone
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired
- 2013
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Patria es Humanidad (Our Country is Humanity) Rising from its base of gravel and stone, the peg symbolises the connections, unity and solidarity of the human family. Supported by the peg is a planet where ethnicities, cultures and religions, despite their differences, merge together in the essence of our human existence.
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Artist - Cathy Weiszmann
Title - Poet's Corner
Medium - Bronze and Granite
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2012
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Poet's Corner Poet's Corner is a collection of three bronze busts by Cathy Weiszmann of Canberra focussed Australian poets Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and David Campbell.
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Artist - Peter Corlett, OAM
Title - Prime Minister John Curtin and Treasurer Ben Chifley, ca 1945
Medium - Bronze
Location - Parliamentary Triangle
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Commissioned
- 2011
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Prime Minister John Curtin and Treasurer Ben Chifley, ca 1945 This sculpture recreates an iconic photograph of John Curtin (1885-1945), Australia’s fourteenth Prime Minister (1941-45), and Treasurer Joseph Benedict (Ben) Chifley (1885-1951), who would become Australia’s sixteenth Prime Minister (1945-49). Curtin and Chifley routinely walked along this route to the Provisional (Old) Parliament House from the nearby Kurrajong Hotel - where Labor Members of Parliament generally stayed, while Parliament was sitting. Curtin and Chifley are two of Australia’s most respected Prime Ministers and they were strong supporters of the development of Canberra as the nation’s capital.
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Artist - Richard Tipping
Title - Private Poetry
Medium - Steel
Location - Civic
Owned and maintained by - artsACT
Acquired
- 2011
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Private Poetry Private Poetry by Richard Tipping was purchased from Sculpture by the Sea in 2011, and has been erected as an adjunct to the Poets’ Corner installation in Garema Place.
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