Calen Robinson has sent in this quirky look at ANU’s new UNA sculpture by Wolfgang Buttress.
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Hannah has sent in this touching effort on the part of the local wildlife to heal the drunken damage to public art.
It’s good to see On The Staircase make it to three!
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“On the Staircase” by Keld Moseholm has been a favourite piece of public art on Petrie Plaza for some time.
It’s such a pity it was not built to withstand the mindless fury of the Canberra public.
Where once four little men created an exercise in perspective we’re now down to two.
It seems like a real pity.

What should I spy this morning but new art just off Marcus Clarke Street?

With an empty plaque it’s a bit tricky but I think I’ve got this.
Rising up from the bedrock of Australia a gleaming modern edifice holds up a mass of humanity.
Standing atop this mass is a privileged elite making offerings to the empty [...]

On Flemington Road in Franklin, a public artwork has experienced a slight touch up.
In my haste to grab a photo, I didn’t actually bother reading the plaque, so I have no idea of its original purpose or meaning (if anyone does, I would love to know). I mean, was it there to instill nightmares into [...]

This in from Tiffany:
I took this yesterday on my way up to the mall (sorry about the iPhone quality)
I’m not too sure if I really like it or if its really creepy.
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ArtsACT are rather excited that a short film featuring Canberra public art has is getting a big audience:
The documentary Wild Things – featuring the ACT’s very own public artwork bush pack (nil tenure) – has been accepted to screen at the international short film festival Flickerfest on 20 January 2013 in Sydney. Wild Things documents [...]

Pork Hunt has noticed that the plaque for the newest piece of public art in Civic proclaims it was launched (unveiled surely) by a “Joy Birch”.
We’ve enquired of Joy Burch’s office what’s being done and how much it’s going to cost and will let you know.
This from the office that produced the Rolltide tweet.

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Joy Burch has unveiled the above new sculpture by Anne Ross on City Walk.
And when I say unveiled, well this is what it looked like last night:

We hope they built it strong because by 1500 this afternoon it was already getting climbed on.

We can only imagine the effect it will have on wide eyed clubbers [...]

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Chief Minister Gallagher has let it be known that a new sculpture has been installed on Latin American Plaza:
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher and Her Excellency Mrs Beatriz Lopez Gargallo, Ambassador of Mexico, this evening unveiled a sculpture donated to Canberra by Mission Foods, with the support of the Mexican Government.
Installed at the [...]

How is it okay for the government to waste so much of our money on Public Art in Canberra?
The “scrap metal” on the Gungahlin drive cost us $750,000 !!!!
Imagine you had $750,000 …… what could you do with it? Surely you could do more than buy a scrap pile of metal? The government should be [...]

Enst Fries imaginatively named “Wind Sculpture” was dancing in the wind and light this afternoon so I thought I’d share.
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Behold the work of “Some awesome chick with mad photoshop skills who despite being a budding sculptor has little regard for the sanctity of public art” as she has chosen to be known.
Who would have thought a dream lens for the future and an owl could be so inspirational?
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From our lofty eyrie we’ve been wondering what’s going on with the newishly installed Exeloo Titan in the bus interchange.
Territory and Municipal Services keep making apologetic noises about not being able to get back to us on what they’re doing and yet no answer arrives.
This morning it looks a lot like public art:

I’m sure someone [...]

Talking about arts policy is much easier than making art, and considerably more lucrative. Overnight Joy Burch has released an ACT Arts Policy Framework.
Ms Burch said the ACT Arts Policy Framework provides a renewed focus for Government support for the arts in coming years, including strengthening whole-of-Government strategies to promote the local arts sector.
“We received [...]

Saw this at the ANU. I hope the tax payer is not footing the bill for this degree…
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Robbie has sent in this picture of Neil Dickinson’s contribution to Ibis Street in Nicholls.
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The Canberra Museum and Gallery opened up a new gallery on the 23rd called Word of Mouth. It is pretty obvious what they are trying to do with giving it such an auspicious title; they want word of the exhibition to be spread around. Well, that’s what I’m going to do because it damn well [...]

We have the happy news that the “owl” has returned to Belconnen.
Would it even be Belconnen without an enourmous phallus on a major road?
It’s been away for repainting. Non Government political candidates in Ginninderra should form an orderly queue to be photographed with it from the worst angles.
Bonus points to the candidate using perspective tricks [...]

I was walking through Garema Place today and, unsurprisingly, I saw something a bit odd. There was a man just casually wrapping some cling film around two poles outside of Impact Comics. I’ve seen quite a few strange things at Garema and I decided to stick this one out, to see if he was going [...]

The corner of Northbourne and Alinga is the beating heart of the city.
So one would assume that if someone wrote “I HATE CANBERRA” in foot high letters across the Northbourne Avenue axis and it was there for several weeks it had some sort of official sanction?
High visibility and lined up with all the flagpoles and [...]

I’ve been wanting to have a closer look at this since I first saw it a few months ago.
I understand it’s representative of Bogong Moths in flight, but I call it “Finding Nemo”.
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While in Glebe Park to get a quick pic of the toilets I couldn’t help noticing Gandhi’s balancing out his wins and losses.
The birds have not been kind to his head but it was nice of someone to leave him some flowers.

Somehow we missed the appearance of two works by Jon Tarry in Civic West last November.
And yet there they are!

Tiffany Smith has sent in some pictures of the artwork Woden’s still buzzing about.
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The Liberals’ Vicki Dunne is starting to ask some useful questions about the public art program:
Since 2007, the ACT Labor Government has spent on average around $4,300 each day on street sculptures, ACT Shadow Arts Minister Vicki Dunne said today.
“The 37 works I have been able to identify which have been installed across the [...]

The giant owl sculpture in Belconnen that has been the source of so much debate is gone. Just the concrete base remains…
Here’s how the mystery unfolded on Twitter on Friday night, to a deal of amusement, courtesy of Canberra Times cartoonist David Pope’s feed (I tidied up RTs and rearranged to make sense to non-tweeps), and [...]

According to ANU News, Eleanor Gates-Stuart, a PhD student from the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, has been commissioned to produce her winning concept StellrScope as part of the Centenary of Canberra Celebrations.
Eleanor’s winning concept is StellrScope, a visual arts production that will explore the Canberra region’s connection to the Australian wheat [...]

I came across the newest addition to the plethora of taxpayer funded public art installations bestowed upon the unwary populace of Canberra yesterday.
For once I think the Gov has got it right – it really captures the spirit of Theodore – and represents the spirit of the southern suburbs beautifully.

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I go past this guy clambering up the side of 2 Mort Street every day.
But today the light was right, so here he is for your enjoyment.
It’s worth looking up when you’re in the bus interchange (but stop walking and be off the road).
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Martyo has been out to the airport to see the new sculpture and sent in some great pictures with this note:
It is an amazing sight!
This is directly to the left when you exit the terminal – what a great welcome piece for visitors to Canberra. Wonder how much it cost?
Perception and Reality 1, Australia’s [...]