The Rainbow
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Artist: Marcus Canning
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Beach reserve adjacent to Canning Highway, Fremantle, WA, 6160.
Provenance: City of Fremantle
Description: Sometimes called ‘The Containbow’, Marcus Canning’s ‘Rainbow’ was installed between the bridges at Beach Reserve overlooking the Fremantle port in 2016. At nine-metres high and 19-metres long, and tipping the scales at 66 tonnes Rainbow is not your average public art piece.
The sculpture by prominent Perth artist Marcus Canning is constructed from nine recycled sea containers joined to form an arch.
Canning’s artwork now welcomes visitors to Fremantle whether they’re arriving by train, car or boat. It overlooks the Swan River as well as the container port from which it draws part of its inspiration as a universal symbol of hope and acknowledgement of Fremantle’s artistic as well as maritime heritage.
Spanda
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Artist: Christian de Vietri, ShapeShift
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Geoffrey Bolton Avenue, Perth, WA.
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: Spanda is a 9 story-high sculpture made of carbon fiber located in Perth, Western Australia. It was commissioned for fabrication by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority of Western Australia and installed at Elizabeth Quay in 2016.
Intended as an icon to uplift the city and its inhabitants, the idea of human identity being constituted of layers or sheaths was a starting point for the sculpture’s design. These layers represent the contours and constituents of the human experience, proceeding from gross to subtle as one moves from the periphery to the core. The exponential repetition of the arch form creates the impression of an infinite vibration, a pattern of self-similarity that is intended to trigger the viewer's inner experience of wholeness, the recognition of themselves as individual expressions of the universal, intimately interconnected, and one with their total environment.
The sculpture was designed to have a strong sense of presence without being imposing nor obscuring any building or vantage point. It is aligned with the site such that the curvature of the form contrasts with gridded square buildings behind it. The arch-like quality of the form is mysteriously functionless as it is neither an entrance nor an exit, but stands alone, declaring its own liminal space for the viewer to merge with. The structure was built by a team of expert digital fabricators and engineers who re-purposed carbon fibre manufacturing technology from the aerospace industry to enable a truly unique civil structure that would not have been possible in traditional materials.
The title of the work is a Sanskrit word meaning “divine cosmic vibration”. This term is used to describe how Consciousness generates and resorbs the manifest world by expanding and contracting in waves of its own expressive capacity. The sculpture is intended to be both a formal representation of this ‘spanda’ principle, and a tool, or means, to stimulate its experience.
“We praise that Śankara who is the source of the power of the wheel of energies by whose expansion (unmeśa) and contraction (nimeśa) the universe is absorbed and comes into being.” Kallaṭa, Spanda-kārikās (trans. Mark Dyczkowski)
The Balancing Act
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Artist: Chris Nixon, Andrew Frazer
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Margaret River Main Street
Provenance: Shire of Augusta Margaret River
Description: The intricate mural speaks to the harmony when a balance is found between two varied approaches to the same situation.
It is the ability to find common ground when opposition is the perceived outcome.
Balancing Act was painted during the Emergence Festival Creative Crawl, an exciting annual event that brings together professionals from creative industries such as film, advertising, music and visual arts.
Untitled
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Artist: Deborah Ceccaroni
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Upper York Street Laneways, Albany
Provenance: City of Albany
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From Cheynes to Mutton Bird
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Artist: Chad Marwick
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Upper York Street Laneways
Provenance: City of Albany
Description: Created for PUBLIC
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Sleeping Giant
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Artist: Darren Hutchens
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Albany Public Library - 221 York St Albany, WA
Provenance: City of Albany
Description: Local and international artists were invited by Form WA as part of their Public Silo Trail program to beautify regional towns. The event took place over a week in my old home town of Albany on WA ’s south coast.
The Endless Adventure
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Artist: Andrew Frazer, Lori Pensini, Collie Youth
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Cnr Steere Street N & Johnston St
Provenance: Shire of Collie
Description: The Endless Adventure responds to the themes of adventure, local exploration and home. The concept was developed during youth workshop focusing on shared stories and skill development. Developed in 2016 for Festiv Arty, Collie’s local art festival, the mural was installed over three days by Andrew, Lori & a group of passionate local Collie youth.
Millsbridge Underpass Mural
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Artist: Drew Turner
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Millsbridge Underpass, Millsbridge Boulevard, Shire of Dardanup
Provenance: Shire of Dardanup
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Rec Centre Mural
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Artist: Andrew Frazer, Kyle Hughes-Odgers
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Recreation Drive, Shire of Dardanup
Provenance: Shire of Dardanup
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Claire Bailey Birds
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Artist: Claire Bailey
Asset Type: Architectural sculpture
Year of Work: 2016
Location: 93 Old Perth Road
Provenance: Town of Bassendean
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What the River Knows
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Artist: Tim MacFarlane Reid
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 2016
Location: 78-80 Old Perth Road, corner Whitfield Street
Provenance: Town of Bassendean
Description: Sculpture made from Corten Steel, Timber and Aluminum.
StandBy
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Artist: Daek William
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Corner Raglan Rd and Walcott Street, Mount Lawley, Western Australia 6050
Provenance: City of Vincent
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Martin E. Wills Mural
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Artist: Martin E. Wills
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Fitzgerald St & Wasley St North Perth WA 6006
Provenance: City of Vincent
René Brink Mural
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Artist: René Brink
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: North Perth Plaza Shopping Centre, Fitzgerald St &, Alma Rd, North Perth WA 6006
Provenance: City of Vincent
I'm The Boss
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Artist: Shane Hughes (I’m The Boss)
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Angove Street Laneway, North Perth WA 6006
Provenance: City of Vincent
Grandis Leaf
Artist: Leanne Bray
Asset Type: Sculpture, Metalwork
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Nagal Pass, near Stubbs Tce, Shenton Park
Provenance: City of Nedlands
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Di Chiera Bros-Princi the Butcher
Artist: Daek William
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Namur St & Fitzgerald St North Perth WA 6006
Provenance: City of Vincent
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Wom-Bat Mural
Artist: Haylee Fieldes (Fieldey)
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Coogee St, Mount Hawthorn WA 6016
Provenance: City of Vincent
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Fitz
Artist: Phil Gamblen, Dawn Gamblen and Peter Gee
Asset Type: Architectural sculpture
Year of Work: 2016
Location: 484 Fitzgerald St North Perth WA 6006
Provenance: City of Vincent
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Triangles
Artist: Kyle Hughes-Odgers
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Laneway between Grosvenor Road and Chelmsford Road Mount Lawley WA 6050
Provenance: City of Vincent
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