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Fifty Public Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know

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Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #1Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #1. Lindy Lee's "Secret World of a Starlight Ember." During the day, the work reflects the pageantry of life around it...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #2Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #2. "Patchwork of Light" is an array of 10 brightly coloured light boxes, positioned high up at the Pitt Street end of...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know. Number 3Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know. Number 3: Caroline Rothwell’s two "Youngsters" in Barrack Street play on the monumentalism of bronze sculpture in urb...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know (#4)Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know (#4): "Memory is Creation Without End" consists of a massive spiral of sandstone blocks embedded into the earth of the...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know: Number 5Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know: Number 5. Aspire by Warren Langley features glowing golden trees which appear to rise up and hold aloft the enormous ...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #6: A most intrepid cat!Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #6: A most intrepid cat! Trim travelled with the explorer Matthew Flinders and is often found lurking around statues o...

Works of Art in Sydney #7: Ill PorcellinoWorks of Art in Sydney #7: The Fundraising Pig. This sculpture is an exact replica of an original by Pietro Tacca which has stood in Florence, Italy, since a...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #8 - LAMP FOR MARY - Mikala Dwyer.Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #8.WARNING: Contains Descriptions of Violence.The heartbreaking story behind Mikala Dwyer's Lamp for Mary in Surry Hil...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know. Number 9.Forgotten Songs commemorates the songs of fifty birds once heard in central Sydney, before they were gradually forced out by European settlement. The calls, ...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #10Village Voices by Astra Howard is located in a narrow, covered pedestrian laneway in Surry Hills, between the southern end of Crown St and Wilshire St.#arts ...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know (#11)The Distance of Your Heart features more than 60 delicate handmade bronze bird sculptures, designed by acclaimed British artist Tracey Emin. The bird sculptu...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #12Interloop by Chris Fox is an architectural installation paying homage to Wynyard’s historic legacy, while bringing the poetic and the exceptional to everyday...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know, Number 13.'Tunnel Vision' features imagery of original Aboriginal occupancy, the First Fleet's arrival and today's multicultural Sydney. It was painted by artist Tim G...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #15:Underwood Ark by @michaelmcintyrestudio sits suspended behind the Stock Exchange. This huge Blackbutt tree with its carefully sculpted roots hangs horizontal...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know #16.Designed by artists from @apparitionmedia , the mural on @clubwyndham_sydney on the corner of Wentworth Ave and Goulburn St covers almost 2500sq metres and f...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #14.All Alongside Of Each Other by Rose Nolan celebrates the daily passage of commuters as they move through the Sydney Metro concourse at Central. The artwork’s...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #17.Still Life with Stone and Car by Jimmie Durham, sitting on a roundabout in the Sydney Theatre district along Hickson Road, features a 1999 Ford Festiva Hatch...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #18.With a commanding view over the Sydney Opera House and across to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bara by indigenous artist Judy Watson is a colossal 6.4 metre mar...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know, #19.Vine by Bronwyn Oliver is the largest single piece ever created by the artist, and reaches 4 stories skyward from the lobby of Sydney’s Hilton Hotel.#hilton ...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know: #21:I Stay (Ngaya Ngalawa) by American artist Jenny Holzer is a scrolling electronic display at 8 Chifley Square featuring songs, poems, stories and other texts ...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know: #22.School of Fish by Rodney Monk and Giselle Courtney sits at the 3-way underground pedestrian intersection between the Queen Victoria Building, the Galleries V...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know #20"The Challenge" by Alan Somerville is a bronze sculpture of a bull created in 1999. This 2.7metre, 2 tonne piece represents a mythological bull, symbolising ...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #23.Disparagingly referred to as "Poo On Sticks", Ken Unsworth’s Stones Against the Sky is made up of seven fake rocks mounted on metal poles. Located in the onc...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #25Sydney Place at 180 George Street is a public gathering space that features a plaza canopy filtering light through circular openings. The design by indigenou...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know #27A walk from York Street into Mullins Street reveals one of three artworks titled In Through The Out Door by Callum Morton. A further turn onto Market Row fin...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #29Tower of Love by Sydney-based but internationally renowned artists Gillie and Marc is a representation of everything the animal conservationist couple love. ...

Works of art in Sydney You Should Know: Number 31Mermer Waiskeder: Stories of the Moving Tide by the Ghost Net Collective imagines a vibrant fever of eagle rays that have risen from the depths of Sydney Har...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know. Number 24.Sitting out the back of the Art Gallery of NSW overlooking Woolloomooloo, Almost Once by Brett Whiteley along with Matthew Dillon looms eight metres high, pr...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #26Day In, Day Out by James Angus, is a large-scale painted aluminium sculpture that stands at the top of the broad curving steps in front of the entrance to th...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know: Number 28Named in the local indigenous language, Betunigo by Jonathan Jones features Oysters and Mollusks, tracing the pre-colonial high tide mark, reminding us of Ab...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know. Number 30The almost 7 metre tall copper-based Research by Tom Bass was commissioned by Imperial Chemical Industries in 1956 for their Macquarie Street headquarters. I...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #32:The facade of the Commonwealth Bank building bounded by George, Market, and York Streets, features a sandstone sculpture by Gerald Lewers, dating, as marked,...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #33Looking up while walking beneath the Pier St underpass at Darling Harbour, reveals dozens of golden shapes, contrasted against an undulating stream of blue a...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know #34This 19 metre structure of stainless steel was controversially removed from its original prestigious position in Martin Place in 1996. Aptly named Pyramid To...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know #35Kitsch or otherwise, this character has been contemplating the news at the foot of Australia Square since 1988. John Seward Johnson II's life-size WAITING sc...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know, Number 36.This 6 metre long cast bronze sculpture encourages viewers to reflect on their own heritage and sense of belonging, acting as a reminder of journeys taken an...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know, Number 37Roof For Stray Thoughts by Olafur Eliasson is composed of interwoven ringlets forming an organically flowing canopy, striking a delicate balance between the ...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know # 38A 'forest' of 29 pillars created from sandstone, wood and steel cluster near the entrance to the Museum of Sydney. This is Edge of the Trees, created by Jan...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #39"Metamorphosis" by Anton James exemplifies how public art can engage with local history, stimulate reflection on urban development, and challenge viewers' pe...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know: #40A giant mural of an octopus dominates the entry of the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour. Shallow Iridescence by local artist Patrick Hu...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know: #41Embedded into the concrete wall along Moriarty Walk at Sydney’s exhibition and conference precinct, Ryoji Ikeda’s “Datascape” measures a massive 96m long by ...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know #42This somewhat erotic public display of affection in bronze sits quietly in the gardens dressing the International Convention Centre Sydney. "Dance of Love" b...

Works of Art in Sydney You should Know, #43Commissioned for the 1 Elizabeth building, this grand and shiny work brings together the architecture of the natural world with distinctly man-made forms. Ma...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know #44:This work in Sydney’s Chinatown is influenced by the artist’s social upbringing. Self described as Asian-Australian, the piece is infused with the rich indus...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know, Number 45:This artwork transforms a space from something with little potential into a dazzling realm of colour, forms and meanings. Sparkling Pond, Bold-Coloured Groov...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know #46The air above the ground floor of the Exchange Building in Darling Square is forever bursting with colour thanks to a kinetic, vibrant sculpture. A Lifetime ...

Works of Art In Sydney You Should Know #47:Under constant threat from urban renewal and repair, the non-commissioned guerilla work of Will Coles is vanishing across the city. On the steps of the Downi...

Works of Art in Sydney You Should Know # 48:This otherwise unassuming location is animated by blue clouds and silver figures, transforming an otherwise ordinary service lane. Found adjacent to Dixon St...

Works of art in Sydney You Should Know #49This kinetic sculpture in Chippendale’s Central Park consists of a tapered yellow ring balanced on a silver arm from a tall, tilted silver mast. Halo by arti...

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