Detail of Lindy Lee at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf. Photo: Steven Siewert.
Public artworks have the capacity to shift our view of the world through everyday encounters that make us rethink a site and our relationship to it.
It is not surprising, then, that its popularity continues to be on an exponential growth path, with more artworks commissioned by local governments, sponsors and developers every year. Their presence adds to those concepts championed today as selling points – walkability, liveability and ‘creative cities’ – with Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane all heavily investing in public art to win favour.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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