Public Art
The City of Perth is home to more than 200 public artworks reflecting the city’s identity, both past and present.
Boonji Spaceman has landed!
Perth’s newest public artwork Boonji Spaceman has arrived. The monumental 7 metre tall sculpture has been revealed in its temporary home in the City of Perth in Stirling Gardens where it will stay for 12 months so locals and visitors to the City can enjoy this impressive piece.
The Spaceman has been gifted to Perth by US artist brendan murphy art who saw a link to our City of Light identity - born from astronaut John Glenn’s historic first orbit of Earth in 1962.
Perth is one of only six cities in the world to have its own Boonji Spaceman. The others can be found in Antigua, London, Oslo, Houston and Dubai. Each Boonji Spaceman sculpture is a one-of-a-kind creation, and the piece Murphy has created for Perth is entirely unique.
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Highlights of our Public Art
The City’s significant collection of major historic and contemporary public art works includes permanent and temporary installations that stimulate our thinking, deepen our sense of place and experience of space, and transform the places where we live, work, and play.
Highlights of our Public Art Collection are available in our Art City Walking Trail and you can also view an online map of the City’s Public Art Collection.
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Connectus
LANGLEY & ARMATURE, Warren
Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016 -
Delight and Hurt Not
NICHOLLS, Andrew
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Grow Your Own (2011)
ANGUS, James
Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016 -
Koorden
GARLETT & KUHAUPT & CHANEY, Rod & Richie & Fred
Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016 -
‘The Mob’ Kangaroos on the Terrace
SMITH & WALSH, SMITH, Charles & Joan
Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016 -
Unidentified Photographer
NEIL, Anne
Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 201
For more information on the City of Perth’s Cultural Collections, please contact our Cultural Collections team at [email protected]. If you have an enquiry about the City of Perth’s history & heritage, please contact our History Centre team at [email protected].
