Resting Place (1999)

resting place public art sculpture
  • Artist name(s)Anne Ross
  • Artwork typeScupture
  • Year installed1999

Resting Place was commissioned in 1999 in partnership with Westfield Southland, and has offered both a whimsical and physical place of refuge outside the busy shopping precinct ever since.

Artist Profile

Anne Ross is an accomplished Melbourne-based artist with a growing body of public sculpture in Melbourne, Canberra and Hong Kong. Her work exudes a playfulness and humor, often seen in her beloved canine characters that reappear throughout her sculptures.

About the project

There is ongoing support for the depiction of Indigenous cultural heritage along the Bay by the local Kingston community. During the feedback collected on the ‘Your Kingston Your Say’ platform in July and August of 2020 for artistic themes to be explored along the Bay Trail, ‘Indigenous Cultural Heritage’ featured amongst the most popular topic supported, along with the ‘The local marine life and biodiversity of Port Phillip Bay’.

Kingston Arts is excited to have partnered with Indigenous artist Aunty Kim Wandin and artist Christine Joy to deliver a public artwork that celebrates these themes at the redeveloped Mentone Lifesaving Club, 64 Bay Trail, Mentone 3194.

Artists Aunty Kim Wandin and Christine Joy collaborated on this project with Public Art Specialist James Voller (Collide Public Art).

During the concept development stage, the artists collaborated with Palawa artist Amanda Wright to incorporate sketches of the Rakali into the design of the sculpture.

Acknowledgements

  • Aunty Kim Wandin and Chrisine Joy: concept and design
  • Collide Public Art: project management
  • Natalie Ryan: plasticine modelling
  • Fundere Foundry: bronze casting
  • Eric Holmes (Skyview Industries): fabrication & installation
  • Georg Ramm: rakali photography
  • Amanda Wright: rakali sketches
  • Landscaping: Jeavons.

Location

Westfield Southland, Nepean Highway (near pedestrian bridge over highway, and service road into car park.), Cheltenham 3192  View Map

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