Precinct Art

Public Art in Darling Harbour

The Darling Harbour public art program sought to communicate, educate and engage the public. All artists were provided with extensive information on the site and its history, including heritage interpretation strategy. Artists were selected following consideration of their works and their response to a particular aspect of the site.

Robert Woodward

Tidal Cascades, 1988 Water cascading over 3,000 granite weir stones

LOCATION: OUTSIDE CONVENTION CENTRE

Peter D Cole

Arrival, 1988 Bronze and steel 305 x 225 x 100 cm

Location: Tumbalong Park towards the Chinese Gardens of Friendship

Janet Laurence

Habitat, 2016 16-channel soundscape of Indigenous bird calls Audio production: CDP Media

Location: Tumbalong Boulevard

Ryoji Ikeda

Data.scape, 2016 LED screen, computers, loudspeakers 9,600 x 400 cm

Computer programming: the Tokuyama Tomonaga and Ryoji Ikeda Studio Two videos, The Universe in the evening and DNA during daytime

Location: Opposite Tumbalong Park, this artwok can be found on Moriarty Walk, between the Exhibition Centre and First State Super Theatre

Danie Mellor

Entelekheia, 2016 Photographic images of plant species found around Darling Harbour

Location: Tumbalong Boulevard, exterior of Exhibition Centre

Ingrid Skirta

Memory Lines Workers Memorial, 2004 Bronze, steel and concrete 450 x 420 cm

Location: Outside Convention Centre

Larissa Smargarinksky

Dance of Love, 1988 Bronze 134 x 55 x 55 cm

Location: Tumbalong Boulevard, exterior of Exhibition Centre

Maria Fernanda Cardoso

Sandstone Pollen, 2016 Electron microscope scans of pollen, robotic stone carvings from 3D CAD models, hand finished 11 sandstone sculptures and 1 white onyx sculpture.

Pollens represented in Maria Fernanda Cardoso’s stone sculptures include mint microfossil pollen, eucalyptus microfossil pollen, grevillea microfossil pollen, dandelion microfossil pollen, acacia microfossil pollen, grey mangrove microfossil pollen, banksia microfossil pollen, swamp Heath microfossil pollen and wattle microfossil pollen.

Location: Tumbalong Boulevard outside Exhibition Centre

Michael Snape

Diver, 1987 Sheet Steel 500 x 215 x 140 cm

Location: Tumbalong Park, opposite the retail outlets

Ken Unsworth

Equation, 1989 Sandstone and bronze 137 x 550 x 390 cm

Location: Tumbalong Park towards the Chinese Gardens of Friendship