Top Ten Artworks to Grace City Streets

21 June 2007

Ten images depicting vibrant scenes from Sydney's CBD and villages have been selected as finalists for display on city streets in July.

This year the artworks are rich in energy and colour and depict a vibrant city on the move with people walking, buses in motion, a bicycle, planes, a ferry and cars.

Councillor Marcelle Hoff said; "The images encapsulate Sydney's villages beautifully. We see the city skyline over a clothesline in Redfern, the iconic Badde Manors Café in Glebe, a verdant Sydney Park, a bicycle on King Street in Newtown, the bow of a ferry on Sydney Harbour, and walkers across the Bridge and Five Ways in Paddington."

The finalists were selected by a distinguished panel of judges; Sydney artists Wendy Sharpe and Ben Quilty, and Jackie Menzies, Head Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales,

The artworks will be reproduced as giant posters and feature on JCDecaux Street Furniture sites around the city from 17 - 30 July and shown in a gallery exhibition at the City of Sydney's Pine Street Creative Arts Centre from 17 July - 3 August.

The top placed entrant will be announced on 17 July and receive prize money of $3,000.

The Sydney, City of Villages art competition produced by City of Sydney, in partnership with JCDecaux, attracted more than 112entries from Australian artists working in painting, printmaking or drawing. 

JC Decaux CEO Steve O'Connor said; "Sydney's diversity and varied street life was a source of inspiration for artists. The artworks will add fun and colour to the cityscape."

Finalists:

Donna Campbell of Croydon - "Oxford Street"

Virginia Settre of Bulli - "Cool Place" (depicting Glebe)

Camilla Lawson of Erskineville - "Living Beneath the Chimneys" (depicting Sydney Park)

Candice Reid-Latimer of Tamarama - "Paddington Round About"

Julia Lesivk Sawicki of Earlwood - "Boat Trip" (depicting view from a ferry on the harbour)

Jennie Pry of Hunter's Hill - "Village Life Lines" (depicting Observatory Hill and Redfern)

Pakiam Sivabaghasundaram of Ultimo - "Ultimo Terrace Houses"

Ming Gu of Marrickville - "Bright Noise" (depicting George Street)

Rebecca Baird of Chippendale - "Our Bridge 75^th Anniversary"

Jessica Geron of Randwick - "King Street Newtown"

View the image gallery here. All finalist images and artist statements are available.

Media contact: Maya Catsanis on 9265 9553 or 0409 045 425.

Related Resources

Bright Noise by Ming Gu

 Living Beneath the Chimneys by Camilla Lawson

King Street Newtown by Jessica Geron