Where Art Thou Week 9 - The Public Purse, Bourke Street

By neil
March 7th, 2008 @ 3:39 PM Where Art Thou?

Congratulations to marmalade who correctly guessed The Public Purse. The Public Purse is another piece of quirky Melbourne art. It is located on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke Street outside of the old GPO. The work, made from calca red granite and stainless steel was created in 1994 by Simon Perry, a lecturer at RMIT. It’s an interesting piece as it functions as a seat as well.

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Photo by meicw

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Links:

Public Artworks, Part of the City of Melbourne Collection (PDF)

Related posts:

  1. Where Art Thou Week 12-A Bench, Bourke Street Mall
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  3. Where Art Thou Week 10-Flinders Street Station
  4. Where Art Thou Week 17
  5. Where Art Thou Week 14

3 Comments so far

  1. adrock2xander (mel_john)  March 8th, 2008 10:59 am

    Hey Neil the jpg pictures (of purse and person on purse) won’t open up. Clicking on it only leads us to URL of post. Might wana check with Sean and Co. Could be another bug.

    Throw us an *ahem* easier one btw.

  2. neil  March 8th, 2008 11:55 am

    Yep, another bug. *sigh*

    All fixed up.

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