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Time & Place Mural - John Firth-Smith

Location

ANZ Tower, 1st Floor, Collins Place, 55 Collins Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6522

File Number

B6522

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Statement of Significance

Statement of Significance : The mural "Time and Place" is significant at the State level as a work by an artist of considerable standing, as one of the remarkably few contemporary murals in Melbourne, and as one of the largest murals in Australia. The outstanding sucess of "Time and Place" is its unity within the architectural space it has been placed in. It dominates because of its size, yet beautifully complements the stark architecture surrounding it. The hard, sharp lines of the building find an excellent foil in Firth-Smith's softly-muted rusted reds and gun-metal greys. The mural also demonstrates the artist's private development as a painter and the logical progression of his ideas, and expresses a spontaneous vivacity typical of the athletic, muscular energy with which Firth-Smith delivers his painting.
Classified: 14/09/1994

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