Public Artwork on the Mandurah Entrance Road The Mandurah Entrance Road (MER) provides a new grand entry to Mandurah, for rail and road users alike, with one of the most extensive public artwork displays on a State road project. Included are two iconic sculptures, approximately three kilometres of painted retaining walls and an applied artwork on a major retaining wall. Collectively the artworks create a visual identity for the road whilst assisting with way finding. The visual enhancement adds to the motorists’ experience and contributes to local place making. Mandurah Road roundabout sculpture – Scoop Artist: Anne Neil This iconic sculpture situated in the roundabout at Mandurah Road was inspired by the region’s established water culture, local aboriginal significance, and the annual crab festival. The design is an abstract representation of a net, changing as it moves through water. The Scoop is comprised of five central posts or ‘ribs’, which are offset in an arch shape. It has been constructed from marine grade aluminium, is approximately 10.5 metres in height and occupies a 25 metre diameter space within the roundabout. Kwinana Freeway interchange sculpture – Attractor Artist: Gary Aitken Inspired by the iconic Mandurah ferris wheel, this sculpture comprises floating circles with circular perforations that interact with light to create shadows that continuously transform the artwork. The orange and blue colours of the sculpture refer to the sun, water and sky. This colour scheme also creates a visual synergy with the painted retaining walls, which include a similar palette. This piece is located on the western side of the interchange and serves as a way finding device from the freeway to the Mandjoogoordap Rd. Mandurah ENTRANCE ROAD Retaining wall artwork – Hue Artist: Gary Aitken Rail commuters can now also experience a vibrant entrance to Mandurah with a painted artwork that extends almost four kilometres along the retaining walls which separate the railway line and the carriageway. The artwork reflects the colours in the surrounding environment from the green, brown and grey palette of the inland bush, to the blues and oranges of the Mandurah coast. Applied aluminium & concrete artwork – Sun Mandala Artist: Gary Aitken This applied relief sculptural artwork is inspired by the Mandurah sunset and is based on a geometric mandala design that radiates out from the centre of a two hundred metre long coloured concrete retaining wall. The wall is located adjacent to a painted artwork on Gordon Road Bridge which has a complementary theme. About the artists Anne Neil Before being commissioned to create a major sculpture for the MER, Anne was the chief artist and team leader on the Kwinana Freeway extension – Forrest Highway Public Art Program, which included a major iconic sculpture ‘Water Gary Aitken Dance’, and six bridge abutments with integrated and painted designs. For the past thirteen years, Gary has been the curator at the Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery. Since 2003 Gary has also been teaching visual art and contemporary craft She has also contributed to other at Challenger TAFE Peel Campus. infrastructure and capital works Gary has completed a variety of public artworks including the “In the Community” projects including Roe Highway Stage 7, Project consisting of seven major aluminium sculptures. Reid Highway extension, and artworks at the entry of the District Court, Hay Street Perth. R N E M V E O N N N N R N E M G T T V E O N E E E E E G E O T E H F O H T F T W ENTRANCE ROAD A E I Mandurah S L T A E R R N A U S T.