Through cityartpublicspace (1993-1999) urbanart initiated and promoted innovative approaches to contemporary art, the public audience and the urban environment, by creating space for art dialogue in public locations around Melbourne and internationally.

cityartpublicspace 1993/99
Public Office, 100 Adderley Street, West Melbourne
Transport Shelters


The sites included vacant shopfronts, transport shelters, first floor windows, subways, multi storey vacant office buildings, advertising display boxes, building stairwells, city walls and streets.  Artists temporarily occupied these spaces transforming them into spaces for art and dialogue between artists and the public audience, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  The work shown was predominantly installation in style and site specific.

Artists
Claudia Leunig & Barbara Wolters
Julie Clarke
Emilio Puglielli
Marina Baker
Louise Jennison
Tomislav Nikolic
Midsumma Festival

Sarina Lirosi


Curator
Maggie McCormick

Images throughout 1993-1997 + Sarina Lirosi's Get Gorgeous poster