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A brightly-coloured ceiling mosaic representing a musical interlude.
Artist: Robert Owen
Artwork description
Interlude is a colourful mosaic panel, which runs the length of the ceiling in the foyer of the Surry Hills Community Centre.
The artwork is made up of pine ply panels, painted with synthetic polymer paint in solid rectangular blocks of colour. It is illuminated from both sides by strips of light at ceiling level.
At the entrance to the space the colours are in smaller blocks and the panels are dominated by bright, warm colours including pink, yellow and orange. The panels transition through larger blocks of colour in the centre and are dominated by small blocks in darker, cooler colours, mainly blues and greens, at the opposite end of the passage.
As you move through the space beneath the panels the colours create the illusion of movement.
Interlude is designed to be a visual representation of a musical interlude – a connecting passage of notes between core sections of a musical composition.
Artist
Robert Owen studied sculpture at the National Art School, Sydney, graduating with honours in 1962.
Originally from Sydney, he spent time in Greece and London.
In 1988, Owen moved to Melbourne, where he became associate professor and head of sculpture at RMIT University until 2001.
Owen is currently director of Fine Art Studios and a member of Artery Cooperative.
For more than 40 years he has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally, and has been commissioned to create numerous public artworks across Australia.
