Altona’s G.H. Ransom Reserve has welcomed a splash of colour thanks to the installation of a temporary public artwork from Venezuela-born artist Carlos Almenar Diaz.
Titled ‘A Visual Journey in Chromatic Rhythms’, the piece was inspired by Hobsons Bay’s native flora, the wildflowers of the Western Volcanic Plains and the wetlands’ saltmarshes.
Supported through Hobsons Bay council’s Community Support Package’s New Art stream, the project also involved local primary school students taking part in workshops to create their own pieces, with an exhibition of these pieces now running at the Newport Community Hub to Saturday, November 12.
Hobsons Bay mayor Peter Hemphill said the project exemplified how the council can help activate its public spaces to create new experiences and attractions.
“This is just a terrific project that celebrates local artists, enhances our public spaces, invites the community to engage with creativity, and teaches our youngest residents more about art,” he said.
“It reaches so many in our community, which is exactly what these grants are all about.”
Mr Diaz was born in Venezuela and is a French-Australian citizen who now lives in Altona.
He is the founder of Banknote Art Concept, which designs banknotes for countries all over the world and has won multiple international awards for his work.
Matthew Sims
