2020.6 Tim Gibb

TIM GIBB, Reconciliation 1992, painted steel. Gift of Macquarie University 2020. Photo by Effy Alexakis.

Title
Reconciliation

Location
Cowra Sculpture Park 

Year
1992

Media
Sculpture

Medium
painted steel

Credit
Gift of Macquarie University 2020

Accession number
2020.6

The union of two disjointed totems into one via their apex is a bold statement referencing the compromises and compassion required in any form of reconciliation – ranging from the personal to the cultural and political. Both totems share similarities of composite geometric forms, material, patina, height and sense of mass and visual strength. Their separation is simply the space in-between. Their union is through an apex bridge – certainly a metaphorical statement is being made.