Ron Robertson-Swann’s sculpture Vault has had its share of admirers and detractors across more than four decades. Now it is destined for heritage listing.
, Melbourne’s infamous and most controversial sculpture – nicknamed the “Yellow Peril” – is on its way to being honoured with inclusion on the Victorian Heritage Register.The five-metre tall metal sculpture of angled steel plates, which caused a 1980s culture war when it became the centrepiece of the City Square redevelopment on Swanston Street, is of “state-level cultural heritage significance”, according to Heritage Victoria, which recommended it be added to the register.
Heritage Victoria executive director Steven Avery recommended in a submission this month that the Heritage Council of Victoria include the public artwork on the Victorian Heritage Register. The council will decide on the proposal after public consultation.is historically significant as Victoria’s most well-known and controversial example of art commissioned for a public place,” Avery said in his submission.
Even the Queen, who opened City Square, was said to have been drawn into the fuss, and reportedly mused thatIt was a regular target of late-night drunks and graffiti, even if one sympathiser wrote poignantly on one of its panels: “I am not an animal”.from City Square out of the way to Batman Park on the Yarra’s northern bank at a cost of $20,000.
“Ron Robertson-Swann’s sculpture was selected because it met every element of the brief. It was perfect.”
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