Bypass Blue Abyss

Ann Debono responds to the construction site of the Westgate Bypass Flyover in Melbourne with paintings composed from photographs of the site to convey acceleration and vertigo.

This exhibition considers how Modernist values of velocity, progress, efficiency, and growth are materialised in the built environment.

From the Artist:
“I have photographed the construction of the Westgate Bypass Flyover at Footscray Road–adjacent to the cargo docks of the Port of Melbourne – extensively for a period of about two years.”
“I regard it as a massive, spectacular sculpture: intensely synthetic and ahuman, animated by vehicles and machinery; trains, lorries, cars, loading cranes, construction machinery and container ships.” – Ann Debono

Metro Arts is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council.