Detail of Barry McGee mural,
National Gallery of Victoria water wall, Oct 2004
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Project 14 : Barry McGee

ID
P14

Project Overview
For Project 14, Barry McGee created Water wall mural over the National Gallery of Victoria’s glass water wall, and transformed North Melbourne’s heritage Metropolitan Meat Market with The stars were aligned…, a cacophony of chequerboard shapes, urban characters and cast-offs, booming and colliding with sound and energy.
Assembled from found and painted objects, The stars were aligned… created an atmosphere of bombardment, overflow and excess, evoking the sensory overload of contemporary consumer culture and paying homage to the outcasts of a disposable world.

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Description
The stars were aligned…
28 October – 5 December 2004
Meat Market, Melbourne 

Water wall mural 
28 October – 5 December 2004
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 

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Contents

Date
2004

People and Organisations
Barry McGee
National Gallery of Victoria
Metropolitan Meat Market
Education Themes
Installation, Paintings, Pop culture and mass media, Sound art / soundscapes, Street art, Video art