KEVIN McKAY
Munn Street Bridge
Oil on canvas 63 x 93cm
The subject for this work lies between The Rocks, the birthplace of Sydney and Barangaroo, its newest precinct. Millers Point began organically with waterside workers constructing homes on the sandstone ridge from which material was quarried to build the city. The Munn Street bridge spans the Hickson Road cutting where heritage buildings on either side retain their historical character, in contrast to the contemporary city and the Crown Tower looming crudely at Barangaroo, while the roadworks underneath capture the state of flux and re-ordering that is a constant in the city.