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Burgh of Barony Anniversary 1995
Two commemorative pieces created by the artist at the end of a period of residency in Stranraer; in the town centre, on the green by the Castle of St John, are carved granite columns in varying...
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Commission Date: 1st January 1995
Artist: Sybille von Halem
Commissioner: Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association

Agnew Park
Decorative, play and functional elements of the Park renovations; gateways, markers, benches, paving surface, crazy golf and commemorative glass panels add to the variety of the Park itself.
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Commission Date: 1st January 1996
Artist: Sibylle von Halem; Andy Frost, Alison Doyle
Commissioner: Dumfries & Galloway Council

Dumfries & Galloway Tourist Board
A series of commissioned works that explore regional identity which were created for the headquarters of the Dumfries & Galloway Tourist Board.
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Commission Date: 1st January 1997
Artist: Mohammad Sheibani, John Crosby, Peter Tingley, Jo Gallant, Bridge Jones
Commissioner: Dumfries & Galloway Tourist Board

Dumfries Trades Emblems
These emblems of the Trades and Guilds of Dumfries are situated on the railing finials on the Whitesands from the Bank Street junction up to Devorgilla Bridge. They were created in Bronze by Natalie...
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Commission Date: 1st January 1997
Artist: Natalie Vardey
Commissioner: Dumfries & Galloway Council

Burns Quotes, Art for Whitesands
Quotations from Robert Burns poems incised into the top of the walls along the Whitesands; these fragments recall some of Burns' greatest works, as well as including one or two less well known. You...
Town: Dumfries
Commission Date: 1st January 1997
Artist: Gillian Forbes
Commissioner: Dumfries & Galloway Council

DIY Statue
Make your own statue!! A plinth stands in the garden at the eastern end of Devorgilla Bridge waiting for an occupant. Unlike the plinth in Trafalgar Square, this one expects you to place your feet...
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Commission Date: 1st January 1997
Artist: Thomas Turnbull
Commissioner: Dumfries & Galloway Council

Riverside Railings
Railings designed to surround the platform at the foot of Bank Street by Adam Booth, artist and blacksmith working in Dumfries & Galloway. Curvy and sensuous, the railings recall the movement of...
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Commission Date: 1st January 1997
Artist: Adam Booth
Commissioner: Dumfries & Galloway Council

Dislocation
An installation created beside the Annandale Services area on the M74 in 1997. The piece resulted from a DGAA public art development project, by which a young artist was supported to develop their...
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Commission Date: 1st February 1997
Artist: Jan Hogarth
Commissioner: Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association

Sanquhar
The implementation of a town Heritage Trail. Gillian Forbes has created a series of pavement panels depicting town events. Sybylle von Halem has constructed several works involving a sculpture...
Town: Sanquhar
Commission Date: 1st January 1998
Artist: Gillian Forbes & Sibylle von Halem
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Portpatrick Harbour Scheme
A collaboration between artist group, MUF and landscape architect, Fiona Robertson to create a new play area for the community. The work is based on an abstraction of the physical and cultural...
Town: Portpatrick
Commission Date: 1st January 2002
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Commissioner: Dumfries & Galloway Council