Gordon Bennett Work to be Displayed in Fitzroy North Apartment Tower
ARTIST Gordon Bennett has won a non-acquisitive art award, which will see his work displayed in the vaulted foyer of a major Fitzroy North apartment building for 12 months.
Mr Bennett’s piece “Coloured People #27” was selected by Heide Museum of Modern Art director and chief executive officer, Jason Smith in an award ceremony last Tuesday.
The Roi Art Prize was initiated by developers Phillip Maynes, Don Musto and Andrew Myer, grandson of Myer founder Sidney Myer, who will build the Bird de la Coeur designed Roi apartment tower at 648A Nicholson Street – where Mr Bennett’s piece will be displayed.
