Conic Fugue (Enigma)
Image Source: Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Charles Owen Perry
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 1991
Location: Intersection of St Georges Terrace and Milligan Street
Responsible Authority: City of Perth
Conic Fugue was commissioned as a counterpoint to the QV.1 building. The soft curving edges and vivid red provides a contrast to the grey colour scheme and hard edges of the architecture. The artwork is a single-surfaced, single-edged monolith that has been wound upon itself three times, similar to DNA. The sculptor suggests that you fix a point on the edge and follow it with your eye.