"Day In, Day Out is intended to be a twenty-first century response to the history of formal public art, and equally addresses the task of placing an artwork in a modern, environmentally-sensitive building."
— James Angus
Day In, Day Out is a large-scale, painted aluminium sculpture that stands at the top of the broad curving steps in front of the entrance to the 1 Bligh St office tower in Sydney’s CBD.
The sculpture is a complex network of three-dimensional ellipsoidal shapes, supported on three tall columns. The inspiration for the shapes was drawn from the unique design of the building itself. The sculpture is painted with geometric patterns in earthy tones of red, brown, orange and yellow that contrast sharply with the surrounding grey, urban landscape.
Day In, Day Out was commissioned in 2010 by the co-owners of 1 Bligh St during development of the building, with the intention of adding “a new focal point for this key part of the city, enhancing the streetscape at the heart of Sydney’s financial district.”
The requirement of the commission was for the artist to create a work that was “monumental, rigorous and bold, whilst also welcoming and approachable.” The aim of the artist, James Angus, was to incorporate key aspects of the Bligh St development into his design – including its environmental sensitivity, unique design characteristics and welcoming public spaces:
"From inside the building, the sculpture will gently frame views of the city and play to the building's natural strengths by drawing its meaning from the same sources: sunlight, shadows and a modern approach to placing art and architecture in an urban landscape."
Group Show, The First 40 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024
James Angus New Sculpture
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2022
James Angus Papier Mâché for Beginners
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, 2019
James Angus Omnia Commission
Omnia Potts Point, Sydney, 2019
Group Show, The Like Button
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2018-19
Group Show, State of Play
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017
James Angus
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016
James Angus Built Unbuilt Unbuildable
Monash University Public Art Commission, Melbourne, 2015
James Angus Lady Cilento Children's Hospital Commission
Brisbane, 2014-15
You Imagine What You Desire
19th Biennale of Sydney, 2014
James Angus
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013
Group Show, Groups Who
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011-12
James Angus Day In, Day Out
1 Bligh St Commission, Sydney, 2011-12
James Angus Grow Your Own
Forrest Place, Perth, 2011
James Angus
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2010
James Angus Geo Face Distributor
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2009
James Angus
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2008
James Angus Ellipsoidal Freeway Sculpture
Eastlink Freeway, Melbourne, 2008
Group Show, STOLEN RITUAL
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2006-07
James Angus
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2006
Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2005
James Angus Wave Machine
Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, 2005
James Angus Truck Corridor
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004
James Angus
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
Group Show, Dirty Dozen
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
James Angus Shangri-La
13th Biennale of Sydney, 2002
Group Show, The First 20 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
James Angus Lakeshore Drive Mobius Loop
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2001
James Angus
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2000
James Angus Giraffe
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, 1997
James Angus Rhinoceros
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, 1996
James Angus
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1995
Group Show, 115 58' EAST 31 56' SOUTH
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1993