Heritage heresy

In their wake, distinguished Indigenous artist, Gordon Syron, will be evicted to build a multi-million dollar development of apartment blocks as tall as the nearby former TNT towers. The status of Mr Syron’s lease is unclear, but he has done nothing wrong.

He was provided with a large, leaky shed which he repaired himself, an allowance, now revoked, and a computer with no PIN which fails to function. He is preparing a dossier of the magnificent stories behind the 1300 art works he is curating on site.

Mr Syron’s most famous 1978 work, ‘Judgement of his peers’, for which he was recently offered (but refused) $1.5 million, leans casually and forlornly on a kitchen table in the cavernous tin shed. Gordon Syron’s work is important to Indigenous and Australian culture.

Frank Sartor is drunk with power: he is carving up this heritage site like a charcoal chicken, unlike the University of Sydney’s plans which respect heritage values and honour open spaces.

Frank Sartor, also the NSW Minister for the Arts, should provide a more appropriate facility and upgrade the Mr Syron’s current facility to acceptable standards of security and art conservation practices.

Andrew Woodhouse
President
Australian Heritage Institute Inc
3 McDonald Street Potts Point