FRANKSTON’s chrome gnome has moved into its new home.
The gnome was installed last week (21 February) at a site on Moorooduc Highway and Hastings Road. The sculpture, titled Reflective Lullaby, had spent four years at the Peninsula Link exit at Cranbourne Road.
The gnome is a nine-metre tall piece by New Zealand based artist Gregor Kregar.
The mayor Sandra Mayer said the sculpture “has become a local legend, and a favourite with residents, particularly children. He just makes you smile.”
A new agreement for Reflective Lullaby will see Frankston Council pay $40,000 to the McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park for a four year loan of the sculpture. Construction and installation of the new plinth for the sculpture has cost ratepayers just under $100,000 (“New home for chrome gnome”, The Times, 3/2/2020).
First published in the Frankston Times – 25 February 2020
