Abdul Abdullah’s ‘Come Together’: A Monument to Community at Arden Station

9 Aug 2024

Two striking aluminium hands outstretched across a mosaic landscape: Abdul Abdullah’s ‘Come Together’ is installed at the eastern façade of Arden Station, North Melbourne.

Abdullah, inspired by J.S. Calder’s ‘View from Royal Park across West Melbourne Swamp’ (1860), saw the place of transit as a nexus of different communities. He sought to incorporate Calder’s themes of convergence in the Arden precinct, from the First Peoples of the Kulin Nation to future generations.

‘I grew up next to a train station and I always saw it as a nexus point of different communities coming together.’ – Abdul Abdullah

Images: Installation view of Abdul Abdullah, ‘Come Together’, Arden Station, North Melbourne, 2024. Courtesy of the artist, Metro Tunnel Art, Metro Tunnel Victoria.