The art projects Flynn facilitates attract the artists who are making original and important contributions to the contemporary art dialogue today. Recognised as the art advisor who pioneered in the field of Sydney public art and helped to develop the field Australia-wide, Flynn has supported artists to realise their most ambitious objectives in 40 projects delivered all over Australia.
Flynn works to bring integrity, imagination and a fresh outlook to every project she undertakes by coming up with unique ideas that are fine- tuned to the project vision and the site. A love of Sydney underlies her work, coupled with an appreciation of how it is a unique place that deserves to lead with its own innovative approaches. It is a little-known fact that Sydney is leading the world in public art projects. Where else do we see the combination of cranes on the horizon and a lord mayor and city council that require significant contributions to art above a certain threshold of investment, accounting for the city’s leadership in public art globally? Against that background, the projects Flynn has delivered have been recognised as exemplary and ground-breaking by professionals and peers worldwide.
As Art Advisor to the Paul Ramsay Foundation for their new Sydney headquarters in 2022, Flynn oversaw the first work of public art in Sydney by Barkandji artist Badger Bates, the widely recognised and respected activist and advocate for the health of the Barka, the Darling River.
Working with AMP Capital on its Quay Quarter Sydney project for Circular Quay (2015–22), Flynn proposed aligning Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones, one of Australia’s most singular younger-generation artists, with the three emerging architectural practices (Studio Bright, Silvester Fuller, SJB) selected to design the buildings for the Young and Loftus Streets site. On the Quay Tower site next door, the rich working relationship between Copenhagen-based architects 3XN, who have designed the new tower, and artist Olafur Eliasson (based in Copenhagen and Berlin) has informed Eliasson’s major-scale work of art for the tower’s public rooftop.