"Frankie", the nine-metre "chrome gnome" who has stood beside Peninsula Link for the past four years, has farewelled commuters.

The stainless-steel sculpture has been dismantled and relocated to make way for a new public installation.

Frankie the gnome (aka Reflective Lullaby by Gregor Kregar) is removed from the roadside. Credit:Frankston City Council

Love Flower by Australian artists John Meade and Emily Karanikolopoulos will occupy the space on Cranbourne Road at Langwarrin after winning the Southern Way McClelland Commission last year.

“I think it’s going to be something quite different from what is there already, and I think it will have a real sense of magic about it,” McClelland gallery curator Simon Lawrie said.