List of public art in Swansea

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This is a list of public art in Swansea, Wales.


Maritime Quarter

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source Coordinates
200px Copper Flame Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1988 Robin Campbell (designer), Martin Williams (sculptor), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers) [1] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Wall Sculptures Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px 'Zeta Mnemonical', sculpture and weather vane Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea c1985-90 Robin Campbell (designer), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers) [2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Navigation buoy Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px The Siren Seaward end of the Marriott Hotel, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1989 [3] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Globe Sundial sculpture Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1987 Wendy Taylor [4] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Lighthouse Tower sculpture Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1987 Robert Conybear [5] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Helwick Lightship. One of four wall sculptures featuring nautical history. Marine Walk, walkway to Ocean Crescent, Maritime Quarter, Swansea c1985-1990 Robin Campbell (designer), Philip Chatfield (sculptor) see below Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px The copper ore barque, Zeta. One of four wall sculptures featuring nautical history. Marine Walk, walkway to Ocean Crescent, Maritime Quarter, Swansea c1985-1990 Robin Campbell (designer), Philip Chatfield (sculptor) [6] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px The Boatshed Doors Marine Walk, close to the Marina Towers Observatory c1985-1990 Robert Conybear, Robin Campbell [7] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px 'Ecliptica' sculpture and weather vane, Marina Towers Observatory Sea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1989 (building), 1991 (sculpture) Robin Campbell (architect), Robert Conybear, Uta Molling (sculptors - 'Ecliptica' weather vane) [8][9] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Sculptures on the Marina Towers Observatory Sea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1989 (building) Robin Campbell (architect) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px The Mermaid Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1989 Gordon Young [10] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px200px 'Baron' Spolasco, a quack doctor who lived in Swansea in the 1830s Patagonia Walk, just off Trawler Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea c1985-1990 Robin Campbell, Richard Porch (designers), Jonah Jones, Meic Watts, Brian Denman (sculptors) [11] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Captain Cat.jpg Captain Cat from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas Abernethy Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1990 Robert J R Thomas (sculptor) [12][13] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Pumphouse Quay wall sculpture Next to the Pump House, Maritime Quarter, Swansea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Dylan Thomas Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1984 John Doubleday [14][15] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Dylan Thomas Theatre wall sculpture and mural West wall of Theatre, Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea c1979 (see below) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Dylan Thomas Theatre mural, depicting scenes from Dylan Thomas's life. Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea c1979 [16][17] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px History and development of steam railways Victoria Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1983 Whitegates Ltd (Architects) [18] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px John Henry Vivian M.P. Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1857 John Evan Thomas [19] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Commemorating the twinning of Swansea with Ferrara, Italy Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea [20] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Monument to twinning of Swansea with Mannheim, Germany Near Cambrian Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1985 R.Campbell (architect) [21] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Wall Sculpture Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1993 Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) See below Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Wall Sculpture Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1993 Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) See below Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Maudslay, Sons and Field, Marine Engines Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1993 Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) See below Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Wall Sculpture Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1993 Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) See below Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Wall mounted sculpture (one of two) Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1993 Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) [22] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px200px Door sculptures Tawe barrage pump house, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Merchant Navy Memorial Technium Square, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea 2005 Philip Chatfield [23][24] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Riverside sculpture By River Tawe, outside Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Flying Figurehead Quay Parade, near Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront 1988 David Backhouse [25] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Light Wave Crescent Park, Swansea Point, Swansea 2009 Peter Freeman [26] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Acoustic Sculpture 1 Swansea Point, Swansea 2009 Rob Olins see below Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Acoustic Sculpture 2 Swansea Point, Swansea 2009 Rob Olins [27] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Kinetic Monument (an example of Kinetic Sculpture) Outside the LC, Swansea, Oystermouth Road, Swansea 1977 Kenneth Martin [28] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Swansea City Centre

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source Coordinates
200px Leaf Boat Castle Square, Swansea City Centre 1996 Amber Hiscott [29][30] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Wall sculpture, quoting Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas 8 Salubrious Passage, Swansea City Centre c1996 [31] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Stainless steel columns Princess Way, Swansea City Centre 2006 David Mackie, Andrew Rowe and Heather Parnell [32][33] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Madonna and Child Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Wall Sculpture Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Wall Sculpture Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Brynmill

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source Coordinates
Panels at the rear of Brangwyn Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1491172.jpg British Empire Panels Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Guildhall 1932 Sir Frank Brangwyn [34] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px William Thomas, Mayor of Borough 1877, 1878 Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea 1906 Ivor J. Thomas [35] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Boys' Brigade fountain Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea Reinaugurated 1987 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Memorial to the second of the Boer Wars 1899-02 Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea 1904 Mr Littlejohn (designer) [36][37] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Cenotaph War Memorial Esplanade, Mumbles Road Brynmill, Swansea 1923 Ernest E Morgan (after Edwin Lutyens’ Whitehall Cenotaph ) [38] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Swansea Jack memorial Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea 1937 J. Cecil Jones [39] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Henry Evans Charles Memorial Fountain Oystermouth Road, Brynmill, Swansea 1907 Ivor J Thomas, J. Cecil Jones [40] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Blackpill and Mumbles

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source Coordinates
200px Musical Osprey - Leaving the Nest Blackpill Lido, Swansea 1998 'Urban Strawberry Lunch' [41] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Painted National Cycle Network Millennium Milepost Blackpill, Swansea 1998 Andrew Rowe (designer) [42] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px War Memorial Southend Park, Mumbles 1939 (plinths with names added 2006). [43] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Breathing at Sea Southend Park, Mumbles 2000 Hideo Furuta [44] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px Swansea Coat of Arms Above entrance to Oystermouth Library, Dunns Lane, Mumbles 1935 E E Morgan (Architect) [45] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


Temporary Artworks

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source Coordinates
200px Little Bird Princess Way, Swansea 16 April-13 May 2011 Laura Ford [46] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
200px 'Nothing Should Stand in Your Way' Swansea Museum Park 16 April-13 May 2011 Simon and Tom Bloor [47] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


References

  1. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Copper Flame Sculpture Accessed 26 April 2012
  2. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Zeta Mnemonical Accessed 26 April 2012
  3. ↑ Marriott Hotel sculpture Accessed 15 May 2012
  4. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Globe Sundial Accessed 26 April 2012
  5. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Lighthouse Tower sculpture Accessed 26 April 2012
  6. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Zeta Wall Sculpture Accessed 26 April 2012
  7. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Boatshed Doors Accessed 26 April 2012
  8. ↑ Explore Gower: Marina Towers Observatory Accessed 12 September 2012
  9. ↑ Google Books: Observatory Weather Vane Accessed 12 September 2012
  10. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: The Mermaid Accessed 26 April 2012
  11. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Spolasco Accessed 26 April 2012
  12. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Captain Cat Accessed 26 April 2012
  13. ↑ Dylan Thomas Website Accessed 9 November 2010
  14. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Dylan Thomas Accessed 9 November 2010
  15. ↑ Dylan Thomas website Accessed 9 November 2010
  16. ↑ BBC Wales: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural Accessed 24 August 2012
  17. ↑ Dylan Thomas Theatre: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural Accessed 7 February 2011
  18. ↑ Swansea Marina Development Projects: Victoria Quay Accessed 5 May 2012
  19. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: John Henry Vivian statue Accessed 26 April 2012
  20. ↑ Plaque, Ferrara Square Accessed 2 Feb 2016
  21. ↑ Ramblers Cymru: Mannheim Monument Accessed 3 July 2011
  22. ↑ Swansea Marina: Sculptures, Pocketts Wharf 2 May 2012
  23. ↑ BBC Wales: Merchant Navy Memorial Accessed 5 December 2010
  24. ↑ City and County of Swansea Press Release: Merchant Navy Memorial Accessed 5 December 2010
  25. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Flying Figurehead Accessed 23 August 2012
  26. ↑ Air Architecture: Wave of Light sculpture Accessed 12 February 2011
  27. ↑ Air Architecture: Acoustic sculpture Accessed 15 May 2012
  28. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Kinetic Monument Accessed 26 April 2012
  29. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Leaf Boat Accessed 14 November 2010
  30. ↑ Amber Hiscott Website Accessed 14 November 2010
  31. ↑ Dylan Thomas website: wall sculpture Accessed 17 November 2010
  32. ↑ City and County of Swansea - Steel Columns, Princess Way Accessed 17 November 2010
  33. ↑ City and County of Swansea - Princess Way Accessed 17 November 2010
  34. ↑ City and County of Swansea: Brangwyn Hall Panels Accessed 17 June 2011
  35. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: William Thomas statue Accessed 28 October 2010
  36. ↑ Roll of Honour.com: Boer War Memorial Accessed 28 October 2010
  37. ↑ Listed Building Index: Boer War Memorial Accessed 23 December 2010
  38. ↑ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales: Cenotaph War Memorial Accessed 29 August 2012
  39. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Swansea Jack Memorial Accessed 16 November 2010
  40. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Henry Evans Charles Fountain Accessed 23 December 2010
  41. ↑ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Musical Osprey Accessed 6 November 2010
  42. ↑ Sustrans: National Cycle Network Millennium Mileposts Accessed 3 May 2011
  43. ↑ Mumbles War Memorial Accessed 30 Nov 2014
  44. ↑ Breathing at Sea information plaque
  45. ↑ Listed Building Index: Oystermouth Library coat of arms Accessed 3 October 2012
  46. ↑ LOCWS International: Little Bird Accessed 22 May 2011
  47. ↑ LOCWS International: Nothing Should Stand in your Way Accessed 8 May 2011
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