List of public art in Tower Hamlets
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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Robert Milligan | Museum of London Docklands Hertsmere Road |
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Testa Addormentata | Corner of Bank Street and Upper Bank Street | 1983 | Igor Mitoraj | [1] | ||||
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Couple on a Seat | Cabot Square | 1984 | Lynn Chadwick | [2] | ||||
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Centurione I | Columbus Courtyard | 1987 | Igor Mitoraj | [3] | ||||
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Leap | Jamestown Harbour | 1987–9 | Franta Belsky | [4] | ||||
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Two Men on a Bench | Cabot Square | 1990 | Giles Penny | [5] | ||||
120x120px | Gate | Westferry Circus | 1992 | Giuseppe Lund | [6] | ||||
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Centauro | Upper Bank Street | 1994 | Igor Mitoraj | [7] | ||||
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Man With Arms Open | West India Avenue | 1995 | Giles Penny | [8] | ||||
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Figurehead for Docklands | Poplar Dock | 1997 | Anna Bisset | [9] | ||||
120x120px | Portrait relief of Michael von Clemm | Cabot Square | 1998 | Gerald Laing | [10] | ||||
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Traffic Light Tree | roundabout on Trafalgar Way, outside Billingsgate Market (since 2013) | 1998 | Pierre Vivant | [11] | ||||
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Original Form | 25 North Colonnade | 1999 | Keith Rand | [12] | ||||
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Six Public Clocks | Reuters Plaza | 1999 | Konstantin Grcic | [13] | ||||
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Vanishing Point | Westferry Circus | 1999 | Jay Battle | [14] | ||||
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Columbus Screen | Columbus Courtyard | 2000 | Wendy Ramshaw | [15] | ||||
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Hibbert Gate | Adjacent to North Dock West | 2000 | Leo Stevenson | [16] | ||||
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Returning to Embrace | 10 Cabot Square | 2000 | Jon Buck | [17] | ||||
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It Takes Two | One Canada Square | 2002 | Bob Allen | [18] | ||||
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HSBC lions | 8 Canada Square | 2002 | after W. W. Wagstaff | |||||
120x120px | Arbor | Montgomery Square | 2003 | Nigel Ross | [19] | ||||
120x120px | Cross Way | Montgomery Square | 2003 | Nigel Ross | [19] | ||||
120x120px | Sacrificial Anode | Montgomery Square | 2007 | Eilis O'Connell | [20] | ||||
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Sasso Cosmico | Westferry Circus | 2007 | Do König Vassilakis | [21] | ||||
120x120px | Avatar | Westferry Circus | 2009 | Robert Worley | [22] | ||||
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Torsion II | Bank Street, Jubilee Park exit | 2009–11 | Charles Hadcock | [23] | ||||
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Drawing Cube (Blue) | Montgomery Square | 2010 | Suresh Dutt | [24] | ||||
120x120px | Domino Players | Clove Crescent | 1992 | Kim Bennet | [25] | ||||
London River Man | Ensign House, Marsh Wall | ||||||||
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Renaissance | Nutmeg Lane, East India Dock | Maurice Blik | [26] | |||||
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Spirit of Enterprise | South Dock, Canary Wharf Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1987 | Wendy Taylor | [27] | ||||
Speaking of the River | Canary Riverside Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
2000 | Constance DeJong | audio benches | [28] | ||||
Windwand | Canary Riverside Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
2000 | Ron Arad | carbon fibre | 50 m high | [28] | |||
Chimney | Westferry Circus Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
2008 | Andrew Burton | recycled fired bricks, steel | [28] | ||||
12 Planters | Columbus Courtyard Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
2001–2002 | Tatiana Orloff | bronze | [28] |
Mile End and Bow
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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120x120px | Statue of Richard Green | East India Dock Road | 1865/6 | Edward William Wyon | Statue | Grade II | [29] |
120x120px | Statue of William Ewart Gladstone | In front of Bow Church, Bow Road | 1882 | Albert Bruce-Joy | Statue | Grade II | |
Bust of Edward VII | 39 Mile End Road | 1911 | ? | Bust | Grade II | Unveiled 12 October 1911.[30] | |
120x120px | Statue of Clement Attlee | Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road | 1988 | Frank Forster | Statue | N/A | Unveiled 30 November 1988 in its original location, outside Limehouse Library, by Harold Wilson, the last living member of Attlee's cabinet.[31] The figure holds a copy of the National Assistance Act 1948. In 2005 the work was badly vandalised and was boxed up to prevent further damage; it was removed to its current location in 2010.[32] Peter Mandelson gave the statue its second unveiling on 4 April 2011.[33] |
Knowledge | Library Square on the campus of Queen Mary, University of London | ||||||
Renaissance | junction of Saffron Avenue and Clove Crescent | Maurice Blik |
Poplar
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Children's Memorial | Poplar Recreation Ground | 1919 | A. R. Adams | Grade II | Unveiled 23 June 1919.[34] Commemorates the 18 children who were killed in a bombing raid (the first daylight raid of World War I) on Upper North Street School on 13 June 1917.[35] | |
Shadow Play | In front of Compass House, Mulberry Place | 1992 | Dave King | [29] | |||
120x120px | Virginia Settlers Monument | Jamestown Way | 1999 | Wendy Taylor | [29] | ||
Meridians and Metaphors | Near the junction of Clove Crescent and Saffron Avenue | David Jacobson |
Rotherhithe
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Bust of James Walker | Greenland Dock | 1990 | Michael Rizzello | Bust | N/A | [36] |
St Katharine's Dock
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Cannon | Entrance to St Katharine Docks | 18th century | [37] | ||||
Anchor of Amsterdam | St Katharine Docks, at entrance to East Dock | 1748 (placed here 1980s) | [37] | ||||
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Girl with Dolphin | Beside River Thames between Tower Bridge and entrance to docks | 1973 | David Wynne | [37] | ||
120x120px | Timepiece | Entrance to St Katharine Docks | 1973 | Wendy Taylor | [37] | ||
Elephants | Entrance to Ivory House, on gateposts | 1973 | Peter Drew | [37] | |||
Geese | Thomas More Street | 1990 | David Norris | [37] | |||
To Meet Again | Thomas More Street | 1990 | Michael Beck | [37] | |||
Angelic Musician | Thomas More Street | 1991 | Carl Milles | [37] | |||
Exotic Birds and other sculptures | Various locations around St Katharine Docks | 1995–97 | Paula Haughney | [37] |
Shadwell
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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120x120px | Memorial to Edward VII | King Edward Memorial Park | 1922 | Bertram Mackennal | Drinking fountain (formerly) | The bronze portrait medallion of Edward VII was stolen in 2007.[38] | |
120x120px | Navigators' Memorial | King Edward Memorial Park | 1922 | ? | Commemorative stone | [38] |
Spitalfields
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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120x120px | I Goat | Brushfield Street | 2011 | Kenny Hunter | Sculpture | N/A | [39] |
120x120px | Vortex | Lamb Street | 1999 | Barbara Sandler | Sculpture | N/A | [40] |
Wapping
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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120x120px | Bluecoat Girl | Raine's House | ? | Statue in niche | |||
120x120px | Bluecoat Boy | Raine's House | ? | Statue in niche | |||
120x120px | Bust of John Rennie the Elder | Spirit Quay | 1992 | John Ravera | Bust | N/A | [38] |
120x120px | Blitz Memorial | Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden | 2008 | Wendy Taylor | Sculpture | N/A | Unveiled in July 2008 by Hazel Blears, then the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and Alf Roffey, a survivor of the Blitz. On the site of Hermitage Wharf, which was destroyed in a bombing raid on 29 December 1940.[41] |
Whitechapel
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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120x120px | Statue of Alexandra of Denmark | Whitechapel Road, behind the Royal London Hospital | 1908 | George Edward Wade | Grade II | [42] | |
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Edward VII Memorial Drinking Fountain | Mile End Road | 1911 | William Silver Frith | Grade II | [43] | |
Bust of William Booth | Mile End Road | 1927 | George Edward Wade | [44] | |||
120x120px | Statue of William Booth | Mile End Road | 1979 (casting) | George Edward Wade | [45] | ||
Les Naïdes | 45 Whitechapel Road | 1985 | Ivor Abrahams | [45] | |||
Spitalfields Column | Middlesex Street | 1995 | Richard Perry | ||||
Ram and Magpie | Allen Gardens Playground, Buxton Street | 1996 | Paula Haughny | ||||
120x120px | Shaheed Minars Martyr monument Altab Ali |
Altab Ali Park, on the corner of Whitechapel Road and White Church Lane | 1999 | Shaheed Minar | [45] |
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- ↑ Public and Corporate Commissions | Bob Allen – Sculptor Accessed 4 April 2010
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- ↑ The Sporting Statues Project: Domino Players: East India Dock, London Accessed 24 October 2014
- ↑ 'Renaissance' – East India Dock, London, UK. – Commissions – Maurice Bilk Accessed 24 October 2014
- ↑ SCULPTURE IN THE WORKPLACE
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 Art Map – Public Art at Canary Wharf, Canary Wharf Group
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Poplar's Free Art & History. Accessed 14 November 2010
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Bibliography
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