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
	Copper Flame	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1988	Robin Campbell (designer), Martin Williams (sculptor), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers)	[1]	51°36′48.8″N 3°56′30.9″W / 51.613556°N 3.941917°W
	Wall Sculptures	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea				51°36′49″N 3°56′30.8″W / 51.61361°N 3.941889°W
	'Zeta Mnemonical', sculpture and weather vane	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1985-90	Robin Campbell (designer), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers)	[2]	51°36′48.5″N 3°56′31.9″W / 51.613472°N 3.942194°W
	Navigation buoy	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea				51°36′47.6″N 3°56′36″W / 51.613222°N 3.94333°W
	The Siren	Seaward end of the Marriott Hotel, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1989		[3]	51°36′47.8″N 3°56′38.42″W / 51.613278°N 3.9440056°W
	Globe Sundial sculpture	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1987	Wendy Taylor	[4]	51°36′50.2″N 3°56′25.5″W / 51.613944°N 3.940417°W
	Lighthouse Tower sculpture	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1987	Robert Conybear	[5]	51°36′51″N 3°56′19.9″W / 51.61417°N 3.938861°W
	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	51°36′50.76″N 3°56′25.7″W / 51.6141000°N 3.940472°W
	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]	51°36′51.6″N 3°56′19.4″W / 51.614333°N 3.938722°W
	The Boatshed Doors	Marine Walk, close to the Marina Towers Observatory	c1985-1990	Robert Conybear, Robin Campbell	[7]	51°36′51.5″N 3°56′10.8″W / 51.614306°N 3.936333°W
	'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]	51°36′50.4″N 3°56′12″W / 51.614000°N 3.93667°W
	Sculptures on the Marina Towers Observatory	Sea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1989 (building)	Robin Campbell (architect)		51°36′50.61″N 3°56′12.99″W / 51.6140583°N 3.9369417°W
	The Mermaid	Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1989	Gordon Young	[10]	51°36′50.8″N 3°56′13.9″W / 51.614111°N 3.937194°W
	'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]	51°36′53.5″N 3°56′20.3″W / 51.614861°N 3.938972°W
	Captain Cat from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas	Abernethy Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1990	Robert J R Thomas (sculptor)	[12][13]	51°36′59.1″N 3°56′9.5″W / 51.616417°N 3.935972°W
	Pumphouse Quay wall sculpture	Next to the Pump House, Maritime Quarter, Swansea				51°37′0″N 3°56′10.3″W / 51.61667°N 3.936194°W
	Dylan Thomas	Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1984	John Doubleday	[14][15]	51°36′59.8″N 3°56′14″W / 51.616611°N 3.93722°W
	Dylan Thomas Theatre wall sculpture and mural	West wall of Theatre, Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1979		(see below)	51°37′0.5″N 3°56′16.27″W / 51.616806°N 3.9378528°W
	Dylan Thomas Theatre mural, depicting scenes from Dylan Thomas's life.	Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	c1979		[16][17]	51°36′59.8″N 3°56′14″W / 51.616611°N 3.93722°W
	History and development of steam railways	Victoria Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1983	Whitegates Ltd (Architects)	[18]	51°36′55.19″N 3°56′33.13″W / 51.6153306°N 3.9425361°W
	John Henry Vivian M.P.	Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1857	John Evan Thomas	[19]	51°36′55.3″N 3°56′15.7″W / 51.615361°N 3.937694°W
	Commemorating the twinning of Swansea with Ferrara, Italy	Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea			[20]	51°36′55″N 3°56′14″W / 51.6154°N 3.937241°W
	Monument to twinning of Swansea with Mannheim, Germany	Near Cambrian Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1985	R.Campbell (architect)	[21]	51°37′2.4″N 3°56′6.7″W / 51.617333°N 3.935194°W
	Wall Sculpture	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)	See below	51°37′2.67″N 3°55′59.91″W / 51.6174083°N 3.9333083°W
	Wall Sculpture	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)	See below	51°37′3.1″N 3°56′3.1″W / 51.617528°N 3.934194°W
	Maudslay, Sons and Field, Marine Engines	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)	See below	51°37′2.7″N 3°55′59.03″W / 51.617417°N 3.9330639°W
	Wall Sculpture	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)	See below	51°37′3.1″N 3°56′3.1″W / 51.617528°N 3.934194°W
	Wall mounted sculpture (one of two)	Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea	1993	Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)	[22]	51°37′2.66″N 3°55′59.05″W / 51.6174056°N 3.9330694°W
	Door sculptures	Tawe barrage pump house, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea				51°37′7.1″N 3°55′52″W / 51.618639°N 3.93111°W
	Merchant Navy Memorial	Technium Square, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea	2005	Philip Chatfield	[23][24]	51°37′13.4″N 3°55′54.7″W / 51.620389°N 3.931861°W
	Riverside sculpture	By River Tawe, outside Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront				51°37′11.9″N 3°56′3.9″W / 51.619972°N 3.934417°W
	Flying Figurehead	Quay Parade, near Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront	1988	David Backhouse	[25]	51°37′17.62″N 3°56′8.72″W / 51.6215611°N 3.9357556°W
	Light Wave	Crescent Park, Swansea Point, Swansea	2009	Peter Freeman	[26]	51°36′54.7″N 3°55′58.3″W / 51.615194°N 3.932861°W
	Acoustic Sculpture 1	Swansea Point, Swansea	2009	Rob Olins	see below	51°36′53.28″N 3°55′58.25″W / 51.6148000°N 3.9328472°W
	Acoustic Sculpture 2	Swansea Point, Swansea	2009	Rob Olins	[27]	51°36′52.4″N 3°56′4.5″W / 51.614556°N 3.934583°W
	Kinetic Monument (an example of Kinetic Sculpture)	Outside the LC, Swansea, Oystermouth Road, Swansea	1977	Kenneth Martin	[28]	51°37′0.5″N 3°56′22.6″W / 51.616806°N 3.939611°W

Swansea City Centre

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	Leaf Boat	Castle Square, Swansea City Centre	1996	Amber Hiscott	[29][30]	51°37′13.2″N 3°56′30″W / 51.620333°N 3.94167°W
	Wall sculpture, quoting Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas	8 Salubrious Passage, Swansea City Centre	c1996		[31]	51°37′7.5″N 3°56′25.9″W / 51.618750°N 3.940528°W
	Stainless steel columns	Princess Way, Swansea City Centre	2006	David Mackie, Andrew Rowe and Heather Parnell	[32][33]	51°37′6.5″N 3°56′28.4″W / 51.618472°N 3.941222°W
	Madonna and Child	Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)				51°37′4.2″N 3°56′33.2″W / 51.617833°N 3.942556°W
	Wall Sculpture	Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)				51°37′4.2″N 3°56′33.3″W / 51.617833°N 3.942583°W
	Wall Sculpture	Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)				51°37′4.2″N 3°56′33.3″W / 51.617833°N 3.942583°W

Brynmill

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	British Empire Panels	Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Guildhall	1932	Sir Frank Brangwyn	[34]	51°36′50.8″N 3°57′36.1″W / 51.614111°N 3.960028°W
	William Thomas, Mayor of Borough 1877, 1878	Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea	1906	Ivor J. Thomas	[35]	51°36′45.6″N 3°57′47.4″W / 51.612667°N 3.963167°W
	Boys' Brigade fountain	Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea	Reinaugurated 1987			51°36′45.2″N 3°57′42.7″W / 51.612556°N 3.961861°W
	Memorial to the second of the Boer Wars 1899-02	Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea	1904	Mr Littlejohn (designer)	[36][37]	51°36′41.2″N 3°57′59.8″W / 51.611444°N 3.966611°W
	Cenotaph War Memorial	Esplanade, Mumbles Road Brynmill, Swansea	1923	Ernest E Morgan (after Edwin Lutyens’ Whitehall Cenotaph )	[38]	51°36′38.5″N 3°58′5.21″W / 51.610694°N 3.9681139°W
	Swansea Jack memorial	Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea	1937	J. Cecil Jones	[39]	51°36′41.5″N 3°57′58.6″W / 51.611528°N 3.966278°W
	Henry Evans Charles Memorial Fountain	Oystermouth Road, Brynmill, Swansea	1907	Ivor J Thomas, J. Cecil Jones	[40]	51°36′44.7″N 3°57′36.2″W / 51.612417°N 3.960056°W

Blackpill and Mumbles

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	Musical Osprey - Leaving the Nest	Blackpill Lido, Swansea	1998	'Urban Strawberry Lunch'	[41]	51°35′46.7″N 3°59′40.7″W / 51.596306°N 3.994639°W
	Painted National Cycle Network Millennium Milepost	Blackpill, Swansea	1998	Andrew Rowe (designer)	[42]	51°35′55.9″N 3°59′37.3″W / 51.598861°N 3.993694°W
	War Memorial	Southend Park, Mumbles	1939 (plinths with names added 2006).		[43]	51°34′22.96″N 3°59′39.23″W / 51.5730444°N 3.9942306°W
	Breathing at Sea	Southend Park, Mumbles	2000	Hideo Furuta	[44]	51°34′22.75″N 3°59′38.86″W / 51.5729861°N 3.9941278°W
	Swansea Coat of Arms	Above entrance to Oystermouth Library, Dunns Lane, Mumbles	1935	E E Morgan (Architect)	[45]	51°34′29.15″N 3°59′56.87″W / 51.5747639°N 3.9991306°W

Temporary Artworks

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Source	Coordinates
	Little Bird	Princess Way, Swansea	16 April-13 May 2011	Laura Ford	[46]	51°37′16.3″N 3°56′36.1″W / 51.621194°N 3.943361°W
	'Nothing Should Stand in Your Way'	Swansea Museum Park	16 April-13 May 2011	Simon and Tom Bloor	[47]	51°37′3.5″N 3°56′23.2″W / 51.617639°N 3.939778°W

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