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.

Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

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Milligan, RobertRobert Milligan Museum of London Docklands
Hertsmere Road
1813 Westmacott, RichardRichard Westmacott

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Testa Addormentata Corner of Bank Street and Upper Bank Street 1983 Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj [1]

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Couple on a Seat Cabot Square 1984 Chadwick, LynnLynn Chadwick [2]

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Centurione I Columbus Courtyard 1987 Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj [3]

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Leap Jamestown Harbour 1987–9 Belsky, FrantaFranta Belsky [4]

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Two Men on a Bench Cabot Square 1990 Penny, GilesGiles Penny [5]
Gate Westferry Circus 1992 Lund, GiuseppeGiuseppe Lund [6]

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Centauro Upper Bank Street 1994 Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj [7]

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Man With Arms Open West India Avenue 1995 Penny, GilesGiles Penny [8]

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Figurehead for Docklands Poplar Dock 1997 Bisset, AnnaAnna Bisset [9]
Portrait relief of Michael von Clemm Cabot Square 1998 Laing, GeraldGerald Laing [10]

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Traffic Light Tree roundabout on Trafalgar Way, outside Billingsgate Market (since 2013) 1998 Vivant, PierrePierre Vivant [11]

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Original Form 25 North Colonnade 1999 Rand, KeithKeith Rand [12]

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Six Public Clocks Reuters Plaza 1999 Grcic, KonstantinKonstantin Grcic [13]

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Vanishing Point Westferry Circus 1999 Battle, JayJay Battle [14]

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Columbus Screen Columbus Courtyard 2000 Ramshaw, WendyWendy Ramshaw [15]

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Hibbert Gate Adjacent to North Dock West 2000 Stevenson, LeoLeo Stevenson [16]

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Returning to Embrace 10 Cabot Square 2000 Buck, JonJon Buck [17]

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It Takes Two One Canada Square 2002 Allen, BobBob Allen [18]

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HSBC lions 8 Canada Square 2002 after W. W. Wagstaff
Arbor Montgomery Square 2003 Ross, NigelNigel Ross [19]
Cross Way Montgomery Square 2003 Ross, NigelNigel Ross [19]
Sacrificial Anode Montgomery Square 2007 O'Connell, EilisEilis O'Connell [20]

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Sasso Cosmico Westferry Circus 2007 König Vassilakis, DoDo König Vassilakis [21]
Avatar Westferry Circus 2009 Worley, RobertRobert Worley [22]

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Torsion II Bank Street, Jubilee Park exit 2009–11 Hadcock, CharlesCharles Hadcock [23]

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Drawing Cube (Blue) Montgomery Square 2010 Dutt, SureshSuresh Dutt [24]
Domino Players Clove Crescent 1992 Bennet, KimKim Bennet [25]
London River Man Ensign House, Marsh Wall

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Renaissance Nutmeg Lane, East India Dock Blik, MauriceMaurice Blik [26]

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Spirit of Enterprise South Dock, Canary Wharf

51°30′9.83″N 0°1′29.04″W / 51.5027306°N 0.0247333°W / 51.5027306; -0.0247333
1987 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor [27]
Speaking of the River Canary Riverside

51°30′22.48″N 0°1′43.72″W / 51.5062444°N 0.0288111°W / 51.5062444; -0.0288111
2000 DeJong, ConstanceConstance DeJong audio benches [28]
Windwand Canary Riverside

51°30′20.87″N 0°1′41.43″W / 51.5057972°N 0.0281750°W / 51.5057972; -0.0281750
2000 Arad, RonRon Arad carbon fibre 50 m high [28]
Chimney Westferry Circus

51°30′19.74″N 0°1′34.55″W / 51.5054833°N 0.0262639°W / 51.5054833; -0.0262639
2008 Burton, AndrewAndrew Burton recycled fired bricks, steel [28]
12 Planters Columbus Courtyard

51°30′22.53″N 0°1′30.69″W / 51.5062583°N 0.0251917°W / 51.5062583; -0.0251917
2001–2002 Orloff, TatianaTatiana Orloff bronze [28]

Mile End and Bow

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Statue of Richard Green East India Dock Road 1865/6 Wyon, Edward WilliamEdward William Wyon Statue Grade II [29]
Statue of William Ewart Gladstone In front of Bow Church, Bow Road 1882 Bruce-Joy, AlbertAlbert Bruce-Joy Statue Grade II
Bust of Edward VII 39 Mile End Road 1911 ? Bust Grade II Unveiled 12 October 1911.[30]
Statue of Clement Attlee Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road 1988 Forster, FrankFrank 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 Blik, MauriceMaurice Blik

Poplar

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

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Children's Memorial Poplar Recreation Ground 1919 Adams, A. R.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 King, DaveDave King [29]
Virginia Settlers Monument Jamestown Way 1999 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor [29]
Meridians and Metaphors Near the junction of Clove Crescent and Saffron Avenue Jacobson, DavidDavid Jacobson

Rotherhithe

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Bust of James Walker Greenland Dock 1990 Rizzello, MichaelMichael Rizzello Bust N/A [36]

St Katharine's Dock

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
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 Wynne, DavidDavid Wynne [37]
Timepiece Entrance to St Katharine Docks 1973 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor [37]
Elephants Entrance to Ivory House, on gateposts 1973 Drew, PeterPeter Drew [37]
Geese Thomas More Street 1990 Norris, DavidDavid Norris [37]
To Meet Again Thomas More Street 1990 Beck, MichaelMichael Beck [37]
Angelic Musician Thomas More Street 1991 Milles, CarlCarl Milles [37]
Exotic Birds and other sculptures Various locations around St Katharine Docks 1995–97 Haughney, PaulaPaula Haughney [37]

Shadwell

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Memorial to Edward VII King Edward Memorial Park 1922 Mackennal, BertramBertram Mackennal Drinking fountain (formerly) The bronze portrait medallion of Edward VII was stolen in 2007.[38]
Navigators' Memorial King Edward Memorial Park 1922 ? Commemorative stone [38]

Spitalfields

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
I Goat Brushfield Street 2011 Hunter, KennyKenny Hunter Sculpture N/A [39]
Vortex Lamb Street 1999 Sandler, BarbaraBarbara Sandler Sculpture N/A [40]

Wapping

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Bluecoat Girl Raine's House ? Statue in niche
Bluecoat Boy Raine's House ? Statue in niche
Bust of John Rennie the Elder Spirit Quay 1992 Ravera, JohnJohn Ravera Bust N/A [38]
Blitz Memorial Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden 2008 Taylor, WendyWendy 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
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Statue of Alexandra of Denmark Whitechapel Road, behind the Royal London Hospital 1908 Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade Grade II [42]

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Edward VII Memorial Drinking Fountain Mile End Road 1911 Frith, William SilverWilliam Silver Frith Grade II [43]
Bust of William Booth Mile End Road 1927 Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade [44]
Statue of William Booth Mile End Road 1979 (casting) Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade [45]
Les Naïdes 45 Whitechapel Road 1985 Abrahams, IvorIvor Abrahams [45]
Spitalfields Column Middlesex Street 1995 Perry, RichardRichard Perry
Ram and Magpie Allen Gardens Playground, Buxton Street 1996 Haughny, PaulaPaula Haughny
Shaheed Minars Martyr monument
Altab Ali
Altab Ali Park, on the corner of Whitechapel Road and White Church Lane 1999 Shaheed Minar [45]

References

  1. Igor Mitoraj: Testa Addormentata, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  2. Lynn Chadwick: Couple on a Seat, retrieved 5 April 2015
  3. Igor Mitoraj: Centurione I, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  4. 'Leap', Jamestown Harbour, Isle of Dogs, London, Henry Moore Institute, retrieved 5 April 2015
  5. Giles Penny: Two Men on a Bench, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  6. Giusseppe [sic] Lund: Gatesculptural railings, Canary Wharf, retrieved 18 April 2015
  7. Igor Mitoraj: Centauro I, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  8. Giles Penny: Man with Arms Open, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  9. "Canary Wharf & East India Docks". Exploring East London. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  10. Gerald Laing: Relief portrait of Michael von Clemm, Canary Wharf, retrieved 17 April 2015
  11. "The Traffic Light Tree, Pierre Vivant 1998", CityNoise, retrieved 31 March 2010
  12. Keith Rand: Original Form, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  13. Konstantin Grcic: Six Public Clocks, Canary Wharf, retrieved 18 April 2015
  14. Jay Battle: Vanishing Point, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  15. Wendy Ramshaw: Columbus Screen, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  16. Leo Stevenson:The Hibbert Gate, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  17. Jon Buck: Returning to Embrace, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  18. Public and Corporate Commissions | Bob Allen – Sculptor Accessed 4 April 2010
  19. 1 2 Nigel Ross: Cross Way / Arbor, Canary Wharf, retrieved 17 June 2015
  20. Eilis O'Connell: Sacrificial Anode, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  21. Do König Vassilakis: Sasso Cosmico, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  22. Robert Worley: Avatar, Canary Wharf, retrieved 17 June 2015
  23. Charles Hadcock: Torsion II, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  24. Drawing Cube (Blue), Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  25. The Sporting Statues Project: Domino Players: East India Dock, London Accessed 24 October 2014
  26. 'Renaissance' – East India Dock, London, UK. – Commissions – Maurice Bilk Accessed 24 October 2014
  27. SCULPTURE IN THE WORKPLACE
  28. 1 2 3 4 Art Map – Public Art at Canary Wharf, Canary Wharf Group
  29. 1 2 3 Poplar's Free Art & History. Accessed 14 November 2010
  30. "Edward VII", National Recording Project (Public Monuments & Sculpture Association), retrieved 11 January 2016
  31. "Clement Attlee", National Recording Project (Public Monuments & Sculpture Association), retrieved 1 June 2015
  32. Matthews 2012, pp. 231–2
  33. Lord Mandelson joins Lord Hennessy to unveil Clement Attlee statue, Queen Mary, University of London, 5 April 2011, retrieved 1 June 2015
  34. "Bombed School Memorial", National Recording Project (Public Monuments & Sculpture Association), retrieved 16 June 2015
  35. Matthews 2012, pp. 227–8
  36. Matthews 2012, p. 195
  37. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "St Katharine's Dock". Exploring East London. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  38. 1 2 3 Matthews 2012, p. 227
  39. "Peace dove gardens unveiled for London’s Blitz dead", The Docklands & East London Advertiser, 18 July 2008, retrieved 17 June 2015
  40. Historic England. "Statue in rear courtyard of the London Hospital (1065789)". National Heritage List for England.
  41. Historic England. "King Edward VII Jewish Memorial Drinking Fountain opposite to main entrance of London Hospital (1065821)". National Heritage List for England.
  42. Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
  43. 1 2 3 Rigal, Lawrence, "Whitechapel", Exploring East London, retrieved 8 June 2015

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