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

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	Milligan, RobertRobert Milligan	Museum of London Docklands Hertsmere Road	1813	Westmacott, RichardRichard Westmacott
More images	Testa Addormentata	Corner of Bank Street and Upper Bank Street	1983	Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj					[1]
More images	Couple on a Seat	Cabot Square	1984	Chadwick, LynnLynn Chadwick					[2]
More images	Centurione I	Columbus Courtyard	1987	Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj					[3]
More images	Leap	Jamestown Harbour	1987–9	Belsky, FrantaFranta Belsky					[4]
More images	Two Men on a Bench	Cabot Square	1990	Penny, GilesGiles Penny					[5]
	Gate	Westferry Circus	1992	Lund, GiuseppeGiuseppe Lund					[6]
More images	Centauro	Upper Bank Street	1994	Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj					[7]
More images	Man With Arms Open	West India Avenue	1995	Penny, GilesGiles Penny					[8]
More images	Figurehead for Docklands	Poplar Dock	1997	Bisset, AnnaAnna Bisset					[9]
	Portrait relief of Michael von Clemm	Cabot Square	1998	Laing, GeraldGerald Laing					[10]
More images	Traffic Light Tree	roundabout on Trafalgar Way, outside Billingsgate Market (since 2013)	1998	Vivant, PierrePierre Vivant					[11]
More images	Original Form	25 North Colonnade	1999	Rand, KeithKeith Rand					[12]
More images	Six Public Clocks	Reuters Plaza	1999	Grcic, KonstantinKonstantin Grcic					[13]
More images	Vanishing Point	Westferry Circus	1999	Battle, JayJay Battle					[14]
More images	Columbus Screen	Columbus Courtyard	2000	Ramshaw, WendyWendy Ramshaw					[15]
More images	Hibbert Gate	Adjacent to North Dock West	2000	Stevenson, LeoLeo Stevenson					[16]
More images	Returning to Embrace	10 Cabot Square	2000	Buck, JonJon Buck					[17]
More images	It Takes Two	One Canada Square	2002	Allen, BobBob Allen					[18]
More images	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]
More images	Sasso Cosmico	Westferry Circus	2007	König Vassilakis, DoDo König Vassilakis					[21]
	Avatar	Westferry Circus	2009	Worley, RobertRobert Worley					[22]
More images	Torsion II	Bank Street, Jubilee Park exit	2009–11	Hadcock, CharlesCharles Hadcock					[23]
More images	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
More images	Renaissance	Nutmeg Lane, East India Dock		Blik, MauriceMaurice Blik					[26]
More images	Spirit of Enterprise	South Dock, Canary Wharf 51°30′9.83″N 0°1′29.04″W / 51.5027306°N 0.0247333°W	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	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	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	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	2001–2002	Orloff, TatianaTatiana Orloff		bronze			[28]

Mile End and Bow

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	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 coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	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 coordinates	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 coordinates	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]
More images	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 coordinates	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 coordinates	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 coordinates	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 coordinates	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]
More images	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: Gate—​​sculptural 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. 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. Art Map – Public Art at Canary Wharf, Canary Wharf Group
29. 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. "St Katharine's Dock". Exploring East London. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
38. Matthews 2012, p. 227
41. "Peace dove gardens unveiled for London’s Blitz dead", The Docklands & East London Advertiser, 18 July 2008, retrieved 17 June 2015
42. Historic England. "Statue in rear courtyard of the London Hospital (1065789)". National Heritage List for England.
43. Historic England. "King Edward VII Jewish Memorial Drinking Fountain opposite to main entrance of London Hospital (1065821)". National Heritage List for England.
44. Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
45. Rigal, Lawrence, "Whitechapel", Exploring East London, retrieved 8 June 2015

Bibliography

• Matthews, Peter (2012), London’s Statues and Monuments, Botley: Shire Publications

External links

Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets at Wikimedia Commons