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IlluminoCity Light Festival taks place around the City of London at Brookfield Properties locations around Shoreditch High Street to Moorgate. This is its fifth year, and I'd previously explored the light festival in 2021. This year features two different light installations. One of these is located near Shoreditch High Street (Principal Place) and the other at Moorgate (Citypoint). The installations have been created by collective Architects of Happiness to help brighten moods during the wintery months.

The first installation is "The Happy House" and includes a colourful lit-up house that can be explored with an accompanying soundscape created by Mathis Richet. The soundscape has to be played on an app on mobile phone, which is a shame, because it adds an immersive element if played on site. The soundscape sounds like laughing children playing with a soft drumming ambient tone which is uplifting and relaxing.

Th second installation is "Beaming" and inspired by social media. It features different emoji icons that have been lit up in different colours. People are encouraged to take photographs with the emojis and smile. 

IlluminoCity Light Festival takes place from the end of October until 27th of January.

Previous editions of IlluminoCity are below:

IlluminoCity Light Festival 2021

Hodge was a cat belonging to Samuel Johnson and immortalized in history as being "a very fine cat indeed". Hodge lived around the year 1769, and Johnson was very fond of the cat during the time when cats were not regarded highly. Johnson was a writer and is famous for the phase "when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life". He lived at 17 Gough Square, located just north of Ludgate Hill. Johnson treated his pets fondly, and he purchased oysters for Hodge himself instead of sending his servants to purchase them as he was worried that they would take a disliking to his cat and feel degraded for buying the food for a cat. When Hodge became older, valerian was purchased to ease his pain.

Hodge was described as having sable or black fur, and the cat had poems written about him/her by Johnson, who regarded Hodge as his favourite. The cat was known to climb onto Johnson and enjoy affection and purr. 

Hodge is immortalized in Gough Square by a bronze statue, which was st in 1997 by the Lord Mayor of London. The statue of Hodge is sitting next to empty oyster shells in bronze and a copy of Johnson's famous dictionary where the cat was mentioned as "a very fine cat indeed." A custom is to place coins in the oyster shells for good luck, and sometimes the cat will have a piece of ribbon tied around its neck.

The statue was modelled after the sculptor's own cat, and the height of the statue was choosen so that visitors could easily see and access the bronze cat.

A "twelve days of Christmas" charity sculpture trail featuring "The Snowman" character by Raymond Briggs has come to London's streets in the Fleet Street Quarter on the fringe of the City of London. The Fleet Street Quarter is located around Fleet Street, Chancery Lane, Ludgate Hill, and St. Paul's Cathedral. The sculpture trail features twelve "The Snowman" sculptures with artwork related to the "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song. 

The sculpture trail was in place from the end of November until the 5th of January, and when I visited it between Christmas and New Year, it was very busy with many people out tracking them down. The trail was put together with WildInArt.

The CIty of London has an annual sculpture trail known as Sculpture in the City. The sculptures are removed in May and  replaced in early summer, and they allow visitors to the City and workers to explore the artwork. The year 2023 marks the twelfth year of the sculptures, and many of the works you will see were also displayed in previous years. The sculptures are created by emerging and well-known sculptors and artists. This year features many that have already been on display with very few new pieces. The sculptures in this post can be seen until May of 2024.

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" - Rafael D'Alo

"Muamba Groove" - Vanessa da Silva

"Miss" - Emma Louise Moore

"Nests Continued" - Victor Seward

"Pacific Red" - Larry Bell

"The Garden of Floating Words" - Elisa Artesero

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" - Rafael D'Alo

"Summer Moon" - Ugo Rondinone

"Rain Mountain Neo-lithic" - Isamu Noguchi

"untitled: megaphone" - Phyllida Barlow

"Pittu Pithu Pitoo" - Simeon Barclay

"Untitled" - Arturo Herrera

"We" - Emma Smith

"Untitled Ceiling Projection" - Mika Rottenberg

"Earthling" - Joeclyn McGregor

"Habitat" - Pedro Pires

"In Loving Memory" - Oliver Bragg

"The Granary" - Jesse Pollock

"Untitled" - Arturo Herrera

Previous years of London's Sculpture in the City are included below:

• Sculpture in the City 2022
• Sculpture in the City, 2021
• Sculpture in the City, 2020 (cancelled)
• Sculpture in the City, 2019
• Sculpture in the City, 2018
• Sculpture in the City, 2017
• Sculpture in the City 2016
• Sculpture in the City 2015
• Sculpture in the City 2014
• Sculpture in the City 2013

In the middle of September, Frieze Sculpture returned to Regent's Park for 2023, and the sculptures are on display until the middle of November. Frieze Sculpture in Regent's Park is in its twelfth year this year; the sculptures used to be displayed from July, but this changed during the pandemic, and they are shown for the autumn months to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair in October. I recently visited and enjoyed seeing the different range of sculptures this year. 

Here is a run down of the sculptures for 2023.

Suhasini Kejriwal - Garden of Un-earthly Delights: These painted bronze sculptures appear like painted cactus plants.

Hans Rosenstrom - Unfolding Silence: This installation includes an accompanying soundscape in a secluded area with a stone podium bird bath and a broze ear in the centre. 

Amy Stephens - Waking Matter: This sculpture celebrates nature by showing off a piece of marble on top of a steel pedestal. It shows the natural with constructd steel.

Holly Stevenson - The Debate: The sculptures are created in ceramic and show two geese with an oversized egg.

Zak Ove - The Mothership Connection: The large totem of a rocketship is brightly painted with African and Caribbean style colours and masks, which tell the story of lost cultures.

Temitayo Ogunbiyi - You will carry dreams, memories, and new beginnings (48 days): Lagos-based artist included casts of 48 grinding stones to map a 48-day walk from Lagos to London.

Hank Willis Thomas - All Power to All People: This artwork shows an African pick and 'Black Power' salute for empowerment.

Tony Matelli - Sleepwalker: This shows a sleepwalking man, which represents a sense of crisis as being physically present but not in mind.

Catherine Czudej - Fat Man with Flowers 2 and Man Kneeling with Flowers: These are balloon sculptures.

Josh Smith - Friend: This bronze sculpture depicts the grim reaper, which is a symbol of death.

Yuichi Hirako - Yggdrasill / Books: The character symbolises nture on top of a stack of books.

Li Li Ren - To find a way home: The two abov sculptures were accompanied with a few scattered amongst the grass. There were six in total created from bronze and aluminium and depict sea creatures.

Leilah Babirye - Gyagenda: This bronze sculpture depicts a community of queer Buganda clanspeople. It translates to young people going out into a wider world. 

Gülsün Karamustafa - Monument for the 21st Century: This is a red plinth. 

Louise Nevelson - Model for Celebration II: This includes angular shapes and symbolises darkness.

Ayse Erkmen - Model for a Moss Column: The large totem sculpture is wrapped in moss and draws a line with a connection to nature.

Tomas Saraceno - Silent Autumn: This sculpture has autumnal colours, which depict the changing leaves.

Ghada Amer - My body my choice: This sculpture explores identity through culture and religion with understandings of the self.

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA - Material (SG): This British-Nigerian artist used the steel sculpture to signify issues of race and class the sculpture is created to appear as if a piece of fabric in the wind.

This wraps it up for Frieze Sculpture in Regent's Park for 2023. For previous years, see my posts below:

Frieze Sculpture 2022
Frieze Sculpture 2021
Frieze Sculpture 2020
Frieze Sculpture 2019
Frieze Sculpture 2018
Frieze Art Fair 2017

Last month, I headed over to Covent Garden to locate the fifteen gorilla sculptures that have been placed by Tusk, a charity seeking donations to help African conservation. The sculptures were placed in mid-July and will remain until mid-October. Each of the fifteen sculptures has its own unique design, created by an artist or celebrity. Among them include musician Ronnie Wood and comedian John Cleese.

MR JAGO

GORDON CHEUNG

BARNABY BARFORD, JEMMA POWELL

MAURO PERUCCHETTI

CHILA BURMAN, ADAM DANT

SALLY WOOD

SALLY WOOD

HAYDEN KAYS X PETERSHAM NURSERIES, RANKIN

PURE EVIL 

RONNIE WOOD, NICK GENTRY, JON AND JENNIFER CLEESE

HANNAH SHERGOLD

HANNAH SHERGOLD

I visited Yorkshire Sculpture Park toward the end of July on my visit to the Leeds and Yorkshire area for a long weekend. Earlier in the day, the weather was very nice but then became very rainy later on. Luckily, I managed to see quite a few of the sculptures before the rain got too bad; I had just returned from the car when it started to pour down. For those who do not know, Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an outdoor park that contains mainly modern art sculptures situated amongst grazing sheep. There is woodland and a lake, and there are a couple of buildings that house temporary exhibits and a cafe. This is a place where visitors can spend a day enjoying a walk around the sculptures.

Henry Moore - Large Totem Head

Yorkshire Sculpture Park is located in West Yorkshire near Leeds and covers 500 acres of grounds. It was founded in 1977 and is the largest sculpture park in Europe. It contains sculptures from popular artists, such as Ai Weiwei, Damien Hirst, David Nash, Sean Scully, Henry Moore, and many others. Some of the work will be instantly recognisable to most people.

Robert Indiana - LOVE

Marc Quinn: Wilder Shores of Desire

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm

Daniel Arsham

KAWS

Daniel Arsham

Daniel Arsham

Erwin Wurm

Roger Hiorns - Seizure. This installation was made from an abandoned council estate flat in London in which the crystals were grown from the walls and ceilings. The whole thing was then removed from the flat by removing one wall of the flat and craning it out.

Jody Kerwick - Hydra vs Bear

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm

Damien Hirst

Katrina Palmer - The Coffin Jump

Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst

Henry Moore: Reclining Figure Arch Leg

Henry Moore - Two Large Forms

I walked to the bottom of the sculpture park but did not walk around the lake where there were more sculptures. The weather was starting to rain a little bit.

Henry Moore - Upright Motives

Henry Moore - Large Spindle Piece

This rabbit is not a sculpture but it hung around me for some time.

Barbara Hepworth - The Family of Man

William Turnbull - Large Horse

Niki de Saint Phalle - Buddha

Elizabeth Frink - Protomartyr

If you are looking for something to do around Leeds, I recommend Yorkshire Sculpture Park for a fun attraction with the family. Visitors can become inspired and walk around the park land to explore some sculptures. They also have temporary exhibits and talks, classes, and much more to support artists. Their cafe stocks good food with a variety of options and their shop contains hand-mind items from artists, is also well worth a visit.

Last month, I visited National Trust property Petworth. The first time (and last time) that I visited Petworth was during the pandemic, and part of the house was in lockdown. This time, a couple more areas were open, but it was not changed much from the lockdown years. Petworth is also having a special event at the moment. Around the gardens are a few painted Elmer sculptures that visitors can find. I enjoyed locating the sculptures and having a look inside the house. The Elmer sculptures will be in place at Petworth until early September.

The artwork has been inspired by famous artists.

After locating some of the elephant Elmer sculptures, I had a wander around Petworth House, which dates from th 17th century and was the site of hunting grounds. Today, the house is filled with artwork.

The staircase has been painted to appear three-dimensional.

There is some work by William Blake.

And a very early globe, which does its best to explain where different countries are in the world but is not at all accurate.

The kitchens were open too.

On the way back to the car, I went in search of the remaining Elmer sculptures.

For more photographs from Petworth House and Gardens, see the following post: A Morning At Petworth (National Trust, West Sussex): Lockdown Edition.

The Morph Scupture Trail came to London earlier this month, and I spent one day last weekend seeking them out. Unfortunately, a couple of them had to be removed from the trail already due to damage. The Morph sculptures are located along the South Bank and the City of London and are easy to walk to. They celebrate diversity and inclusion and aim to raise money for Whizz Kidz charity, which helps children with mobility needs.

Below are some of the sculptures that I saw.

Chocks Away! - Rhiannon Griffiths; Maximus Morpheus Londinium - Tim Sutcliffe

Good Vibes - Lucy Hebden

Freedom - Ruth Green; Tiger Morph - Jenny Russell

London Collage - Linda Baritski

Peace Love and Morph - Lucy Hebden; Midas Morph - David Bland

Morphlowers Please! - Marnie Maurri

Roll with It - Sarah Matthews

Morph and Friends Explore London - Elaine Gill; Tartan Trailblazer - Alison Black and Caitlyn Fulton

Make Your Mark - Sarah Emily Porter

Astromorph - Solopress

Mondrian Morph - Lynne Hollingsworth; It's Raining Morphs! Hallelujah! - Olaf Falafel

Morph Wizz-Kidz Argonaut - Jason Whilsher-Mills

The Bard - Susan Webber

On Guard - Hannah Lewin

Gingerbread Morph - Donna Newman; Mr. Create - Jenny Leonard 

Totally Morphomatic! - Glen Brooks and Jane Mota; Apart Together - Olivia Hylton

Morph into the Pinataverse - Anthony Rule

Pearly King Morph - Sandra Russell; Morph the Yeoman Guard - Amanda Quellin

Blaze a Trail - Rob Biddulph

Whizz Bang! - Jess Perrin; Gentlemorph - Tabita Harvey

Polly Morphism - Sally Guthire; Rock Star! - Tom Fletcher

The London Man - Jenny Pearce; Morph Target - Signe Tveitan 

Looking After the Ocean - Ali Elly

Swashbucker - Peter Lord

Morph, it's the Wrong Trousers! - Melissa Howe; Apples and Pears - Helen L. Smith

The Morph sculptures are in London until 20th August.

I have been enjoying Winter Lights at Canary Wharf for the past several years now, and it has become a staple of the London calendar for the middle of January. I was not able to visit it in the middle of the month, so I had to visit it on the final week on the Friday, and it was far more busier than I have ever seen it. I visited with a friend this year so arrived a bit later than I normally would have, and all of the installations were packed, which made it difficult to capture photographs. 

Keep reading below to learn about the sculptures from Canary Wharf Winter Lights 2023.

Floating Earth by Luke Jerram: This large-scale globe of the planet earth demonstrates the importance of the planet and climate change.

Fluorescent Firs: These lit-up trees have been placed during the previous years, and they transform the area occupied and gradually change colour.

Crystal Greenhouse by Shared Space and Light: This miniature greenhouse has light projections onto the sides of it, transforming it with different themes such as rain, ice, and crystals.

Emergence by This is Loop: This large-scale sculpture provides entrances for visitors to enjoy an interior space with mirrored prisms. 

Glories by Richard William Wheater: Gas-filled glass hoops are known as "glories", and they attempt to recreate nature by scattering light across the water.

Anima by Master in Ephemeral Architecture and Temporary Spaces (MEATS): This immersive sculpture had a long wait of more than thirty minutes to step inside, and once inside, it was packed with people. This artwork symbolises data about people, which places everyone into a global system of stored information and merges with everyone else.

Toroid by This is Loop: This architectural form is made with a circle with mirrored frame to reflect light. Visitors can walk inside and underneath it.

Lightbenches by LBO Lichtbank: The lightbenches have been in place in previous years, and they are favourites, allowing people to sit and enjoy the benches as the colours change.

Out of the Dark by Tom Lambert: This light installation encourages visitors to reflect on themselves and to connect with others around us.

You Exist Here, Now by The Fandangoe Kid: This sculpture features a mirror with a frame around it with the words "You exist here now". The artwork encourages people to reflect upon busy lives and take a break and pause.

Invisible by Daniel Popescu: This tunnel is filled with thousands of angled mirrors with blue and green lights illuminating them. Visitors can be immersed in this world.

Fragmented Appearanced by Gertjan Adema: This mirrored spinning sculpture casts reflections of light around the room.

Intonaluci 'The Light Snails' by Calidos: These sculptures have handles on them that can be spun so that visitors can watch the artwork spiral and create patterns based on the speed. 

Elantic 'The Boulder' by Tom&Lien Dekyvere: Discarded circuit boards have been used to create this boulder-shaped installation. The sculpture wishes to highlight that people wish to create a digital version of reality.

The Stars Come Out at Night by Stellar Projects: This installation gently rotates, mimicking the beautiful of the night sky filled with stars. The ground beneath the sculpture is lit up to display patterns of stars and 'we are all made of star stuff'. It is designed to look like a nightlight and provide some comfort to the viewer.

Continuum by Illumaphonium: These geometric mirrored pillars emit sounds as visitors approach and walk amongst them. The theme of the artwork is togetherness.

PING by Gijs Van Bon: Westferry Circus has come to life with over 200 becaons on a track. These beacons light up in a chain reactions, changing its shape and interacting with the environment through light and sound. The colours change from blue to red, green, and every colour in between, set to the soundscape for this interactive installation that encourages the visitors to stop and look.

Permafrost Sleeping Giants by Fisheye: Permafrost is a frozen layer beneath the surface of the earth which defrosts due to climate change. This layer includes important information about the earth. The sculpture is developed to raise awareness of climate crisis. These three mammoth sculptures in blue, green, and red help to highlight the issues.

Some of the light sculptures are permanent, and I've previously photographed them and mentioned them in the other posts. One example is "We Could Meet" by Martin Richman. This sculpture changes in light and frequency throughout the day to respond to changing environment.

I have been visiting Canary Wharf for their annual light trail for the past few years, but last year's was cancelled. In 2021, the event was rebranded and in place over three months. Previous visits to the Winter Lights at Canary Wharf can be seen below:

Canary Wharf Winter Lights 2022 - cancelled
Canary Wharf "Connected by Light" 2021
Canary Wharf Winter Lights 2020
Canary Wharf Winter Lights 2019
Winter Lights @ Canary Wharf 2018
Canary Wharf Winter Lights (2017)
Winter Lights @ Canary Wharf (2016)

Pierre Vivant is known for sculptures, and at least two take pride of place in the middle of roundabouts. There's a sculpture designed as a confusing traffic light system with a lot of lights facing slightly-different directions. There's also this collection of road signs organised into geometric shapes, which is located in the middle of a roundabout in Cardiff. The title "Magic Roundabout" was coined by Cardiff residents and not the artist.

The sculptures are arranged across the middle of the roundabout and are easily-recognisable "street furniture".

I discovered them during my stay in Cardiff, as I was staying quite near, and I snapped a couple photographs on the move.

Each year, the City of London displays sculptures. The sculptures were placed in late June, and they allow workers and visitors to the City to explore artwork. This is the eleventh year of the sculptures now, and many of the works you will see were also displayed in the previous year or two. The sculptures are created by emerging and well-known sculptors and artists. This year features many that have already been on display with very few new pieces. 

"Bloom Paradise" - Jun T. Lai

Keep reading below to see what this year's Sculpture in the City is all about.

"Burial" - Alice Channer

This sculpture was displayed from last summer, and it depicts two organic forms that appear as burials. They are made from material from demolished city buildings.

"Miss" - Emma Louise Moore

This marble takes on a reflective and translucent form when the sun passes through it.

"Earthing" - Jocelyn McGregor 

Human organic hybrids are created with this piece, which contains human limbs that seem to emerge from snails.

"Rough Neck Business" - Mike Ballard

This sculpture is created from hoardings found across London, such as the Olympic Park and Dalston. It symbolises great change across cities. This was on display last year.

"The Garden of Floating Words" - Elisa Artesero

This is a permanent sculpture with a poem "You've Gone Touching Leaves in the Moonlight". It was created for Canary Wharf's Winter Lights a few years ago and has been on display at this location for the past few years now.

"Untitled" - Bosco Sodi

The artist was inspired by putting wet sand in piles to create these sculptures, which appear like stalagmites, which destroyed the original artwork in the process. These are the only surviving sculptures as the others perished in Hurricane Sandy.

"Summer Moon" - Udo Rondinone

The artist has created a series of tree sculptures, particularly focusing on ancient olive trees.

"Sandwich" - Sarah Lucas

This sculpture was displayed in Regent's Park last year. Its focus is to put a recognisable object, such as a sandwich, in an unlikely place.

"Cosmos" - Eva Rothschild

These three painted structures are placed together and mimic surrounding architecture of the city. The sculpture was on display from last summer.

"Generations (Part Two)" - Claudia Weiser

Historical and biographical imagery with a human aspect is illustrated onto the backs of the escalators at Leadenhall.

"We" - Emma Smith

This neon sign displays two messages interchangably. "We are all one" changes into "We are alone" with different letters illuminated. 

"Invasion" - Shezad Dawood

The artwork of the monster character explores relationships between the U.S. and Pakistan and Cold War propaganda as well as characters from video games.

"Symbols" - Guillaume Vandame

These colourful flags appeared for last year's Sculpure in the City, and they depict the PRIDE flag colours.

"Orphans" - Bram Ellens

These sculptures made an appearance last year, and they are created from canvases of artwork that were created from paintings saved after their creative owners died.

"Bloom Paradise" - Jun T. Lai

Hope and love and regeneration symbolise the colourful flowers, such as the lotus flower. These sculptures were in place last year.

"The Granary" - Jesse Pollock

This sculpture is of a traditional granary building, a rural building that is used to store grain. It has been created with beaten metal, and it symbolises rural crisis in the environment but also the inability to let go of heritage.

"Habitat" - Pedro Pires

This sculpture seems to take on a human form when viewed from one angle and a tree from a different angle. It symbolises the environment and human's part in it.

"In Loving Memory" - Oliver Bragg

These plaques on benches symbolise a memorialisation of a person or a dedication. These brass plaques, some of which appeared last year, poke humour at the dedication of abstract ideas and fictional people.

"Nests" - Victor Seward

These are 3D-printed "fruits" that also act as bird nests in the city. 

Previous years of London's Sculpture in the City are included below:

• Sculpture in the City, 2021
• Sculpture in the City, 2020 (cancelled)
• Sculpture in the City, 2019
• Sculpture in the City, 2018
• Sculpture in the City, 2017
• Sculpture in the City 2016
• Sculpture in the City 2015
• Sculpture in the City 2014
• Sculpture in the City 2013

The latest artwork to be placed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square appeared near the beginning of autumn. The work is a sculpture called "Antelope" and is created by Samson Kambalu. The fourth plinth statues have been temporary for several years now; originally, it was going to be home to a statue of King George IV. The temporary commissions started in 1999. "Antelope" will be in place for a year, and this sculpture is of John Chilembwe (the larger figure), who led a rebellion against colonialism in Malawi. The man was a Baptist preacher, and he was a black man. He is depicted wearing a hat, which was forbidden at the time for a black person to wear a hat in front of a white person. The smaller figure in the sculpture is John Chorley, a missionary.

Having Chilembwe as the larger figure highlights his importance and his story more than Chorley as many people of different races were not represented and forgotten in history while the richer white people were able to have the limelight. Now, it is Chilembwe's turn. 

Previous commissions that had time on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square can be seen in the following posts:

2020: 'The End' by Heather Phillipson
2018: 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist'
2016: Really Good
2015: A horse skeleton with a stock ticker tape
2014: A giant blue rooster
2012: A boy on a rocking horse
2011: Ships in a bottle
2009: members of the public were encouraged to do their own 'thing' on the plinth
2005: limbless pregnant female statue

This past weekend, Trafalgar Square became a large outdoor art gallery with ninety-six of its globe sculptures on display across the square for visitors to see. The sculpture trails were placed in a few cities (including London) in the United Kingdom over the summer, but they were all spread out across the cities. They have finally been brought to one place for visitors to see in a grand finale. The globes are each unique and represent the history and more current and community events relating to the United Kingdom and people from Africa. Themes include imaginging a different world with black narrators as important historical figures, the slave trade, community, culture, and more. The globes raise awareness of racial concerns and issues. Eighteeen of these globes will be auctioned later this month to raise charity for racial justice programmes. 

I went to visit the globe sculptures on Saturday morning, and the square was getting busier throughout the morning. The sculptures are located inside the square with some located at the top of the steps.

MFIKELA JEAN SAMUEL

KWAKU ANOKYE, POOR COLLECTIVE, GEOFFREY CHAMBERS, SUMUYYA KHADER, RODELL WARNER, GREGORY DAINES

AMY BOURBON

GLEN BROOKS AND JANE MOTA, RICHARD RAWLINS, KIMATHI DONKOR, LAURA BOLTON, MUSSARAT RAHMAN, Catherine Chinatree, LOU BOYCE, MARCIA BROWN, BS51, TAMIKA GALANIS

KASSESSA GANDARA

ROY MEATS, OSHII ROWAN, LAURA-KATE PONTEFRACT, NADIA AKINGBULE, CAROLINE DALY, ZITA HOLBOURNE

HAZEL BLUE

OLIVIA TWIST

MARCUS DOVE

Jay Percy

Ras Akyem

LAKWENA MACIVER

SOHAILA BALUCH

GHERDAI HASSELL

ÀSÌKÒ OKELARIN

FIONA COMPTON, SUSAN THOMPSON, VASHTI HARRISON, GABRIEL CHOTO, YINKA SHONIBARE CBE, SARAH OWUSU, NATASHA MULUSWELA, NICOLA CONSTANTINA

GODFRIED DONKOR

NICOLA GREEN

LARRY AMPONSAH

PHOEBE BOSWELL

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JULIANKNXX

ADAM GROSE

?

KIM THOMPSON

PARYS GARDENER

CURTIS HOLDER

NEEQUAYE DREPH DSANE

DEANNA TYSON

HAMED MAIYE, JIONI WARNER, CAROL SORHAINDO, JOANNA COHN, x, FODAY DUMBUYA, JESS PERRIN, KAZVARE

ABBI BAYLISS

BRYONY BENGE-ABBOTT

LUCY EDKINS

BANDELE IYAPO

SUCHI CHIDAMBARAM

SHANNON BONO

RICHARD MENSAH

Jasmine Thomas-Girvan

ALI ELLY

?

DONNA NEWMAN

?

ABBI BAYLISS

GE

JOSHUA DONKOR

GAYANI ARIYARATNE

JASMINE THOMPSON

SHIVANEE RAMLOCHAN

PAULINE BAILEY

KOBY MARTIN

ANDREA CUMMING

HANNAA HAMDACHE, SARAH MENSAH & GABRIELLE UBAKANMA

ALVIN KOFI

SERENA SUSSEX

ALISON TURNER

ALISON TURNER

GLORY SAMJOLLY

WINSTON BRANCH

FIONA COMPTON & HAILEY GONZALES

GIL MUALEM-DORON

JARVIS BROOKFIELD

KIONE GRANDISON

EMMANUEL UNAJI

EMMA BLAKE MORSI

KIALY TIHNGANG

The World Reimagined sculptures were on display in Trafalgar Square for the weekend in the middle of November.

A new sculpture trail from charities Wild in Art and The World Reimagined was launched over the middle of the summer at short notice, and it toured across several major citites in England and Wales. There were several smaller trails across multiple London boroughs and separate trails in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, and Swansea. The objective of the sculpture trail was based on the "Journey of Discovery" to help with racial justice and supporting the journey of understanding. I only got time to complete one of the trails before the sculptures were removed on 30th October. I did not get to visit other London trails because the sculptures were so spread out over a larger area, and it would have been better to see them all in one place or closer together to experience more of them.

The trail artwork is based on nine themes through a shared history and common future goals. This includes nine themes - Mother Africa, slavery, abolition, support causes, community and present, common future, and more. The themes allow us to look at the world in a different way and highlight impotant causes.

"The New Union Flag" - GIL MUALEM-DORON

"Our Cup Runneth Over" - SARAH OWUSU

"Yet We Still Arise" - WINSTON BRANCH

"The Timeless Cosmic Calabash/Gourd(s): We Will Mend This Broken World" - FOLUSO OGUNTOYE

"Bought Sold And Gold" - GLEN BROOKS AND JANE MOTA

"Echoes Talk Back" - CURTIS HOLDER

"Movers Of The Past, Shakers Of Tomorrow" - NATASHA MULUSWELA

A lovely early autumn view of St. Paul's Cathedral

"Let Us Not Forget" - KIONE GRANDISON

"The Road To Freedom, Hidden In Plain Sight" - ÀSÌKÒ OKELARIN

"The World Reimagined" - YINKA SHONIBARE CBE

Frieze Sculpture returned to Regent's Park for 2022 and runs from the middle of September until the 13th of November. It's the eleventh year of Frieze Sculptures in Regent's Park this year. I recently visited, and I was not disappointed. There is a lot of colour and form to see, and some of the sculptors are well-known. I think this year has a little something for everyone.

Below are the sculptures for the 2022 edition of Frieze in Regent's Park.

Matthew Darbyshire - "Hercules Meets Galatea"

This is a re-imagining of classic Greek and Roman sculptures, though the sculptor encourages the viewer to examine symbolism in the work through the structure, surface, and sexuality.

Ugo Rondinone - "Yellow Blue Monk"

The artist is currently creating a series of sculptures called "nuns + monks", and this is one of the recent in the series. The work is made in bronze and painted in blue with a yellow "head". 

Robert Indiana - "Imperial LOVE" 

Robert Indiana is known as "painter of signs", and his work features text and large letters and numbers transformed into large sculptures. The "LOVE" sculptures by him are his most-known.

John Giorno - "SPACE MIRRORS MIND"

This sculpture is one in the series of sculptures "Stone Poems", and it has not been seen before. It is constructed out of glacial granite.

Alicja Kwade - "Tunnel-Tell" 

This sculpture appears to be a granite boulder pierced by a stainless-steel reflective tube. It encourages the viewer to interact with it; to look at the reflections and to walk around and peer through the tunnel.

Ron Arad - "Dubito Ergo Cogito"

This bronze sculpture appears to be a seated pedestal, and the artist was inspired by Rodin's "The Thinker" sculpture of a seated man in thought. The artist looks at the space left behind from the human form, leaving behind an imprint of his feet and rear. It encourages interaction of the viewer to sit in the space place.

Jody Kerwick - "Vertical Plane Me"

Folklore and a dream world are created in the symbols out of Portland stone.

Tim Etchells - "Don't Look Back"

This phrase "Don't Look Back" is stenciled out into the steel, and it can be read from either side and to consider the placement and landscape that the sculpture is set in.

N.S. Harsha - "Desired for -Arrived at"

The sculpture is described as being a basis to describe life; we often want to be somewhere, but it can take on a non-linear approach to get there.

Ro Robertson - "Drench"

This sculpture explores the figure and body as landscape.

Pablo Reinoso - "Speaker's Corner"

I am guessing that this sculpture was inspired by the people that hang out and speak at the corner in Hyde Park.

Shaikha Al Mazrou - "Red Stack"

This painted steel sculpture describes weight, space, and form. The artist's sculptures often resemble balloons or origami. I thought that this one looked like a stack of pillows.

Ida Ekblad - "Book of Boredum"

This bronze sculpture has been painted with bright angular shapes and patterns.

Beverly Pepper - "Curvae in Curvae"

This Latin word means "curve" and the steel sculpture appears less heavy as a curved form.

George Rickey - "Five Lines in Parrallel Planes"

A series of steel poles changes form and shape in the breeze. This is not a stationary sculpture.

Emma Hart - "Big Time"

Colourful ceramic sundials are on display with painted faces and have words on the ground such as "no time", or "after time".

Peju Alatise - "Sim and the Yellow Glass Birds"

A story is printed onto the different individual sculptures, which display children and birds. The story is about Sim, a nine-year old girl who lives in two worlds. One world is a domestic servant, and the other world is a dreamland of talking birds and butterflies, and she can fly.

John Wood and Paul Harrison - "10 signs for a park"

A series of green signs have been placed around the park to discover with odd phrases, such as "you are reading these words", "tree ->", and "daylight". I saw all ten of them, though the "tree ->" photograph is missing below.

For previous years of Frieze Sculpture in Regent's Park, see my posts below:

Frieze Sculpture 2021
Frieze Sculpture 2020
Frieze Sculpture 2019
Frieze Sculpture 2018
Frieze Art Fair 2017

Downtown Marion, Ohio, has seventeen cardinal sculptures to find. The cardinal was selected as it is Ohio's state bird, and there are seventeen sculptures to mark Ohio beng the 17th state to be added to the United States. The creator of this project is Dean Jacob, who was inspired by similar sculpture trails seen in other cities. Many of the sculptures feature historical Marion scenes, and they have been painted by thirteen local artists. The art trail kicked off in 2017 when the designs were created, and the sculptures have been in place since 2021 except for one that has not yet been placed.

Cardinal of Carnations - Amanda Adkins

Blue Skies Over Marion - William Obenour
Gen Francis Marion "The Swamp Fox" - Lou Graziani
Good Olde Marion Town - Jane Nelson

Marion County Courthouse - Kevin Tackett

Oorang Indians - Kevin Tackett

Seasons of a Buckeye - Ben Kern

Zenburda - Diana Krumnow

Fire Bird - Amanda Adkins

My Feathered Friend - Amanda Adkins

Marion County Fair - Amanda Adkins

Magical Gem - Jane Nelson

Celebrating the Women of Marion - Amanda Adkins

Marion's Peacekeepers - Amanda Adkins

London has been hosting its fair share of animal sculptures in the past couple of years, and nearly thirty sculptures of chimpanze are located on the South Bank between London Bridge and Tower Bridge. Earlier this year, we had lions, and we had elephants before that. These chimp sculptures are brought to London by Chimps are Family. They, like the lions and elephants, have been designed by artists Gillie and Marc.

The aim of the sculptures is to raise awareness and help the chimps survive due to a changing environment. Each statue contains some important information about chimps as displayed in the different poses of the sculptures, which highlights how similar to humans they are.

The chimps are all in one location, and it does not take long to walk and see them all. However, one of the sculptures was missing, and I looked everywhere around where it was meant to be on the map and could not locate it. The sculptures will be in place until mid-October.

Across the southern coast of England between Bexhill-on-Sea and Hastings are thirty large (five foot) sculptures of rubber ducks and several more smaller versions. The larger version of the ducks have been painted by professional artists and illustrators, and all are unique; the smaller ones have been painted by local community groups. "Follow That Duck" is one of the latest summer charity sculpture trails launched from Wild In Art, and it supports St. Michael's Hospice. The ducks will be in place until the 5th of September, so take advantage of the lovely weather and check them out.

Doubelduck - Kerry Kaffyn

See the photographs of the larger ducks below. There were two that were not placed at the locations.

Duckign and Diving - Kathleen Smith

Spots and Bolts - DIR

Tea and Quackers - Jina Gelder Illustration

Duckin' and Divin' - David Maguire

Duck a L'orange - Jess Perrin

Flying Start - Rachael and Phillippa Corcutt

Under the Sea - Marta Zubieta

The Bathers - Katy Dynes (Kitty Dinners) and Peking Duck - Jude Chapman

From Hastings with Love - Lois Cordelia

Green Man Duck - Susan Webber

Pop! - Jill Busby Art

Pop! - Jill Busby Art

Fire Quacker - Reilly Creative

Hastings Flag vs the Seamonster - g_whizz_wheeler

We do like to be beside the seaside - Pete Smith

Fizzy Pop and Salty Hair - Sophie Malpas and Doodle Duck - Sarah Jane Welch

Love a Duck! - Sue Guthrie

The Lucky Stone - Jenny Pearce

Puck - Rosie Freund

Doubelduck - Kerry Kaffyn

Doubelduck - Kerry Kaffyn

Captain Duck - Karis Viola

The Bayduck Tapesty - Anne-Marie Byrne

Pride of Hastings - Mark and Issi Fisher

Aristolochia Grandiflora - Kathleen Smith

Sirens of Hastings - Helen Alenxander-Bristow

Banana Duck - Shuby

Cyber Duck - Mik Richardson

For the second year in a row, Canary Wharf have hosted "Summer Lights", the summer edition of their popular Winter Lights festival featuring various colourful sculptures. The "Winter Lights" festival was cancelled this year as there was uncertainty about lockdowns, and due to last year's disruption, the summer edition was born. Whereas "Winter Lights" focuses on illuminated sculptures to bring some brightness into the dull January days, "Summer Lights" focuses on colour and using the sun to project colourful artwork. Below are the sculptures for this year's "Summer Lights", including some items that have previously been on display.

Expanded Landscapes by Nathaniel Rackowe

Tear by Richard Hudson

Hudson's work is organic in form, and this mirrored tear-shaped form is displayed permanently.

Lights on Data by Fisheye

Visitors are encouraged to sit inside this sculpture and to see how the sun casts shadow and colour around you. This sculpture contains a solar-powered phone charger.

Love Birds by Atelier Sisu

This immersive installation glides above the viewer; colourful birds move in the breeze, and their semi-translucent form casts shadows and colours.

Kaleidoscopic Prisms by Fiona Grady

Not pictured as I photographed it last year, and it's mainly covered by bikes and kiosks, the pyramid of glass above Jubilee Place Mall contains trinagular shapes and colour that reflect as the visitors walk through.

Gleamhhh by OGE Design Group

This sculpture was designed to create a sense of awe as the sunshine and wind interact with it. Visitors can also spin it. Apparently, it is meant to play melodies, but I did not hear anything when I interacted with it.

The Knot by Richard Hudson

Organic and natural shapes are created by this sculptor, who also created the mirroed "Tear" mentioned earlier. This is an abstract form of organic shapes, which looks almost like a mirrored body at certain angles. 

Planet @ Risk by Mark Swysen

This globe-like sculpture uses the sun to appear to shine through and reflect the light while it also projects their reflection. I'm not sure it was working correctly during my visit as it was fenced in and underneath a tree, so it wasn't able to get much sunlight.

The Long and Winding Road by Ottotto

This structure is made from recycled materials - yellow pipes that encourage visitors to walk through and to be immersed in yellow. The sculpture has been made to tour different festivals, and it can be dismantled and reused, resulting in zero waste.

Infinity and Beyond by Martin Richman & Emma Kate Matthews

Visitors can look through the holes in these sculptures to see the reflections of themselves and their surroundings, similar to a kaleidoscope. The panels are located at different heights so that different visitors of all different sizes (and wheelchairs) can view the work.

Expanded Landscapes by Nathaniel Rackowe

Colourful and transparent panels appear like architectural forms, which depicts the scenery of Canary Wharf. The reflections and light create shadows and shapes.

O.T. 1131 by Stefan Reiss

This sculpure started its life as a digital drawing transformed into 3D. 

Love IRL by Stuart Langley

This colourful heart encourages people to connect with it to create photographs.

Captivated by Colour by Camille Walala

This is a permanent installation at Canary Wharf and uses patterns and colours to create shapes and forms. It is always a popular spot for photographs.

Ebb & Flow by Louis Thompson

This installation is located inside One Canary Wharf and was inspired by towering skylines, and it celebrates United Nations 'Year of Glass 2022'. There are thirteen sculpture installations in this series, and I have photographed a few of them below.

Pointillist Bird by Yoni Alter

The artist was inspired by the 1880s pointillist painting movement (small dots like pixels to create a picture when stepping back). These large dots create the form of a bird, and the forms create shadows to help give it definition. I think you have to use your imagination to see the bird.

Helix by Calidos

The form of this rainbow-coloured sculpture represents a DNA strand. Visitors can interact with it by spinning it.

Ocean Rise by Aphra Shemza

The purpose of the sculpture, which is a permanent edition at Canary Wharf, is to highlight the rising sea levels. It is made from recycled materials. 

Shine Your Colours by Tine Bech

These coloured glass panels reflect the different forms behind them, so visitors can become a part of the artwork.

Summer Lights takes place until the 20th of August.

Previous Summer Lights sculptures at Canary Wharf:

• Summer Lights at Canary Wharf (2021)

Previous Winter Lights sculptures at Canary Wharf

• Canary Wharf Winter Lights (2022) - Cancelled
• Canary Wharf "Connected By Light" 2021
• Canary Wharf Winter Lights 2020
• Canary Wharf Winter Lights 2019
• Winter Lights @ Canary Wharf 2018
• Canary Wharf Winter Lights (2017)
• Winter Lights @ Canary Wharf (2016)