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This map is designed to enable you to find and identify all the works of art on the estate purchased,commissioned or loaned by Canary Wharf Group.
These include stand-alone pieces and integrated artist-architecturalworks, allexecuted bysome of themost inspiredartists, designersand craftsmen of today.
The works are numbered sequentially as to their location on theestate from west to east, and the text indicates whetherthey are sited inside or outside.
ArtMapPUBLIC ART AT CANARY WHARF
BR GERALD LAING | Relief Portrait of Michael von Clemm | 1998 | bronze
EXTERIOR Cabot Square
A bronze relief portrait by Gerald Laing set on aPortland stone plinth commemorates Michael vonClemm (1935–1997), ‘investment banker and pioneerof the Euromarkets whose vision helped to createthis financial centre’. Laing first came to fame as oneof the significant British Pop artists in the 1960s,known for paintings that commented on thecontemporary scene. He later focused on sculpture,first abstract then figurative subjects, and undertooka number of high profile commissions.
BS JEFF BELL | Cast Glass Panels | 1992 | cast lead crystal
EXTERIOR Cabot Square
Jeff Bell’s Cast Glass Panels form the cladding forthe four ventilation shafts in Cabot Square thatservice the car park below, turning the functionalinto a spectacle of light and colour. Born in Yorkshire,Bell established his studio in London in 1986 and hasbuilt up a reputation for making unique cast glasssculpture, furniture and architectural pieces. Heenjoys pushing the boundaries of the application ofhis chosen material and has cast the most unlikelystructures, including a bath tub and a spiral staircase.
BT BRUCE McLEAN | Sculptural Railings | 1992 | steel
EXTERIOR Fisherman’s Walk, Wren Landing
Bruce McLean’s intervention at Canary Wharf is thesculptural railing alongside Fisherman’s Walk. The40-metre long charcoal steel rail is heavily workedwith shapes, faces, circles and squares, true to hisstyle. McLean challenges the traditional structure ofthe railing, subverting the straight line with wit andvigour. McLean has worked on numerousarchitectural schemes in collaboration with architectWill Alsop, including the Queen Mary College School of Medicine & Dentistry in Whitechapel.
BU WALES & WALES | Benches | 1992 | beech
EXTERIOR Wren Landing and throughout estate
Husband and wife design team Wales & Wales havecreated many of the wooden benches that are foundin Canary Wharf’s exterior and interior spaces. Theirwork is influenced by architecture, characterisedhere by the subtle sensitivity with which the benchesrelate to their surroundings. Wales & Wales originallytrained as cabinet makers, but they soon becamemore interested in the design process and the scaleof their production increased. Their furniture can beseen world-wide.
CL LYNN CHADWICK | Couple on Seat | 1984 | bronze
EXTERIOR Cabot SquareCourtesy of the Lypiatt Studios and Pangolin Editions.
Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003) began his career as anarchitectural draughtsman but after World War II hetook up sculpture. Couple on Seat is one of his laterworks. He produced many pieces with figures invarious positions, following in the tradition ofsculptor Henry Moore. Chadwick created a permanentexhibition of his work at his home at Lypiatt Park inGloucestershire. An exhibition of his work was heldin One Canada Square and Jubilee Park in 2004.
BM TATIANA ORLOFF | Planters | 2001–02 | bronze
EXTERIOR Columbus Courtyard
Tatiana Orloff is perhaps best known for her portraitsculpture and during her career she has worked in avariety of materials and techniques, which includewelding in mild steel. The mastering of each newdiscipline has had an influence on her work as awhole. These 12 planters reflect her skill in ceramicstransposed here into sculpture in bronze. They areunique, designed specifically for Canary Wharf, andwere originally located either side of a short flight ofsteps in Canada Square Park.
BN LEO STEVENSON | The Hibbert Gate | 2000 | bronze, stone
EXTERIOR Adjacent to North Dock, west
This replica of the main gate was commissioned tocommemorate the original entrance to the WestIndia Docks, built in 1803. The ship on top of thearch is a West Indiaman named Hibbert, which wentto sea between 1785 and 1813 and travelledextensively to the West Indies, bringing back sugar,rum, cotton, coffee and tropical hardwoods. Alldrawings of the ship are now lost but this model byLeo Stevenson was made based on extensive researchinto records of West Indiamen of the period.
BO GILES PENNY | Man with Arms Open | 1995 | bronze
EXTERIOR West India Avenue
Giles Penny’s Man with Arms Open is a roughly hewnbronze figure with his head thrown back and armsoutstretched. Penny came to the attention of theCanary Wharf Group when this work, together withanother of his bronzes, Two Men on a Bench, wasshown as part of the Millennium exhibition, TheShape of the Century in 1999, shown in Salisbury and at Canary Wharf. Both sculptures were thenpurchased and form part of the permanent collectionof works of art on the estate.
BP KATY HACKNEY | Willoughby Passage Gate | 1999 | stainless steel
EXTERIOR Willoughby Passage, West India Avenue
The design brief for these gates required them to bean ‘open invitation to enter’ rather than a barrier tokeep people out. Scottish-born jeweller KatyHackney took inspiration from the mysteries of thesea and the sky to create an image that looks likethe planets have collided, as well as makingreference to the water that flows around the estate.Other public commissions include commemorativeplaques and medals for the London bombings in 2005.
BQ JAMES HORROBIN & SOM | Cabot Square Railings | 1992 | steel
EXTERIOR Cabot Square
A master craftsman in architectural and domesticforged ironwork, James Horrobin worked witharchitects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) todesign two sets of railings for Canary Wharf. Theperimeter Cabot Square Railings are reminiscent ofthe cogs on a steam engine, and make a subtleaddition to the ambiance of this popular square.Horrobin has created a wide diversity ofarchitectural, ecclesiastic, domestic and sculpturalworks from his Doverhay Forge Studios in Somerset.
^ HUGH CHAPMAN | Growth Form 2012 | 2012 | bronze
EXTERIOR Westferry Circus Gardens ON LOAN
Hugh Chapman’s Growth Form 2012 was cast at thenearby Bronze Age foundry in Limehouse. Sufferinga head injury as a teenager, Chapman turned hisback on academia to concentrate first on ceramicsbefore turning to photography. He later returned toceramics and sculptural form but soon beganexperimenting in other media, creating larger andbolder works. His work expresses what hisexperiences have taught him: the importance of lifeand light, contrast and reflection.
& ANDREW BURTON | Chimney | 2008 | recycled fired bricks, steel
EXTERIOR Westferry Circus
Over recent years Andrew Burton has created anumber of works using miniature clay bricks,collaborating with artisans and artists in India, Koreaand the Netherlands, investigating brick-making as avehicle for sculpture. He first visited India in 1983.Close in form to chimneys of brick kilns the worldover, Chimney is also a tribute to India’s tallest brickminaret of the Qutub Minar near Delhi. This workwas first shown at Canary Wharf as part of hisexhibition in Jubilee Park in Spring 2008.
* ROBERT WORLEY | Avatar | 2009 | aluminium
EXTERIOR Westferry Circus
Robert Worley ARBS was the winner of theFirst@108 Public Art Award in 2009, a new annualaward by the Royal British Society of Sculptors toprovide an opportunity for artists new to public artto create a large-scale sculpture commission. TheAward was sponsored by Canary Wharf Group, whosubsequently purchased Worley’s sculpture Avatarfor its permanent collection. Avatar portrays a hawk-like beast with a human form embedded in its back.
( IGOR MITORAJ | Centurione I | 1987 | bronze
EXTERIOR Columbus Courtyard
Igor Mitoraj (1944–2014) was born in East Germanyof Polish/French parents and studied classicalpainting in Krakow before moving to Paris in 1968,and later travelled in South America. His enigmaticand monumental sculptures combine the surrealwith the antiquity of Greece and Rome. At CanaryWharf there are three of his works, representingsome of the themes that occupied him. Centurione Irepresents the head as an incomplete mask,suggesting the surviving part of an enormous whole.
BL WENDY RAMSHAW | Columbus Screen | 2000 | steel, Perspex
EXTERIOR Columbus Courtyard
When Canary Wharf commissioned jewellerydesigner Wendy Ramshaw, the Columbus theme ledher to a design based on the navigational chartsused by the great explorer, an apposite choice giventhe proximity of Greenwich and its associations withmaritime history. Ramshaw is best known for herjewellery, intricate brooches and rings, which can beseen at the V&A Museum and other collections, butshe has also tackled large-scale architectural works,such as the Edinburgh Gate at Hyde Park, 2010.
! CONSTANCE DE JONG | Speaking of the River | 2000 | audio benches
EXTERIOR Canary Riverside
Speaking of the River was sponsored by CanaryWharf Group but was part of a wider projectcommissioned by Public Art Development Trust,which linked the river Thames in London with theriver Hudson in New York. De Jong created a gentle,evocative sound-scape using recorded interviewsand stories that relate the human experience of boththese locations, told by people for whom the river isa daily presence. Two audio benches are located100m apart on the riverside promenade.
@ RON ARAD | Windwand | 2000 | carbon fibre
EXTERIOR Canary Riverside
Windwand is as tall as some of the buildings thatsurround it, a 50-metre high needle made of redcarbon fibre. It was designed to flex gently in thewind, subverting one’s expectations of what tallobjects in this area should do. Ron Arad came toLondon from Israel in 1973 to study at theArchitectural Association and is now regarded asone of Britain’s most inventive designers, whosework crosses boundaries between art, design andarchitecture.
# GIUSSEPPE LUND | Gate | Sculptural Railings | 1992 | steel, bronze
EXTERIOR Westferry Circus Gardens
Inspired by the cycle of the seasons, Lund’s Gateforms the entrance to the gardens at WestferryCircus, a remarkable work that incorporates delicateflowers flowing from a single stem set against achunky grid, complemented by his SculpturalRailings that surround the gardens. Lund has had along career working with metal, and has beeninfluential in encouraging the creative use of metal inthe UK, organising exhibitions and advising bodiesincluding the Crafts Council.
$ DO KÖNIG VASSILAKIS | Sasso Cosmico | 2007 | bronze, steel
EXTERIOR Westferry Circus Gardens
Sasso Cosmico, which translated from the Italianmeans ‘Cosmic Stone’, has been installed in thepeaceful garden at Westferry Circus. The reflectivesurface captures the surrounding planting, foliage,architecture, sky and clouds. In this way it provides a constantly changing manifestation of the seasonsand the weather systems. König Vassilakis’ work isstrongly influenced by the mythology and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. Two more of hersculptures are found in 40 Bank Street.
% JAY BATTLE | Vanishing Point | 1999 | Derbyshire stone, steel
EXTERIOR Westferry Circus
Vanishing Point looks a little like the shell of amythical sea creature that has perhaps been washedup from the Thames. The stone has been polished toreveal the natural, lined core. Having trained as astone mason in Canada, Battle came to England tostudy stone carving and in 1997 became HeadCarver at Salisbury Cathedral, contributing to itsconstant restoration works as well as running hisown studio where he creates contemporary, self-expressive work.
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Photographs by Aurelio Amendola, Alexander Beleschenko, Theresa Bergne, Andrew Cross, Rod Dorling, Suresh Dutt, David Hoffman, Melissa Kojan, Joe Low,Michael Lyons, Iain McLean, Peter Matthews & Folio Photography, Heini Schneebeli,Andy Spain, Philip Vile, Richard Waite, Keith Watson, Sally Williams
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Artists and map number key of works
Bob Allen 46Ron Arad 2, 55Jay Battle 5Alexander Beleschenko 52, 53Jeff Bell 17Emma Biggs 25, 30, 50Kate Blee 32Michael Brennand-Wood 58Jon Buck 23Andrew Burton 7Daniel Chadwick 33Lynn Chadwick 20Hugh Chapman 6Alison Crowther 47Bill Culbert 65Constance De Jong 1Suresh Dutt 63Sergio Fermariello 38Konstantin Grcic 37Katy Hackney 14Charles Hadcock 28, 36Maureen Anne Holley 34James Horrobin & SOM 15, 24Philip Jackson & SOM 22
Do König Vassilakis 4, 44, 48Gerald Laing 16Danny Lane 62Giusseppe Lund 3Michael Lyons 40, 43Antoni Malinowski 56Bruce McLean 18Keith Milow 41Igor Mitoraj 9, 35, 60Jennie Moncur 49Eilis O’Connell 59, 64Tatiana Orloff 11Lawson Oyekan 42Giles Penny 13, 21Wendy Ramshaw 10Keith Rand 31Martin Richman 26Nigel Ross 61Sophie Smallhorn 51, 54Leo Stevenson 12Sinta Tantra and LDI 27William Turnbull 39Wales & Wales 19Terence Woodgate 57Rachael Woodman 45Robert Worley 8Catherine Yass 29
Canary Wharf GroupCanary Wharf is under the management and control ofone company, Canary Wharf Group plc, which has beenresponsible for the master planning and development ofthe estate, the construction of its buildings and publicspaces, and their management and maintenance.
At the core of our business lies a commitment to buildthe highest quality environment for the people who workin and visit this area. We have a strong belief in the rolethat artists, designers and craftsmen can play in creatinga more humane and pleasurable built environment. Thiscommitment is demonstrated by the large number of artprojects that have been commissioned, purchased,loaned or facilitated by Canary Wharf Group since the1990s, which are listed below.
Canary Wharf’s Art Programme was recognised by‘Christie’s Award for the Best Corporate Collection andProgramme’ in the International Art & Work Awards 2010. This followed its 2002 Art & Work Award for an‘Outstanding Contribution to Art in the WorkingEnvironment’.
A fully illustrated book, Sculpture at Canary Wharf: A Permanent Collection was published in 2014 and isavailable from the Public Art Office, price £25. This iscomplemented by the earlier book, Sculpture at CanaryWharf: A Decade of Exhibitions, published in 2011.