Sculpture trail 2
The first task i had to do, to open the new brief "Public art" was to go into Cambridge City Centre and go around, take pictures of Public Art Sculptures.
The first public art sculpture i took a picture of, was one called "Between the Lines 2007" by Peter Randall-Page.
Carved from granite glacial boulder. The sculpture is just situated at Fisher Square,off Corn Exchange Street. Anew piece of public Art sited adjacent to the Grand Arcade.
In 2009, Peter Randall- Page had a major retrospective exhibition at the yorkshire Sculpture Park whose website carries information about his work.
The Public Art Sculpture that i went to, was "Talos 1950" by Michael Ayrton. The public piece is Bronze. And its situated in Guildhall Street.
Talos is the legendary guardian of Minoan Crete. He was the giant man of Bronze who protected Europa in Crete. By depicting him without arms, Michael Ayrton portrays the anger and bewilderment felt by many of the post-war generation British Sculptors.
This Sculpture was erected on the completion of the Lion Yard and Fisher House in 1973.
The next visit was then to the Bene't Street and King's Parade, where the "Corpus Clock 2008" is located at. The clock was produced by John Taylor and Mathew Lane Sanderson and the sculpture is made of gold plated stainless steel.
This mechanical clock is driven by a mechanism in the shape of a giant grasshopper. The time is shown by blue Led lights moving around the clock face. The grasshopper is a sculpture made by Mathew Lane Sanderson.
Just on the way, there was the Sedgwick Museum where i found some interesting sculptures, on the way to go up to the door, i found the "Bears 1904" and the artist who have made those, is unknown.
Clipsham Stone, like i said this is placed at Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Downing site, Downing Street.
The Museum is to the left of the entrance from Downing Street and the bears are on the external stair rails. Look out also for bisons, an iguanodon, a sloth and a mammoth on the exterior of this building and stairway.
The Museum opened in 1904, as a memorial to Professor Adam Sedgwick.
The last place i went to was, close to the exterior of the John Lewis Building, where theres another great sculpture made by carved wood.
The Public monument, is called "Mother and Child 2008" and was made by Sophie Dickens.
Situated at first floor level on the exterior of the John Lewis Building on the corner of Downing Street. This sculpture is more visible when is dark outside.
In 2007 Sophie Dickens won the Founders Award for sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum.Her work is based on meticulous study of anatomy both human and animal.
She creates armatures of metal rods and builds onto these both concave and convex wooden layers which create a dynamic, feeling bone, muscle and sinew.
The first public art sculpture i took a picture of, was one called "Between the Lines 2007" by Peter Randall-Page.
Carved from granite glacial boulder. The sculpture is just situated at Fisher Square,off Corn Exchange Street. Anew piece of public Art sited adjacent to the Grand Arcade.
In 2009, Peter Randall- Page had a major retrospective exhibition at the yorkshire Sculpture Park whose website carries information about his work.
The Public Art Sculpture that i went to, was "Talos 1950" by Michael Ayrton. The public piece is Bronze. And its situated in Guildhall Street.
Talos is the legendary guardian of Minoan Crete. He was the giant man of Bronze who protected Europa in Crete. By depicting him without arms, Michael Ayrton portrays the anger and bewilderment felt by many of the post-war generation British Sculptors.
This Sculpture was erected on the completion of the Lion Yard and Fisher House in 1973.
The next visit was then to the Bene't Street and King's Parade, where the "Corpus Clock 2008" is located at. The clock was produced by John Taylor and Mathew Lane Sanderson and the sculpture is made of gold plated stainless steel.
This mechanical clock is driven by a mechanism in the shape of a giant grasshopper. The time is shown by blue Led lights moving around the clock face. The grasshopper is a sculpture made by Mathew Lane Sanderson.
Clipsham Stone, like i said this is placed at Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Downing site, Downing Street.
The Museum is to the left of the entrance from Downing Street and the bears are on the external stair rails. Look out also for bisons, an iguanodon, a sloth and a mammoth on the exterior of this building and stairway.
The Museum opened in 1904, as a memorial to Professor Adam Sedgwick.
The Public monument, is called "Mother and Child 2008" and was made by Sophie Dickens.
Situated at first floor level on the exterior of the John Lewis Building on the corner of Downing Street. This sculpture is more visible when is dark outside.
In 2007 Sophie Dickens won the Founders Award for sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum.Her work is based on meticulous study of anatomy both human and animal.
She creates armatures of metal rods and builds onto these both concave and convex wooden layers which create a dynamic, feeling bone, muscle and sinew.
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