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Thread #156993   Message #3703552
Posted By: Penny S.
22-Apr-15 - 06:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: Public art
Subject: RE: BS: Public art
There is a new piece in Dulwich as a replacement for the Barbara Hepworth which was stolen by metal thieves. It's by Conrad Shawcross, and is related to harmonics. Part of the artist's work leading up to the piece was on display in the Dulwich gallery - a wooden contraption that turned arms with hinged arms with lights on the end, which moved chaotically.


Three Perpetual Chords

I was rather pleased to see this, and the way that people were interacting with the coils, and the way the artist was happy that they were doing so. I had been thinking, after being on a cruise up the coast of Norway, that there was far more public art over there than here, like this:
Fish lady , and we needed more.