List of public art in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Barking
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Barking War Memorial | Barking Park 51.5445°N 0.0836°E |
1922 | N/A | Charles James Dawson | War memorial | Grade II | [1] | |
The Catch | Fanshawe Avenue Roundabout 51.5409°N 0.0829°E |
2002 | Loraine Leeson | Anne Thorne Architects | Sculpture | N/A | [2] | |
Folly Wall | Town Square | 2007 | ? | muf | Folly | N/A | [3][4] | |
The Lighted Lady of Barking | Roundabout at junction of Abbey Road and London Road 51.53775°N 0.07232°E |
2007 | Joost van Santen | N/A | Sculpture | N/A | [5] | |
Statue of Job Henry Charles Drain VC | Outside the Broadway Theatre, facing Barking Abbey Park 51.5353°N 0.0776°E |
2009 | Steven Hunter (Sculpt-It Limited); Mark Barnett (relief plaque) | N/A | Statue | N/A | [6][7] |
London Bridge Stones
In 2007, two small stones from remains of the old medieval London Bridge[8] were joined together in a sculpture in front of St Margaret's church facing the Barking Abbey ruins as part of several public artworks placed in Barking Town Centre by artist Joost van Santen.[9]
Dagenham
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Dagenham Village War Memorial | Junction of Church Lane and Crown Street 51.5399°N 0.1614°E |
2000 | ? | ? | War memorial cross | N/A | [10] | |
Dagenham Idol | Valence Park | 2009 | c.? | N/A | Sculpture | N/A | An iron maquette for an unrealised large sculpture, based on the prehistoric artefact of the same name.[11] | |
Capri MkI | Valence Park | 2010–11 | A. J. Baldwin | N/A | Sculpture | N/A | An iron sculpture commissioned as part of the redevelopment of Valence House, the borough's local history museum; it alludes to the Ford Dagenham factory.[12] |
References
- Historic England. "Barking Park War Memorial (1424142)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- The Catch 2002, cSPACE, retrieved 4 January 2019
- http://www.publicspace.org/en/works/e061-barking-town-square/prize:2008
- https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/apr/18/10-best-public-artworks-moore
- Landmark Sculpture the 'Lighted Lady', Borough of Barking, London, England, Joost van Santen Light Art, retrieved 4 January 2019
- Matthews 2012, p. 235.
- Job Henry Charles Drain, Victoria Cross, retrieved 6 August 2014
- "Searching for the granite blocks from old London Bridge | London My London | One-stop base to start exploring the most exciting city in the world". londonmylondon.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- generator, metatags. "http://home.wxs.nl/~jvansant/blocks1.html". home.wxs.nl. Retrieved 2017-10-14. External link in
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(help) - "Dagenham Village", War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museums, retrieved 4 January 2019
- Dagenham Idol Maquette, Art UK, retrieved 13 May 2020
- Capri MkI, Art UK, retrieved 13 May 2020
Bibliography
- Matthews, Peter (2012), London's Statues and Monuments, Botley: Shire Publications
External links
- Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham at Wikimedia Commons
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