Poured Lines
Poured Linesis a 2006 painting by the British painterIan Davenport.It is the largest painting to be publicly displayed outdoors in the United Kingdom.[1]It is situated under the rail bridge at the western end ofSouthwark Streetin LondonSE1.[2]
Description
[edit]The painting is 48 x 3 metres (157 x 10 ft) and made from fluid enamel painted on 48 individual steel panels measuring 1 x 3 metres each.[3]The work took two years to make including six months spent researching materials and three and a half months to apply the 300 different colours to the panels with syringes.[2]
It is designed to withstand the elements of a busy London street including rain, pigeons and the threat of vandalism. The metal panels were manufactured in a factory in Germany and baked in a furnace.[2]
The panels can be swung out from the wall like doors so the bridge can be inspected by rail engineers. The piece was funded by the property developersLand SecuritiesandSouthwark Councilat a cost of £290,000.[2]
Reception
[edit]Writing in the Telegraph in 2006 upon the paintings unveiling, Serena Davies described the individual panels as "some bright, some pastel some frenetic, some calm" that produce a "wave-like effect across the trajectory of the painting".[1]
Richard Thomas, a councillor for Southwark said at the unveiling ofPoured Linesthat it would help to "reinforce the emergence of Bankside as the leading cultural quarter of London" and foresaw people "walking past it every day will be able to see subtleties and colour and textures".[2]
References
[edit]- ^abSerena Davies (19 August 2006)."Dance to the music of lines".Daily Telegraph.Retrieved9 October2018.
- ^abcde"The big picture".BBC News.5 September 2006.Retrieved6 October2018.
- ^Joyce Hill Stoner; Rebecca Rushfield (15 February 2013).Conservation of Easel Paintings.Routledge.p. 110.ISBN978-1-136-00042-3.
External links
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Media related toIan Davenportat Wikimedia Commons
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