Showing posts with label Art on the Underground. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art on the Underground. Show all posts

Friday, 13 March 2015

Piccadilly line

I was supposed to travel London earlier this week.  My sudden illness has forced me to cancel my trip reluctantly.  Thinking about London, I would have taken the Piccadilly line from Heathrow to central London ...

Hounslow West station:



Hounslow Central station:



Northfields station:



South Ealing station:



Hammersmith station:



Earl's Court station:



Paola Pivi's Art on the Underground commission Time To Circle seen at South Kensington station, 2014:


Saturday, 27 December 2014

If History Could Be Folded ...

It's an Art on the Underground commission as a centenary commemoration of World War I.  Also flirting with the architectural history of the popular tube station itself, Richard Wentworth's If History Could Be Folded, Where Would You Put The Crease? now at Piccadilly Circus station, London:







Sunday, 27 July 2014

Rewrap

Arrived at Manchester yesterday afternoon.  Since I spent most time orienting myself to this new city by wandering around, I don't have anything worth sharing here.  So this post is still about London.

Derived from her other project Wrapper for Art on the Underground, which I haven't got a chance to see yet, Jacqueline Poncelet has created a new set of "wrappers" for the ticket hall at Piccadilly Circus tube station.  Here are some of Poncelet's Rewrap patterns:











Friday, 28 March 2014

Labyrinths on the Underground

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Tube, Art on the Underground presents Mark Wallinger's project Labyrinth at each of its 270 stations.  I spotted 17 labyrinths during my recent week-long trip to London.  Not too bad, I would say.

Green Park: