On Your Doorstep: 3 public art highlights in the central belt
Head outdoors for a cultural fix as Lucy Ribchester selects three public art highlights to gaze upon across the central belt
The Dreamer
Hidden in the foliage of George Square Gardens, this peaceful, ethereal statue was created by sculptor Chris Hall in 1997 as a tribute to Edinburgh graduate and Jungian psychoanalyst, Dr Winifred Rushforth. It’s split into two pieces, representing the self and the shadow, with the former emerging, eyes-closed, hair flowing, from the stone.
Visit the official site of The Dreamer.
Bow Down, Honour The Roots
This homage to Glasgow’s South American Indigenous communities was created as part of COP26 by a group of artists led by Fearless Collective. It depicts Isidro Sangama Sangama of the Kichwa people and Puyr Tembé of the Tembé people, and is part of Glasgow’s awesome mural trail, a treasure hunt of vivid art covering greyfield sites and tenement end walls.
Visit the official site of Bow Down, Honour The Roots.
St Ninian’s Fife Earth Project
Just off the M90 in Fife lies an ambitious piece of public art that lays claim to being Scotland’s largest. The landscape had already been carved up by the local mining industry when American-born artist Charles Jencks was commissioned to mould it into representations of continents, depicting Scottish migration. Sadly, the funders went bankrupt before it was completed, but it’s still a fascinating display of textures and Jencks’ trademark curious geometry.
Visit the official site for St Ninian’s Fife Earth Project.