List of public art in Newport, Wales
Appearance
This is a list of public art in Newport, South Wales.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
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Merchant Navy Memorial | Gilligan's Island | 1990–91 | Sebastien Boyesen | — | Statue on column | Bronze, stone, cast stone | — | [1] | |
The Vision of Saint Gwynllyw | 1993–1996 | Sebastien Boyesen | — | Statue | Bronze | — | [1] | ||
This Little Piggy Went to Market | Upper Dock Street | 1994 | Sebastien Boyesen | — | Statue | Bronze | — | [2] | |
Mural for the Library, Art Gallery and Museum | Newport Museum and Art Gallery, John Frost Square | 1995 | Sebastien Boyesen | — | Mural | Aluminium tiles | — | [1] | |
VEVJ Memorial | Commercial Street | 1995 | Sebastien Boyesen | — | Mural | Granite, etched and cast bronze | — | [1] |
Public art formerly in Newport
[edit]Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chartist Mural | 51°35′13″N 2°59′39″W / 51.58689°N 2.99419°W |
1978 | Kenneth Budd | — | Mural | — | Controversially destroyed in 2013[3][4] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Boyesen 1998, p. 32.
- ^ Boyesen 1998, p. 8.
- ^ "Newport mural demolition", ITV News, 5 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ Sion Morgan, Elena Cresci, "Hundreds protest in Newport over destruction of Chartist mural", Wales Online, 5 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013
Bibliography
[edit]- Boyesen, Sebastien (1998), The Vision of Saint Gwynllyw and Other Stories, Llandysul: Gomer
External links
[edit]- Media related to Sculptures in Newport, Wales at Wikimedia Commons
- Public art in Newport, Newport City Council