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''Poured Lines'' is a 2006 painting by the British painter
''Poured Lines'' is a 2006 painting by the British painter Ian Davenport
Ian Davenport (born 8 July 1966) is an English abstract painter and former Turner Prize nominee.
Life and work
Ian Davenport was born in Sidcup, and studied art at the Northwich College of Art and Design in Cheshire and then at Goldsmith ...
. It is the largest painting to be publicly displayed outdoors in the United Kingdom. It is situated under the rail bridge at the western end of Southwark Street
Southwark Street is a major street in Bankside in the London Borough of Southwark, in London England, just south of the River Thames. It runs between Blackfriars Road to the west and Borough High Street to the east. It also connects the access r ...
in London SE1
The SE (South Eastern) postcode area covers a broad radial swathe of the south-east of the London post town from the Albert Embankment to West Heath, London, West Heath and the nearest edges of Sidcup and Selhurst. It loosely corresponds to the ...
.
Description
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. 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. 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. 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 Securities
Land Securities Group plc is the largest commercial property development and investment company in the United Kingdom. The firm became a real estate investment trust (REIT) when REITs were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007. It is ...
and Southwark Council
Southwark London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Southwark in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London.
History
There have previously been a number ...
at a cost of £290,000.
Reception
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". Richard Thomas, a councillor for Southwark said at the unveiling of ''Poured Lines'' that 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".References
External links
{{Italic title 2006 paintings Public art in London Abstract art Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark