ORNAMENTAL PASSIONS

Devoted to the unexpected details that help to make life in the city worth living

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Riverside Walk Gardens, Millbank SW1

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Locking Pieces  is unmistakably by Henry Moore. Created in 1963, this version was presented by the sculptor to the Tate in 1978, who lent ...
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Sunday, 28 June 2015

Park Lane W1

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Dunamis was created in 2013 by the Lebanese-born, London-based sculptor Bushra Fakhoury . According to the artist “It symbolizes human...
Thursday, 18 June 2015

Tate Britain, Millbank SW1

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The Rescue of Andromeda was the 'look at me - I've arrived' work of Henry Fehr, modelled in plaster in 1893 when he was an ass...
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Tate Britain, Millbank SW1

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Dirce's niece Antiope was one of the many Ancient Greek women impregnated by Zeus. She gave birth to twins, Amphion and Zethus, who we...
Friday, 12 June 2015

Park Lane W1

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The great poet sits silent upon a peak, pensive, with his beloved Newfoundland dog Boatswain staring lovingly up from his side, in this m...
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Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Hyde Park Corner W1

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The Apsley House screen was intended as a grand entrance to Hyde Park, aligned with the Constitution Arch through which royal processions...
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Sunday, 22 March 2015

Marble Arch W1

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Still Water is a 30ft high horse's head in bronze by horse sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green . It was installed in 2011 to replace a similar ...
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