The West Midlands Public Art Collective was group of artists active in Birmingham. England circa 1987. [1] Its members were: [1]
Their commissions included a relief mural for Bell Street Passage in Birmingham, installed in 1987, [1] now lost, and a canal-side artwork under the M5 motorway in Sandwell, commissioned on the same year. [2]
Picture | Work | Location | Date | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Coordinates (With links to map and aerial photo sources) | Owner | Notes |
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City of a Thousand Trades | Bell Street Passage, Birmingham | 1987 | Relief |
| commissioned by the then West Midlands County Council; lost [1] |
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