West Midlands Public Art Collective

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The West Midlands Public Art Collective was group of artists active in Birmingham. England circa 1987. [1] Its members were: [1]

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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]

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PictureWorkLocationDateTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Coordinates
(With links to map and aerial photo sources)
OwnerNotes
City of a Thousand TradesBell Street Passage, Birmingham1987 (1987) Relief
  • fibreglass
  • Pre-existing ceramic tiles, etched by sandblasting
commissioned by the then West Midlands County Council; lost [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tilson, Barbara (November 1991). "Art for the People". RIBA Journal . 98 (11): 41.
  2. "Canalside Competition" . Art Monthly (109): 34. 1 September 1987.