Last weekend the newest station on the DLR opened with an all-new under-Thames tunnel. Most notably the opening of Woolwich Arsenal DLR station also saw the unveiling of a new piece of public art.
Michael Craig-Martin was comissioned to produce a major work for the new station, to be integrated with the fabric of the building, and needless to say I happened to go and have a look.
The BBC have video on the artist and the new station here, whilst Artdaily.org have posted a short insightful article.
'Craig-Martin explores the dialogue art opens between representation and reality and between artist and viewer. The set of everyday objects appearing regularly in his works are flattened and simplified, functioning as words do in language. The selection of these objects, their color, spatial relationships and juxtaposition provide the work's tension and narrative. Giving us his set of everyday objects as pictograms Craig-Martin describes the modern world we share'. - DLR art
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