UK – London – Tottenham Court Road Tube Station – 2pm on the dot_5008437

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Londoners will probably be familar with this colour tiled installation Daniel Buren at Tottenham Court Tube station but somehow I’d never seen it before. Luckily I wasn’t in a hurry as I hung around for a while taking some candid shots, of which this is one of my favourites.

Not actually a square crop of my previous upload but a separate shot taken in quick succession. Not sure which I prefer more as whilst this distils the image further to form a more graphic image it loses the umbrella. I’d be interested to hear what others think.

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From Dezeen.com, "French artist Daniel Buren has unveiled the final part of a permanent installation at London’s Tottenham Court Road station, which sees the walls of the ticket hall covered in colourful shapes and monochrome stripes.

The installation, named Diamonds and Circles, was commissioned as part of the major overhaul of the busy London Underground station, which is located at the intersection of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road.

Work on the installation has been ongoing, but the last section – a sculpture baring the same motifs as the walls and displayed in a 2.4 metre-high glass cabinet – has now completed. The installation is Buren’s first permanent public artwork in the UK.

"A public work is interesting for me because you can develop the place, the people who use the space, and connections between all of these things. Museums attract only a portion of the population," said the artist.

"The public in the tube station is everyone, and there is a constant flux of people running both ways. I want to offer them a beautiful bubble of oxygen for the spirit."

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Posted by Darrell Godliman on 2023-04-23 10:51:00

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