Anuradha Patel (sculptor)
Appearance
Anuradha Patel, known as Anu, is an Indian-born[1] sculptor, who works in the United Kingdom.
A number of her works are on public display in the West Midlands and Leicester; several of these were commissioned by the local transport authority, Centro, to decorate information points at transport interchanges.[2] She was also featured in the 'Transition of Riches' exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 1993.[3]
Works
[edit]- Jewellery Quarter gateway posts, Birmingham[4]
- Railings for the relocated statue of Hebe by Robert Thomas, Birmingham
- 24 hour Route - railings on the ramp between the Bull Ring and Moor Street station, Birmingham
- Railing for St. Thomas' Peace Garden, Birmingham
- Cutting Edge railings along Northbrook Street, Birmingham above the Birmingham Canal Main Line
- Wednesbury Parkway windmill
- "Lotus Flowers" - ten internally illuminated freestanding structures on Burley's Way roundabout, Belgrave Gate, Leicester.
For Centro
[edit]- Aspire, The Hawthorns railway station
- Cascading Mountain, Wake Green Road, Moseley
- Furnace, Halesowen Street, Oldbury
- The Peacock, Sandwell & Dudley railway station
- Spirit, Alcester Road, Moseley
- Voyage, Bearwood bus station
- Wing Wheel, Alcester Road South, Kings Heath
References
[edit]- ^ Patel, Anuradha. "Anuradha Patel Designs". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Centro publication, details tbc
- ^ Chambers, Eddie (2014). Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781780762715.
- ^ Marsh, Paula (15 February 2003). "Jewellery Quarter is going up in the world". Birmingham Evening Mail. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015 – via HighBeam.
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