List of public art in Newport, Wales

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This is a list of public art in Newport, South Wales.

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Material Designation Notes
Merchant Navy Memorial Gilligan's Island 1990–91 Sebastien Boyesen Statue on column Bronze, stone, cast stone [1]
The Vision of Saint Gwynllyw 1993–1996 Sebastien Boyesen Statue Bronze [1]
This Little Piggy Went to Market Upper Dock Street 1994 Sebastien Boyesen Statue Bronze [2]
Mural for the Library, Art Gallery and Museum Newport Museum and Art Gallery, John Frost Square 1995 Sebastien Boyesen Mural Aluminium tiles [1]
VEVJ Memorial Commercial Street 1995 Sebastien Boyesen Mural Granite, etched and cast bronze [1]

Public art formerly in Newport[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Material Designation Notes
Chartist Mural

51°35′13″N 2°59′39″W / 51.58689°N 2.99419°W / 51.58689; -2.99419
1978 (1978) Kenneth Budd Mural Controversially destroyed in 2013 (2013)[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Boyesen 1998, p. 32.
  2. ^ Boyesen 1998, p. 8.
  3. ^ "Newport mural demolition", ITV News, 5 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  4. ^ Sion Morgan, Elena Cresci, "Hundreds protest in Newport over destruction of Chartist mural", Wales Online, 5 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013

Bibliography[edit]

  • Boyesen, Sebastien (1998), The Vision of Saint Gwynllyw and Other Stories, Llandysul: Gomer

External links[edit]