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2003/4 Programme | St Paul's Bow Common
- Rose Finn-Kelcey
ANGEL February 22nd to July 22nd, 2004
The project website is now on-line at www.smsangel.org Angel was visible 24 hours a day as it was situated on an outside wall and illuminated at night. Rose Finn-Kelcey's temporary commission on the exterior of St Paul's Church was a response not only to the minimal architecture of this 1960s listed building and its location at a busy crossroads, but also to the diverse communities of extraordinary individuals within St Paul's and its immediate neighbourhood. As with all her work, Finn-Kelcey's choice of material was both innovative and absolutely integral to the piece. The wall above the main entrance to the church (a site customarily associated with sacred figures depicted in stone, glass or wood) was transformed into a sparkling sea of movement and colour using thousands of shimmer discs, a material most commonly associated with billboards or theatre signs. Within this sparkling wall a cryptic text appeared, "when the separate parts of the image come together they create the most dynamic and visually economic rendition of an angel" (Rose Finn-Kelcey). This project was curated by Artwise Curators and funded by the Arts Council of England, the Henry Moore Foundation, the London Institute, the Abbey Harris Mural Fund, the Jerusalem Trust and Poplar Harca (St Paul's is on the corner of Burdett Road and St Pauls
Way The opening event was on
The Henry Moore Foundation
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