The Worcester Plinth
At The Corn Market, Worcester
A new ‘Pop-Up’ public art display system and a new artwork has been revealed by The Worcester Plinth
The new Worcester Plinth is a boldly painted 10ft shipping container which the team will mount the artworks on and move around the city every 28 days. Previously the team were putting art onto the derelict Screen House on the riverside.
The new artwork is ‘Reflected Grace’ designed and created for The Worcester Plinth by Polly Merredew. It is a series of large, bold, geometric paintings inspired by two of Worcester’s most iconic features: the River Severn and the stained glass windows of Worcester Cathedral. Polly has woven a pallet inspired by the shifting tones of the river and the luminous glow of stained glass into an abstract composition that carries the rhythm of the water and the quiet radiance of light.
“Polly’s work is really visually striking and will get the next stage of the Plinth’s story really up and running,” said Oliver Carpenter, one of the volunteer team behind The Worcester Plinth. “We are excited to be displaying new art, and to be moving it round the city – sometimes in very prominent positions, sometimes harder to find. Our huge thanks to both The Elmley Foundation and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund through Worcester City Council for making this all possible.”
The new Worcester Plinth with its solar panel lighting, is constructed on a reused shipping container, designed and painted by Alyx Robson-Glyde a final year Art & Design student at Heart of Worcestershire College. “We asked HOW College, one of our partners in the project, to put forward a student to develop a bold look for The Worcester Plinth and they chose Alyx who is at the start of his journey to become a street artist,” continued Oliver. “He created a design of clouds in the style of Hokusai, for the various artworks we display to rise above.”
‘Reflected Grace’ will be displayed in the Corn Market in Worcester from Monday 30th June and will stay there for 4 weeks before ‘popping up’ across different sites in the city.