Shack Stack

This towering six metre, aluminium artwork pays homage to the site’s heritage as a working dock and sits in contrast to the surrounding contemporary architecture.

The sculpture is an abstraction – a precariously stacked tower of improvised garden sheds, a common British allotment feature, which was often constructed of reused and found materials.

By casting this temporary structure into a permanent installation, Wilson sought to change the impermanent into the monumental.

The architectural references of the sculpture highlight the changing cycles of the Grosvenor Dock – through reuse, redundancy and renewal.

Wilson’s proposal was selected from a competition and delivered as part of the Westminster public art programme.

Year

2010

Client

St James Group

Artists

Richard Wilson RA

Location

London

Service

Public Art Curation & Commissioning

Sector

Mixed Use & Residential

Type

Sculpture