Seven internationally renowned artists, including Yayoi Kusama and Dan Graham, have been commissioned to decorate an area in central London ahead of the Olympics.
The Great St Helen's: Sculpture Space project is going into its second year and will run from now until January 2013.
Flowers That Bloom Tomorrow by Yayoi Kusama
The works include a colourful flower by Yayoi Kusama, an upside down blue hammer by Michael Craig-Martin and a naked dancing figure by Julian Opie.
The project is the result of a collaboration between the City of London Corporation (the body which looks after the Square Mile global business district around St Paul’s), local businesses and the art world.
Hammer by Michael Craig-Martin
Victoria Thornton, Founding Director of Open-City, an organization who are running a programme of events to coincide with the unveiling of the sculptures, said:
“Enabling young people from the local area to explore and be inspired by the city on their doorstep is a marvellous opportunity that we're pleased to be part of.”
