The TfL network in London will be bringing back Art on the Underground, a project that seeks to commission new pieces of artwork for different sites around the city’s tube stations. The Deputy Mayor for culture and the creative industries, Justine Simons, said the annual project had shown how public art can “bring joy, spark conversation and connect our communities”.
Representatives of TfL have said that the theme of the art this year explores “omissions from public space” such as “the lost waterways of London, the lost venues that have supported voices in the city and the hidden labour of night-time workers”.
Five new works will be exhibited in locations such as Bethnal Green and Notting Hill tube stations, where London-based artist Phoebe Boswell will present a large-scale photographic artwork inspired by local black swimming communities.
Other artworks will be on display at Stratford Station, with a large-scale work by Scottish artist Caroline Walker depicting women working at night for TfL to be unveiled in September. A 10-day sound installation by London-based composer, artist, and DJ Ain Bailey will be on at Waterloo Station in the summer, while a new mural by painter Hurwin Anderson will be unveiled at Brixton Tube Station in November.
American artist Ellen Gallagher will explore colonial landscapes and maritime mythology in the 42nd pocket tube map.
Read a full programme at: tfl.gov.uk
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