WHAT PEOPLE SAY
“I didn’t know it was important until I saw it being restored!”
— Margaret E, East London
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
“I didn’t know it was important until I saw it being restored!”
— Margaret E, East London
RECENT PROJECTS
Bull
'Bull' is a dramatic sculpture by artist Robert Clatworthy, commissioned as part of the London County Council's post-War Patronage of the Arts Scheme. The inspiration was a bull in the field next to the sculptor's studio in Sussex: Clatworthy wanted to capture 'the sheer physical power' of the animal. The bronze bull is 10-feet long, with its head slightly turned towards the road and its body suggested by irregular random geometric shapes: 'A shaggy, expressionistic figure of a bull that seems about to turn its head; a heroic yet friendly image ... and a study in movement arrested.' Robert Clatworthy wrote, 'in most of my sculpture, you will find a series of super-imposed images - as the light changes or the viewer moves around the sculpture so different images of the same figure emerge.'
Robert Clatworthy (1928 - 2015) was among the best-known sculptors in Britain in the 1950s and regarded as the 'best sculptor younger than Henry Moore'.
Proud Places young people met the Bull’s conservators, took part in sculpture workshops and attended the grand unveiling with the Mayor of Wandsworth and many local school children.
“Proud Places Is so important because at school you only learn about the general history of the country, but not history within boroughs. We tend to be aware of the bigger monuments, but not the smaller ones."
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– Lames,16,
Bull Youth Advisory Panel
“I liked it when they pulled down the cloth. I like that the LCC who made it were trying to make London more beautiful after the war. I will come and hang here with my friends."
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– Nazarin,11,
The Alton School
“I enjoyed today so much, it was really fascinating hearing about all the facts of Roehampton. Obviously I’ve grown up here, but I don’t really know about this bull. It’s kind of hidden, secretive and very fascinating."
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– Aston,16,
Bull Youth Advisory Panel
