Campus art hotspots showcased on new map
10 October 2024
Our recently-installed globe sculptures are among the diverse range of artwork featured on a new campus public art map.
The map is part of an information leaflet designed by students in Typography and acts as a gateway to the recently updated Art on Campus webpages, which also feature an interactive online map.
The maps show staff, students and visitors where they can find paintings, sculptures and student artwork on permanent display, many of which can be visited by all for free.
Hannah Lyons, Curator of Art Collections at the University, said: “Our public art initiatives are important for strengthening our links with the local community and artists, and marking the University out as a cultural leader in the region.
“My thanks to the students who created the new map, which I hope allows more people to enjoy our public exhibits and collections scattered across campus.”
Find out more about our art on campus and collections on our Art Collections website.
Art on the map
Artwork pieces on the new map include:
- Paintings from our collections dating back to the early 20th century, including some by former Reading School of Art colleagues and students. Examples include a landscape by Ladybird Books illustrator Allen Seaby, and an oil painting by celebrated Pakistani artist Syed Ali Imam, both on display in Park House, as well as a 24-foot high mixed media piece commissioned from former Lecturer in Fine Art, Terry Edmond, in the School of Agriculture building. There is also a painting by Leon Kossoff, one of the most celebrated post-war British artists, in the Library.
- Floating Garden – a sculpture commissioned for the Library quad in 2020 which responds to the theme of ‘library’ and is partly made from recycled plastic waste generated by the University.
- Prize-winning drawings by 19th century Royal Academy student Minnie Jane Hardman in the Classics department in Edith Morley.
- Four globe sculptures, which represent different elements of the legacies of the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans. They were originally created for the national The World Reimagined art initiative and displayed around the country, before being purchased by the University through a crowdfunding project and installed in summer 2024.