Launching tonight is the latest public artwork to hang in the vastness of St Pancras Station’s iconic Barlow Shed. Check out our time-lapse slideshow from the last four days, showing the giant Tetris-like sections of artist David Batchelor’s Chromolocomotion fitting in to place.
The Grade I listed building has turned out to be a rare spot for such works to be displayed, and this latest piece follows up the Olympic rings, and more recently Lucy + Jorge Orta’s fluffy clouds in the art series, named Terrace Wires. It certainly gives the already-grand entrance into London from the Eurostar even more of a visual first punch.
“All my work – three-dimensional structures, photographs, paintings and drawings – is concerned with colour and urbanism,” says Batchelor. “Terrace Wires offered me the chance to create a piece of work that celebrates the beauty and grandeur of an iconic example of industrial engineering.”
Meanwhile, just across the road, a huge new mural designed by illustrator Gregori Saavedra has also just been revealed. It’s a digital collage featuring some of the area’s new landmarks, from the Granary Square fountains that are a magnet for exuberant frolicking in the summer, to the growing local foodie destinations and Central St Martins.
The mural covers the entire Grade II listed German Gymnasium, and will be there for the next year or so, while underneath is turned into a swanky new brasserie, with a promised bar and outdoor terrace. All rather exciting.
