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Trail 3_v2 9/3/09 16:21 Page 1 Trail 3 11 CITY CENTRE 10 Trinity Hall Wychfield Site 3 Murray Edwards Cambridge College 16 17 Trail 2 14 13 d 15 R Sculpture Trails 12 m 18 a h g C in hu k 9 rch 19 c WEST CAMBRIDGE ill R u Trail 1 oad B 8 7 6 Churchill 2 Finding your way.... 5 College Included in these trails are 20th and 21st century 4 3 sculptures that are accessible in public places 1 throughout the central area of Cambridge city. Please note: ! Mading • Many sculptures are located in college grounds where ley Road Park & Ride public access may be restricted in the pre-examination season, mid April – mid June. There are other occasions when colleges may be temporarily closed so it is advisable h t a to telephone the Porters’ Lodge prior to your visit. p t o o F • Group visits should be arranged with Colleges in advance. • Dogs are not permitted in college grounds. Isaac Newton Institute • Children must be accompanied by an adult. • Collections change periodically. A number of sculptures 22 21 20 are on loan so some works shown in the leaflet may not be in place. For advice about places to stay and things to do visit www.visitcambridge.org Cambridge Sculpture Trails For more information please visit: www.cambridgesculpturetrails.co.uk E: [email protected] Design: www.cantellday.co.uk Trail 3_v2 9/3/09 16:23 Page 2 A new and exciting way to discover modern Trinity Hall, Wychfield Site sculpture’s physical appearance and the cockney sculpture in Cambridge. Storey’s Way | Tel: 01223 339029 (Wychfield Site) rhyming slang for ‘sister’ Tel: 01223 332500 (Trinity Hall) Three walking trails take you to outstanding pieces of Entry is through the Porters’ Lodge, Storey’s Way. To continue the sculpture sited in historic and modern Cambridge. walk to Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road leave via green gate (exit only) onto Huntington Road. Trail 1 South Cambridge 3: Bernard Meadows Trail 2 City centre Pointing Figure with Child, 1966 Bronze 7: Dame Barbara Hepworth 16: Dame Barbara Trail 3 West Cambridge Four Square Walk Through, 1966 Hepworth Bronze Each leaflet covers a different tour around the city centre. Ascending Form (Gloria), 1958 Bronze More information about the sculpture and the artists is Inspired by music following 18: Christine Fox available on our website www.cambridgesculpturetrails.org 10: Jonathan Clarke 11: Michael Dan Archer Dame Barbara’s friendship Gathering of Owls IV, 1989 Twelve, 2006 Dream, 2002 with composer Priaulx Rainier. Painted engraved slate on Cast and welded aluminium Chinese granite afromosaic Trail 3 is an attractive and tranquil walk that provides the 4: Sean Crampton A unique piece using expanded Archer is noted for his use of the polystyrene vaporised in physicality of stone in relation to delightful experience of viewing sculpture within several Three figures, 1970 architecture and landscape. college gardens where the settings change with the passing Bronze the casting process. seasons. This West Cambridge walk may be accessed from the Madingley Road Park & Ride buses that also connect to 8: Michael Gillespie the city centre. There are no refreshments available en-route. Spiral, 1991 Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall) Starting at Churchill College the walk takes approximately Cement with resin skin Huntingdon Road | Tel: 01223 762100 17: Judith Cowan 19: Austin Wright Enter via Huntingdon Road. It is essential to report to the Porters’ Skin and Blister, 1988 two hours as it continues to Trinity Hall’s Wychfield Site Plantation, 1976 Lodge. Exit via Storey’s Way to continue to Clarkson Road by footpath Aluminium and Cement followed by Murray Edwards College. It ends at the Isaac Aluminium from Madingley Road. The title refers to the Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Clarkson Road with its impressive ‘Universe’ series of three steel sculptures. 5: Peter Lyon Isaac Newton Institute Flight, 1981 20 Clarkson Road Churchill College Bronze View sculptures from the road. Storey’s Way | Tel: 01223 336000 Entry may be restricted during exams mid April – mid June. Start at 9: Denis Mitchell John Robinson Porters’ Lodge and collect a map – leave by Churchill Road, continue Gemini, 1973 The Universe Series, along Storey’s Way to Trinity Hall, Wychfied Site. Marble Three sculptures based on the 12: Vicki Olverson 14: Judith Cowan Borromean Rings, an emblem Turkhana Woman with Fish, 2004 Nothing Lasts for Ever, 1989 of the Borromea family in Painted papier mâché Corten steel, stainless steel Renaissance Italy. Each and gneiss sculpture has three interlocking 6: Michael Dan Archer 21: Intuition, 1993 Judith Cowan’s forms are often To Boullée, 1993 shapes, no two of which are taken from domestic objects. Stainless steel Granite linked. Robinson brings together art and mathematics. Homage to the French visionary architect, Boullée. 1: Lynn Chadwick 2: Dhruva Mistry Beast Alerted 1,1990 Diagram of an Object (Second 13: Annie Collard Stainless steel State),1990 Festive Feeling, 1988 Chadwick’s animal forms often Bronze Painted steel show tension such as aggression Artist in residence at Kettles A delicate form is created from 15: Wendy Taylor 22: Creation, 1991 and fear. Yard 1984-85 with a Fellowship a hard and durable material. Three Dung Beatles, 2000 20: Genesis, 1995 Stainless steel at Churchill College. Bronze Stainless Steel .