Alison Wilding: Font, drinking fountain and garden fountain
Title: Font, drinking fountain and garden fountain
Artist: Alison Wilding (b. 1948, British)
Location: Lumen United Reform Church (URC)
Date: 2008
This work was shortlisted for the ACE Award for Art in a Religious Context 2015.
Three complimentary pieces for Lumen URC explore the Christian concept of ‘living water’ as well as using the new architecture and the reflectivity and light of their surroundings.
‘Following an invited competition, artist Alison Wilding was selected to create new site-specific work for the Lumen United Reformed Church, part of an award-winning scheme for rebuilding the church by Theis and Khan Architects. Wilding has created a trio of objects: a new font, a drinking fountain and a garden fountain. Fundamental to each of the works are the themes of “living water” and light. The artwork for the building also reflects the United Reformed Church’s tradition of open, inclusive and accessible worship. As the church will be used for Christian services as well as a variety of community activities, the commissions embody these values, being universal and accessible in both their design and imagery.’ (Source)
Alison Wilding, born 1948 in Blackburn, is a British sculptor who currently lives and works in London. Wilding studied at Nottingham College of Art, Ravensbourne College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art. Wilding rose to prominence in the late 1970s. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1988 and 1992, and became a Royal Academician in 1999. (More information here).
Further Information
Permanent display
See Wilding’s furniture on the Ecclesiart map here.
Commissioner: Lumen URC with Modus Operandi
Other artworks in Lumen United Reformed Church: North Elevation (Rona Smith); window (Pierre Fourmaintraux).