Sungazer Sculpture At Kingsdale School is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1998. Sculpture.

Sungazer Sculpture At Kingsdale School

WRENN ID: under-lintel-yew
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Southwark
Country: England
Date first listed: 15 April 1998
Type: Sculpture
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3372 ALLEYN PARK 636-1/16/887 (East side) 15/04/98 "Sungazer" sculpture at Kingsdale School

Sculpture. 1959 by William Turnbull, commissioned by the London County Council. Bronze, c. five feet in length, on a low plinth. The shape was cast from plaster into which corrugated paper had been pressed. An abstract representation of an eye, that has an organic fish-like quality also; it is long, narrow and torpedo shaped. In the late 1950s blindness became a theme in Turnbull's work. The fish-like form relates to his early work; its position on a narrow plinth is also pertinent to his later, totemic pieces. It is the only publicly sited work by Turnbull, and a particularly successful and thought-provoking piece.

Listing NGR: TQ3316672104

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