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Saved by the Whale's Tail, Saved by Art

2025

Public art project, mixed media installation, poster campaignm painting and an award trophy

Commissioned by Art on the Underground in collaboration with New Contemporaries
“Saved by the Whale’s Tail, Saved by Art” is a large-scale artwork in London commissioned by Art on the Underground in collaboration with New Contemporaries. It’s inspired by an incident that occurred in 2020 when a train on the Rotterdam Metro overran the stop blocks at a station located on an elevated metro line. A carriage, at risk of falling into the water beneath, was ‘saved’ by a 10-metre high public art sculpture of a whale’s tail, which prevented its fall. Taking this as a base story, the campaign initiatied the following questions to the public; Can art save lives? Have you witnessed art saving a life? For the most moving submission, a sculpture akin to an award trophy which will be awarded at a public ceremony later in 2025.

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