Public Art in Ipswich
Formation
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- By Rick Kirby
- 2003
- Steel
- Ravenswood
The flying figures in Formation greet you as you enter the new Ravenswood development on the edge of Ipswich, built on the site of the old airport.
The six figures are closely connected and the whole form sweeps up and away in a 'symbolic' flypast. This figurative work commemorates the role of the RAF and its personnel.
Rick Kirby was inspired by a World War II poster of planes flying in formation, being tracked by searchlights. This has been represented by the female form which is a reference to planes and ships being feminine. The supporting columns of the work mirrors the idea of five beams of light.
The work was hand-crafted by the artist using fabricated mild stainless-steel plate. These are small plates welded together, giving texture and strength to his work. The work is lit from the base and is approximately six metres high. It was officially opened by the Mayoress in 2003.
Other Public Art nearby: East Ipswich and Ravenswood.Last Updated: Friday 9th April 2010
Further pages in Public Art in Ipswich
- Exploring Ipswich's Public Art
- Navigator
- Spiral Vortex
- Rhumba
- Orchard life
- Sor of Hing
- Untitled - 3 Enamel Panels
- Lightships
- Against the tide
- Ripple
- Cineworld Bollards
- Clasped Hands and bench
- Propellor
- Prince Alexander Obolensky
- Cranes Tableau
- St Mary Elms Triptych
- Tutu
- Sir Bobby Robson
- Sir Alf Ramsey
- Handstanding
- Making Our Mark
- African Garden
- FormationYou are here
- Green Wind
- Suffolk Trinity
- Ipswich Madonna
- Barley Sculpture
- Trident and Nets
- Man and Ball
- Rubber artwork - Untitled
- Panel celebrating Peter Bruff
- Spirit of Youth
- The Trawlerman
- Sprites Lane - Four wall relief works
- Triple Mycomorph (Fungus Form)
- Ship
- Major
- A Quick Step to Recovery
- Decorative Church Gate
- Foxgrove Band gates
- The Longship Screens
- Giles' Family
- Beyond the Horizon
- Flightpost
- Tam
- Innocence
- The Life of the River Gipping
- Swans
- Mosaic
- Three Angels
- Crows Nest
- Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
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