Public Art in Ipswich
Rhumba
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- By Peter Blunsden
- 1994-95
- Welded metal, painted red
- Ransomes Way, near B&Q
This site was once an engineering works, producing goods such as early aircraft, steam locomotives and lawnmowers, and this sculpture reflects the industrial past of the site. The Rhumba is a cuban dance involving much exaggerated hip movement.
Peter Blunsden is a sculptor based in Norfolk who was born in 1949. He studied at Norwich School of Art and Anglia Polytechnic University.
This piece featured in the Hardingham Sculpture show in Christchurch Park in the summer of 1995.
Blunsden normally works in this way, constructing large-scale, often painted welded metal pieces from ready made and worked fragments of steel. His work explores space and creates internal rhythms. Although apparently abstract, his sculptures appear to have figurative possibilities.
Just a few metres away is the sculpture Man and Ball by Giles Penny.
Other Public Art nearby: East Ipswich and Ravenswood.
Last Updated: Wednesday 7th April 2010
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- Panel celebrating Peter Bruff
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- Triple Mycomorph (Fungus Form)
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- Major
- A Quick Step to Recovery
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