Greenwich Peninsula in London is fast becoming the trendiest place to move to and with thousands of new houses, shops, bars and waterside recreation its easy to see why. It is also a great place to spend a day or two, and with a fantastic art trail to follow why not plan a trip there yourself?
The art trail, named “The Tide”, is the Greenwich neighbourhood’s riverside garden walkway and public art trail. It celebrates art, design, and wellbeing - all wrapped within the banks of the river Thames.
The Tide features works by Ian Davenport & Marwan Kaabour. Both artists used the River Thames as inspiration to individually transform The Tide into a colourful expression of Greenwich Peninsula.
As part of an ongoing exploration of colour, Turner Prize nominee Ian Davenport has reimagined the entrance stairwell of The Tide to reveal ‘Poured Staircase’. Davenport has created an immersive river of colour that cascades down the Tide staircase in parallel stripes.
The Tide’s glass facades have become a fluid space of endless iterations as London-based, Beirut-born artist Marwan Kaabour presents The River in Verse, a lyrical and poetic mirror of the river Thames. The artwork is a series of multilingual text extracts that contemplate water, fluidity and expressiveness of its ebb and flow. The artwork incorporates English, Greek, Polish, French, Farsi, Arabic, Yoruba, Mandarin and Turkish languages, which resonate with communities in Greenwich and on the Peninsula.
The Tide’s winding path begins at the end of Peninsula Square and ends on the banks of the River Thames. Open from 7:00 – 220:00 daily, Ian Davenport & Marwaan Kaabour’s installations on The Tide are free to visit.
For an online leaflet on The Greenwich Art Trail, please click here:
