A new work has been added to The Line sculpture trail at Lee Valley. Called Untitled The Line, the giant cube by artist and activist Rasheed Araeen has been installed on the banks of the Lee near Bromley-by-Bow.
Unveiled today, Tuesday 23 September, this six-foot square installation is comprised of eight open-steel square forms in the artist’s signature primary colours.
Sitting between the Lee Navigation and Bow Creek, the giant cube evokes themes of water, engineering and freedom of movement.
For Araeen, its symmetry is suggestive of egalitarianism, and the bright colours symbolise hope for a better world.
Araeen trained as a civil engineer in the 1950s before becoming a painter.
He first began producing sculpture after moving from Karachi, Pakistan to London in 1964.
Since that time, viewers have been drawn to his striking minimalist sculptures.
His work’s new home is The Line, a chain of public art that winds its way from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Newham to the O2 on the Thames.
The sculpture trail is this year celebrating its tenth anniversary with several new installations.
