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# Fair and square: behold the egalitarian symmetry of giant cubes on the banks of the Lee
- URL: https://www.newhamcitizen.co.uk/egalitarian-symmetry-giant-cubes-lee/
- Published: 2025-09-23T07:10:12.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-25T11:38:28.000Z
- Description: A new work has been added to The Line sculpture trail
- Author: Sarah Birch
- Tags: sculpture, Lee Navigation, The Line, Untitled The Line, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, sculptures, Lee Valley, Bow Creek, Rasheed Araeen, sculptor

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.

![Rasheed Araeen's work, Untitled The Line](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1a/0b/1a0bbdc5-3104-4b69-8f0a-e4bea2090efe/content/images/2025/09/013_DSF3418-Edit-Rasheed-Araeen.webp)

Squaring up on the bank: Rasheed Araeen's sculptures. Photograph: Angus Mill, courtesy The Line

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.

![Rasheed Araeen](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1a/0b/1a0bbdc5-3104-4b69-8f0a-e4bea2090efe/content/images/2025/09/Rasheed_Araeen.webp)

Rasheed Araeen. Photograph: Niccolò Carantia

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.

![Rasheed Araeen's work, Untitled The Line](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1a/0b/1a0bbdc5-3104-4b69-8f0a-e4bea2090efe/content/images/2025/09/011_DSF3324-Edit-Rasheed-Araeen.webp)

Cubes, without rubric: Rasheed Araeen's sculptures. Photograph: Angus Mill, courtesy The Line

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.