Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Dangers to Children Photograph
Region ID | UEL | |
Work ID | 620 | |
Manual Reference | BE014 | |
Type | Sculpture | |
Title | Dangers to Children | |
Artist | Harrison, Kevin | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | 1994 | |
Unveiling details | ||
Road | Crook Log | |
Precise Location | Around outside of Crook Log Sports Centre, one in hedged garden at side, other three along pathway to entrance | |
A to Z Ref | 97 2H | |
OS Ref | ||
Postcode | DA7 4HH | |
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
Four colourful metal sculptures with flat figures, painted in bright colours and standing on concrete and brick plinths. Mostly quite large and striking in their depiction of dangers and their consequences. Designed by children and set on the grassed areas around the Crook Log Sports Centre. Danger on a skateboard: child involved in an accident while skateboarding. Figure of a child in blue top with the words GO on the front and STOP on the back, yellow shorts, green trainers and reversed baseball cap on head, with hands outstretched. Has a head wound bleeding with red paint and to the side is a brown tree with the top broken off by the accident. The skateboard is orange. Terror-fly: strange scene involving a flight of stairs and the danger of falling. Stairs are purple and red with an orange lion at the top. A figure in light and dark blue stripes, with arms and legs forming the shape of a cross is falling down stairs. At the bottom side of stairs is a slightly open door with a green devil peering round it. No plaque: Seated girl: large figure of a small girl sitting on the ground with hands outstretched at sides and legs straight out in front, holding five different coloured flowers in her left hand and one in her right. A very bright multi-coloured piece. The Road Accident: child wearing roller skates crossing at a pedestrian crossing having accident with car. Large piece with dark skinned child falling backwards onto car with horrified expression on face. | ||
Depictions of dangers and accidents that can happen to children, in the home or when they are out and about. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1994 | |
Condition | Good | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | On black plastic plaque on plinth: DANGER ON A SKATEBOARD / BY V I MING AGE 10 / Designed and built with the / help of Kevin Harrison Artist / in Schools Project 1994 Funded by / London Art Board in collaboration / with Bexley Arts Forum. On black plastic plaque on plinth: TERROR-FLY by NICOLA WILLIAMSON AGE 10 / Designed and built with the / help of Kevin Harrison Artist / in Schools Project 1994 Funded by / London Art Board in collaboration / with Bexley Arts Forum. On black plastic plaque on plinth: THE ROAD ACCIDENT by AL-SHREE ROMANO AGE 9 / Designed and built with the / help of Kevin Harrison Artist / in Schools Project 1994 Funded by / London Art Board in collaboration / with Bexley Arts Forum. | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Danger on a Skateboard | Steel? Painted in several colours | 182cm high x 186cm wide x 55cm deep |
Terror-Fly | Steel? Painted in several colours | 146cm high x 48cm wide x 79cm deep |
Seated Girl | Steel? Painted in several colours | 93cm high x 186cm wide x 68cm deep |
Road Accident | Steel? Painted in several colours | 160cm high x 130cm wide x 126cm deep |
Road Accident plinth | Concrete and brick | 36cm high x 104cm wide x 126cm deep |
Danger on a Skateboard plinth | Concrete and brick | 33cm high x 186cm wide x 80cm deep |
Seated Girl plinth | Concrete and brick | 33cm high x 152cm wide x 92cm deep |
Terror-Fly plinth | Concrete and brick | 32cm high x 70cm wide x 92cm deep |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Corrosion, Deterioration | Danger on a Skateboard:some rust especially child's leg |
Corrosion, Deterioration | Terror-Fly:some rust |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Other | Danger on a Skateboard:whole structure is leaning over and has rusted where bent |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
Graffiti | Terror-Fly:slight graffiti |
Graffiti | Road Accident: graffiti on front of figure |
