The Goodman's Fields Horses
The Goodman's Fields Horses
The Goodman's Fields Horses
The Goodman's Fields Horses
The Goodman's Fields Horses
The Goodman's Fields Horses
The Goodman's Fields Horses

© the artist. Image credit: courtesy of Berkeley Group

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The work comprises six life and a quarter size horse sculptures. In the sixteenth century, the land was farmed by a Roland Goodman, whose son went on to let out the fields for the grazing of horses. Berkeley wanted to commemorate this historic link, by celebrating the horses which worked alongside people in London’s ascent to prosperity. Berkeley’s vision for the Goodman’s Fields Piazza was that it should be a lasting symbol of the locality and the community. In 2016, Hamish Mackie was awarded the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association’s Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Fountains for the Goodman’s Fields Horses commission.
Title

The Goodman's Fields Horses

Date

2015

Medium

bronze & granite

Accession number

E1_AM_S605

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Berkeley Group

Work type

Equestrian

Owner

Berkeley Group

Custodian

Berkeley Group

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

25th June 2015

Access

at all times

Inscription description

plaque with raised letters on the granite base nearest to Leman Street: THE GOODMAN'S FIELDS HORSES / COMMISSIONED BY BERKELEY GROUP / OPENED JUNE 2015 / "…having escaped from their livery stables, six horses gallop through the streets of London. Careering through crowds of pedestrians they / are finally brought to a halt by the traffic flow on Leman Street..." / SCULPTOR - HAMISH MACKIE FOUNDRY - LOCKBUND SCULPTURE

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Located at

Goodmans Fields, Tower Hamlets

E1 8EU