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Artists featured in this Curation: Suzanne Treister (b.1958), Edward Ruscha (b.1937), Peter Blake (b.1932), Elisa Artesero, Margaret Preston (b.1958), Bob and Roberta Smith (b.1963), Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006), Helen Morse Palmer (b.1977), Donald Urquhart (b.1959), Thomas A. Clark (b.1944), and 18 more See all

25 artworks

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Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Discover the Secrets of the Universe 1991
Suzanne Treister (b.1958)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 107 cm
The Women’s Art Collection

© the artist. Image credit: The Women’s Art Collection
HONK
HONK 1962
Edward Ruscha (b.1937)
Acrylic on paper
H 27.9 x W 35.2 cm
National Galleries of Scotland

© the artist. Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland
Love 2007
Peter Blake (b.1932)
Enamel, wood, paper & found objects
H 97.8 x W 156.8 x D 10.1 cm
Pallant House Gallery

© Peter Blake. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
The Garden of Floating Words
The Garden of Floating Words 2017
Elisa Artesero
Clear acrylic & neon glass
H 200 x W 50 x D 50 cm
City of London Corporation

© the artist. Image credit: Nick Turpin, courtesy of Sculpture in the City
Peace 2017
Margaret Preston (b.1958)
Acrylic, metal, wood, LEDs, spent rifle cartridges & blackboard paint
H 212 x W 49.4 x D 51 cm
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

© the artist. Image credit: Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
Make Art Not War
Make Art Not War 1997
Bob and Roberta Smith (b.1963)
Paint on plywood board
H 153.7 x W 152.4 cm
Tate

© the artists. Image credit: Tate
Drift 1968
Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006)
Painted wood
H 33.5 x W 14.1 cm
Towner

© By courtesy of the Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay. Image credit: Towner
It's not what you see. It's how you feel. 2010
Helen Morse Palmer (b.1977)
Bullets, paper & wood
H 35 x W 70 x D 5 cm
Essex County Council

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Essex County Council
Six Landscapes (Blue) 2009
Donald Urquhart (b.1959) and Thomas A. Clark (b.1944)
Oil & plastic resin on panel & wall
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

© the artists. Image credit: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Work No. 253: THINGS 2000
Martin Creed (b.1968)
Yellow neon
H 14.5 x W 75 cm
Government Art Collection

© Martin Creed. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Government Art Collection
The Puffer 2013
Elspeth Bennie (b.1962)
Forged & fabricated mild steel, galvanised & acid etched

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK
Foundations 2012
Fin Macrae and Alister MacInnes
Timber, stainless steel & stone
H 800 x W 300 x D 300 cm

© the copyright holders. Image credit: Dewi Owens / Art UK
Scallop: A Conversation with the Sea 2003
Maggi Hambling (b.1945) and Sam and Dennis Pegg
Heat treated stainless steel
H 425 x W 460 x D 410 cm

© the artist / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Tony Wooderson / Art UK
Footsteps in the Snow 2005–2006
Simon Ringe (b.1965)
Weathering steel

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Susan Dawson / Art UK
Jute Women 2014
Malcolm Robertson (b.1951) and Powderhall Bronze (founded 1989)
Bronze & weathering steel

© the copyright holder. Image credit: David Oudney / Art UK
Untitled 1991
Jenny Holzer (b.1950)
Rubber, wood & ink
H 10 x W 15 x D 10 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

© Jenny Holzer. ARS, NY and DACS, London 2024. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Whaam! 1963
Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997)
Acrylic & oil on canvas
H 172.7 x W 406.4 cm
Tate

© the estate of Roy Lichtenstein/DACS 2024. Image credit: Tate
Water Made it Wet
Lawrence Weiner (b.1942)
Metal

© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2023. Image credit: Steven Smith / Art UK
So Amazing 2001–2002
Sonia Boyce (b.1962)
Acrylic on paper
H 51.8 x W 51.8 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

© Sonia Boyce. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Lost 1996
Simon Linke (b.1958)
Oil on canvas
H 126.9 x W 89.6 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

© the artist. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
A Horse Formed with Arabic Verses
unknown artist
Gouache on paper
H 14 x W 18 cm
Wellcome Collection

Image credit: Wellcome Collection
War Memorial 2007
Charles Gurrey (b.1953)
Caithness stone
H 260 x W 89 x D 10 cm
Bletchley Park Trust

© the artist. Image credit: Charles Gurrey 2007 and Bletchley Park Trust 2019
Jack Bruce Memorial 2017
Hazel Blue (b.1963)
Metal, perspex & wood
H 45 x W 150 x D 1.5 cm
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

© the artist. Image credit: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Hamburger 1985–1986
Andy Warhol (1928–1987)
Acrylic & silkscreen ink on canvas
National Galleries of Scotland

© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2024. Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland