Public art photos
Public art has been commissioned and put in place for
thousands of years, with a view to educate, record,
commemorate or to promote an idea. In the past
few years it has also been used to engage or surprise
the viewer and for this reason it has a value rather
different to that of sculpture, although there is
significant overlap between the two
On the Boulevard Stand in Blackburn, between the Cathedral and
the Railway Station 'walk' the Grandmother and child by Alan Wilson
(1996), passed regularly by travellers and visitors to the city