Window Cleaner Statue - Chapel Street - Paddington - London, U.K. - Satellite Imagery Oddities on Waymarking.com

A bronze statue by Allan Sly 'Window Cleaner' outside Capital House on Chapel Street in Paddington.

If viewed from outside the Underground Station on the opposite pavement and looking toward Capital House the humour of the statue becomes apparent as the poor man has every reason for taking off his cap and scratch his head at seeing so much glass while being equipped with just a small ladder.

"Apparently, the artist’s remit set by Capital House was to produce a statue “expressing a wry sense of humour” and he certainly succeeded.

Allan Sly (1951-) studied sculpture at the city and guilds of London Art School for 1971 to 1974, followed by postgraduate study at the Royal Academy of Art, London from 1974 to 1977. He is now a senior lecturer at Wimbledon College of Art. His ‘Window Cleaner’ of 1990 is one of his earliest public works, but more of his work can be seen around London, e.g. ‘The Messenger’ at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, much in the news these days for a different reason. Read a fuller list of Sly’s activities here."
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