British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori has partially enclosed the Eros fountain at Piccadilly Circus in central London with a pair of brightly colored plinths.
Named Good Issues Come to These Who Wait, the set up was designed to create a optimistic message on the centre of one of many metropolis’s busiest junctions.
The art work consists of a pair of Pegasus’s every perched on prime of a vivid orange, curved plinth comprised of perforated metallic.
Every plinth is nestled into the steps surrounding the Nineteenth-century Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, popularly referred to as Eros, on the southeastern facet of Piccadilly Circus.
The orange plinths are adorned with the phrases “dream with love” and “shield your desires” in vivid yellow. The textual content is written in Yinka Sans Extremely – a customized typeface created for Ilori by kind foundry British Normal Sort.
Sat on prime of the seven-metre-high plinths, the winged horses from Greek mythology are a nod to the statue that tops the fountain. Though the statue is usually referred to as Eros, it really depicts Eros’s brother Anteros.
British Normal Sort creates “vivid and playful” font household for Yinka Ilori
“I’m all the time in search of methods to make my work accessible to everybody and am grateful to have the ability to showcase this mission in such an iconic public area,” mentioned Ilori.
“By means of my art work and the legendary story of Pegasus, I hope to encourage folks to pursue their desires, and consider that hope can overcome adversity,” he continued. “Collectively, we will obtain the unattainable!”
In Greek mythology, the winged horse Pegasus was born from the blood of Medusa after she was beheaded by the hero Perseus.
The art work, which was created with Artwork of London, will probably be in place till 25 August. It’s the newest set up created by Ilori in his signature vivid colors. He not too long ago designed a mirrored pavilion for self-reflection in Germany and a pair outsized chairs in east London.
