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Morag Myerscough brings colour to the cranes of Greenwich Peninsula

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Date
14 March 2016
A close-up of an industrial metal structure painted in bright pink. The composition features a criss-cross of beams over a diamond-mesh screen and a small curved staircase.

Greenwich Peninsula developer Knight Dragon has commissioned British artist Morag Myerscough to create a series of vibrant colourways for the many cranes that adorn the area’s skyline.

Forming part of a series of art-led public realm commissions by Knight Dragon, including Alex Chinneck’s A Bullet from a Shooting Star, the Supergrouplondon co-founder will apply her passion for creating visually stimulating places to the developer’s desire to “animate and enliven” the Peninsula skyline as they continue to regenerate the area.

To celebrate the launch of Colourblock Cranes Morag will be discussing the importance of colour in her work at the peninsula’s Now Gallery with its curator Jemima Burrill on 21 April.

A person in a white protective suit and mask uses a spray gun to paint a large metal structure. They stand inside a bright pink industrial spray booth, surrounded by metal grates and pipes.
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Marc Wilmot: Colourblock Cranes

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Marc Wilmot: Colourblock Cranes

A person in a white protective suit sprays bright pink paint onto a large metal structure. They stand in a narrow industrial booth where the walls and ceiling are coated in the same vivid pink hue.
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Marc Wilmot: Colourblock Cranes

A large, bright yellow metal frame rests on the flatbed of a trailer. In the background, a construction crane stands against a blue sky with scattered clouds.
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Marc Wilmot: Colourblock Cranes

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Milly Burroughs

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Milly Burroughs (@millyburroughs2.0) is a Berlin-based writer and editor specialising in art, design and architecture. Her work can be read in magazines such as AnOther, Dazed, TON, Lux, Elephant, Hypebeast and many more, as well as contributing to books on architecture and design from publishers Gestalten and DK. She is It’s Nice That’s Berlin correspondent.

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