Public art & sculpture · South East England
Headington Shark
Headington Shark in England South East, United Kingdom.
Steve Daniels — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Headington Shark is a public sculpture in England South East, United Kingdom, dating from 1986. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Headington Shark (proper name Untitled 1986) is a rooftop sculpture located at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a large shark embedded head-first in the roof of a house. It was protest art, put up without permission, to be symbolic of bombs crashing into buildings.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.7589, -1.2133
- Phone
- +447763693225
- Established
- 1986
- Official site
- www.headingtonshark.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q1232073 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Headington Shark (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Headington Shark?
- Headington Shark is in South East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.7589°, -1.2133°.
- When was Headington Shark built?
- Headington Shark dates to 1986.