In Monday's Guardian Germaine Greer was bewailing the lack of roadside art in the UK. However, if she would really like to see examples of roadside art with an international reputation in the UK then she should take the step of visiting Barking & Dagenham.
Through the innovative work of the Council's Arts Services department their Artscape programme along the A13 and around Barking Town Centre has resulted in at least two excellent roadside pieces; 'Holding Pattern' and 'The Lighted Lady of Barking' plus one other that has entered local folklore as 'Madonna's Bra'.
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Paul Simon - The Boy in the Bubble.
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