the modernist x BDP present - The BDP Talk Series. 5.1 - Open Air - festival, park & town: sculpture from the Southbank to the shopping precinct by Lisa Brown
£10
Wednesday 28th October 2026
6.15PM FOR A 6.30PM START BDP, 11 Ducie St, Manchester M1 2JB
This talk will track the journey of sculpture in the public realm from its inclusion at the Southbank site of the Festival of Britain, the outdoor sculpture exhibitions organised by the LCC, its use as a place maker in New Towns and its arrival at the shopping precinct.
Lisa Brown is a researcher, writer, and photographer whose work relates to place, history and the built environment. Her photo-book Post War Public Art was published by The Modernist in August 2021, and marked the beginning of her research into the mural works of Henry Collins and Joyce Pallot and public sculpture in general.
Her most recent publication was a photo-book High Street Banks, which was published in March 2026 by Uhm Publishing and The Modernist.
Thank you to BDP for supporting this event.
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