The Navigators
A giant, ship-like kinetic bronze that drips and moves in the glass-roofed Hay's Galleria by the river.
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In the elegant glass-roofed arcade of Hay's Galleria by the Thames stands The Navigators, a huge and wonderfully strange bronze sculpture by David Kemp. Part ship, part fantastical machine, it rises some ten metres in a riot of masts, paddles and pipes, and parts of it actually move, with water spouting and jets working in a slow mechanical dance.
It nods to the area's history as a great wharf where ships unloaded tea and goods from around the world. Free to admire under cover whatever the weather, it is a brilliant, slightly steampunk surprise on a riverside walk near London Bridge.
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