Luke Perry's public art sculptures across the West Midlands
In this post we list the current Luke Perry public art metal sculptures on public display across the West Midlands, and where to find them. Plus links to the features with galleries of photos. This is only Luke Perry's sculptures currently on display, not temporary ones that have been removed.
To find these sculptures you will have to get the bus, train or tram, or walk to their locations to find them. Click the links to the features, then click the links to the map locations.
Find Luke Perry on Instagram and his website.
Located in Birmingham
SS Journey
Location: Handsworth Park, facing the lake.
Artist: Luke Perry
This sculpture is dedicated to the brave individuals who have left their homes around the world and made the journey to Handsworth and other parts of the UK, seeking a new life for themselves and their families. Was part of the Handsworth Arts Trail, made in 2017.
A representation of the bow of a steam ship with a passenger looking into the distance and to their future. Local man Hector Pinkney MBE, a youth worker and mentor for many young people in the area and known to many locally as ‘Mr Handsworth’, modelled for the figure.
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The Ribbons: Birmingham AIDS and HIV Memorial
Location: Hurst Street, Hippodrome Square, Southside (outside of Mr Egg and Happy Lemon)
Artists: Garry Jones and Luke Perry
It was unveiled on the 1st December 2022. It depict's two interlocking heart ribbons.
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Black British History is British History
Location: Soho Loop (Birmingham Canal Navigations Old Mainline) to the east of the Asylum Bridge in Winson Green
Artists: Luke Perry and artist Canaan Brown
Roundhouse to Chance Glassworks Arts Trail
Legacy West Midlands presents Black British History if British History (2023).
Made of Galvanised Steel.
The rear of the sculpture represents important figures and moments from Black British history, spanning from the Roman period to the Second World War.
In the centre is the towering mast of a ship, whose huge sails reads in large print 'BLACK BRITISH HISTORY IS BRITISH HISTORY'.
These sails are representative of the fact that for nearly 1800 years, the sole method of travel to the UK was by sailing ship, with many working in the Merchant and Royal Navy. Maritime coastal communities of Black people arose in busy ports such as Liverpool, Bristol and London, as sailors settled in Britain.
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Located in Sandwell
Cradley Column
Location: Tesco Extra, High Street, Cradley Heath
Artist: Luke Perry
The column was commissioned and funded by Tesco to mark the opening of their store in Cradley Heath in 2007.
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Mary Macarthur statue
Location: Mary Macarthur Gardens, near the corner of Sydney Road and Lower High Street, Cradley Heath
Artist: Luke Perry
The statue was named after the trade unionist who led the women chainmakers in 1910, when they held a strike, in their demands for a mimimum wage.
Unveiled in 2012, after being made for a period of two years. Also called the Womens Chainmakers Statue.
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Lions of the Great War
Location: Near the High Street, Smethwick
Artist: Luke Perry
A bronze statue of a First World War Sikh solider, opposite the Guru Nanak Gurdwara, unveiled on the 4th November 2018.
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Portrait bust of Phil Lynott
Location: New Square, West Bromwich (behind Central St Michael's Sixth Form College, formerly The Public).
Artist: Luke Perry
A portrait bust / bronze statue of the singer Phil Lynott (1949-86) unveiled in August 2021 on what would have been his 72nd birthday.
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Located in Wolverhampton
Saragarhi Memorial
Location: Memorial Park in Wednesfield near Rookery Street and Well Lane, opposite a Sikh temple called the Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Wednesfield.
Artist: Luke Perry
A memorial to the Sikh Regiment was unveiled in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, in September 2021. The 3-metre (9.8 ft) statue by artist Luke Perry commemorates the Battle of Saragarhi.
The Sikh community of Wednesfield, Wolverhampton acknowledge the heroic actions of NEC Camper Khuda Dadh and regiments cook who took up arms and fought alongside his brothers to the end.
Dedicated to the brave men of the 36th Sikh Regiment who fought to the last man defending their outpost at the Battle of Saragarhi. 12th September 1897.
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Photography by Elliott Brown