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Colour Transfer: Liz West's dazzling and colourful installation at Paddington Central's Westway Bridge

British Artist, Liz West has been awarded her first permanent London commission at Paddington Central. You can experience the intense impact of colour in this new radiant site-specific sculpture, Colour Transfer, a dazzling immersive chromatic commission spanning the underside of Paddington Central’s Westway Bridge.

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All photographs are by [Jason Bailey](https://jasonbaileystudio.com/)

All photographs are by Jason Bailey

The artwork comprises multiple angled coloured mirrors, vertically spanning the height of the brickwork to create an optically vibrant and kaleidoscopic installation. The prismatic shapes mirror the tunnel’s architecture and the colours apparent in the work change depending on where you are within the underpass.

"The work appears different from one direction to the other," says West. "The coloured mirrors are positioned in a spectral arrangement running from dark red to pale pink when entering the underpass from the left and the opposite when entering from the right. As you move, you will encounter the fluctuating effect of light and reflections created by the coloured mirrors."

Vivid colour and radiant light are West's chosen mediums in which to create new, often site-specific, works of art. Within her immersive installations, she hopes to create new environments or enhance existing sites, using materials such as mirrors or pure saturation to help draw our attention to different spaces and elements of the architecture that we might not have noticed previously. Discover more of her latest works at liz-west.com.

Coloured paper samples in a rainbow spectrum displayed on a wooden table alongside sketches and markers during Liz West's design process
Angled coloured mirrors in spectral arrangement spanning the underside of Paddington Central's Westway Bridge, creating a vibrant kaleidoscopic effect against the concrete structure
Liz West's Colour Transfer installation featuring rows of angled coloured mirrors in spectral arrangement from green through blue, pink and orange on Paddington Central's Westway Bridge underpass
Person photographing Liz West's Colour Transfer installation with a smartphone, with vibrant green, blue and yellow coloured mirrors visible on the bridge above
A person in a white top photographs Liz West's Colour Transfer installation, a series of angled coloured mirrors spanning the Westway Bridge underpass in a spectrum from dark teal to bright red
Liz West's Colour Transfer installation featuring angled coloured mirrors in a spectral rainbow arrangement spanning the underside of Paddington Central's Westway Bridge underpass
Colour Transfer by Liz West: angled coloured mirrors in spectral arrangement from dark red to pale pink spanning the underside of Paddington Central's Westway Bridge
Cyclist riding past Liz West's Colour Transfer installation, a vibrant arrangement of angled coloured mirrors spanning the Westway Bridge underpass in a spectrum from teal through green, yellow, orange and red
Vertical coloured mirrors in a spectral arrangement from red to green create reflections beneath the Westway Bridge in Liz West's Colour Transfer installation
A person walks beneath Liz West's Colour Transfer installation of angled coloured mirrors spanning the Westway Bridge underpass, creating a vibrant spectrum from yellow through green, blue and red
Liz West's Colour Transfer installation featuring angled coloured mirrors in a spectrum from red through orange, yellow, green, blue to pink, suspended beneath Paddington Central's Westway Bridge
Liz West's Colour Transfer installation features rows of angled coloured mirrors in a spectrum from red to green beneath the Westway Bridge at Paddington Central
Liz West's Colour Transfer installation features angled coloured mirrors in a rainbow spectrum running along the underside of Paddington Central's Westway Bridge, creating a kaleidoscopic effect
Artist Liz West poses with arms crossed in front of her colourful Colour Transfer installation featuring rainbow-hued angled mirrors on the Westway Bridge underpass
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