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David Breuer-Weil at Christie’s: Follow the sculpture trail throughout London's streets

Using London as his canvas, artist David Breuer-Weil has worked with Christie’s to place his monumental bronze sculptures throughout the city in an innovative new exhibition that is free to the public.

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A monumental stone head sculpture emerges from a manicured lawn in a London square, with a black pavilion and trees visible in the background

Giant heads break through the ground at Cavendish Square and Portman Square. An evolutionary four-part installation emerges in Portman Square. The brutalist architecture of the Economist Plaza is enlivened by a sculpture titled Alien and figures of Brothers with joined heads, connected by umbilical chords. Against the backdrop of the Saint Pancras Church on the Euston Road further larger Alien and Brothers images reinterpret the iconic building famed for its Greek statuary.

Speaking of the installation, Breuer-Weil says: "Public sculpture is the ultimate street art. Far more people see them than works in museums. I have attempted to distil a great deal of emotion and meaning into simple sculptural forms that are dotted throughout London."

Of course, Londoners are familiar with Breuer-Weil’s work from past highly renowned installations in iconic locations such as Grosvenor Gardens and Marble Arch. A hallmark of his monumental works is the very physical nature of the pieces with their deliberately textured surfaces.

Along with Christie’s, the artist has worked with Westminster City Council on a number of these installations and the Breuer-Weil exhibition is being staged to coincide with Christie’s "Sculpture in the Square" that showcases pieces by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Antony Caro and other leading sculptors.

Born in London in 1965, Breuer-Weil studied at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art and Clare College, Cambridge. His work frequently explores ideas of humanity, history and existence. For more information about David Breuer-Weil, see www.davidbreuerweil.com.

All images courtesy of Sam Roberts

Stone sculptural head by David Breuer-Weil installed on a grassy square beneath towering trees, with city buildings visible in the background
Weathered bronze sculptural head with deeply textured surface showing moss and patina, positioned on grass with blurred green background
Stone sculptural head with closed eyes and distinctive features sits on a manicured lawn beneath leafy trees, with a grand building visible in the background
Stone sculpture of two overlapping heads by David Breuer-Weil displayed on grass with an information plaque, surrounded by blurred foliage in a London garden setting
A contemporary plaza with modern brutalist architecture features David Breuer-Weil's bronze sculptures, including figures with joined heads, set against historic Victorian terracotta buildings in the background
Bronze sculpture by David Breuer-Weil displayed in an urban plaza with modernist architecture and another sculpture visible in the background
Bronze sculpture by David Breuer-Weil titled Alien displayed on a white plinth in an urban courtyard with modern buildings and glass facades behind it
Bronze sculptures by David Breuer-Weil displayed in the ground-floor windows and plaza of the Economist Plaza building, featuring monumental figures against brutalist architecture
David Breuer-Weil bronze sculptures of interconnected human figures emerging from a grass lawn surrounded by mature trees
David Breuer-Weil's monumental bronze sculptures depicting figures emerging from the ground, installed in a London park surrounded by trees and grass
David Breuer-Weil's bronze sculptural figures with textured surfaces depicting adult and child forms standing on a grass lawn with trees and buildings behind
Bronze sculptures of figures emerging from the ground in a green London square, with tall trees and period buildings in the background
David Breuer-Weil's bronze sculpture of figures with connected heads installed on a grassy square in central London, with trees and period residential buildings in the background
Two dark bronze figures with joined heads connected by an umbilical cord stand in a grass courtyard beside a stone building, part of David Breuer-Weil's public sculpture installation in London
David Breuer-Weil's bronze sculptures including intertwined figures and heads displayed in a garden setting beside a stone building with ivy-covered walls
David Breuer-Weil's monumental bronze sculpture of an upturned head with arms raised skyward, installed in a courtyard beside a classical stone building
Bronze sculpture of an inverted human figure by David Breuer-Weil displayed in a green courtyard surrounded by period buildings and trees
Bronze sculpture of a monumental head and torso by David Breuer-Weil installed in a London garden beside a historic stone building surrounded by ivy
Two dark bronze figures with joined heads connected by umbilical cords stand in a green square surrounded by trees and Georgian buildings, part of David Breuer-Weil's public sculpture exhibition throughout London
Two dark bronze sculptures by David Breuer-Weil in a park setting, one figure arching backwards with raised legs and another standing figure, with ivy-covered walls and classical architecture behind them
Artist David Breuer-Weil stands in front of his monumental bronze sculptures at an outdoor exhibition location in London
A large dark bronze sculptural head emerges from grass in a London square, framed by trees and grand white period buildings behind it
Large bronze sculptured head emerging from grass in a London square, part of David Breuer-Weil's public installation
Large textured bronze head sculpture by David Breuer-Weil emerging from grass in a London square, with period buildings and trees behind it
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