Summer Lights is an open-air exhibition in Docklands till mid-August, with eleven artworks spread round the area. They're mostly, as far as I could see, themes on the idea of coloured perspex. Which is perhaps less than enthralling. For instance, Hymn to the Big Wheel, by Liz West.
The prolific British artist is known for her large-scale pieces that use reflection and refraction to create dazzling immersive environments. Often utilizing translucent panels and a combination of natural light and LEDs, West’s intention is to enhance sensory awareness, showing the potential the full spectrum of color has to impact both psychological and physical reactions.
On view through August 21 at Canary Wharf in London, “Hymn to the Big Wheel” is an architectural installation comprised of two concentric octagons that cast layered jewel-toned shadows depending on the viewer’s position. The piece draws its name from Massive Attack’s “Hymn Of The Big Wheel” and has what West calls a “sun-dial effect” that changes how the light streams through the panels depending on the time of day.
Well OK – but it's still just sheets of coloured perspex:
No matter. Elsewhere I got my first look round the newly-developed Wood Wharf, to the north-east of South Dock, which is largely a high-rise residential development. As is obligatory for such prestige projects, there are the inevitable sculptures dotted around, to leaven the unashamed materialism with – it's hoped – a dash of culture:
And, back at Canary Wharf, more colour with Sun Pavilion, by Morag Myerscough:
Mick Hartley 
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