'Continuum' - Conrad Shawcross at The Queen's House

Considered one of England's finest sculptors, Shawcross (below)

is known for large, complex structures that fuse science and art.

He created three site-specific works for a show comprising part of the National Maritime Museum's ongoing contemporary art initiative, "New Visions of the Sea."

The new works, together with two of his previous sculptures developing ideas of time, space, and motion, are up at The Queen's House in Greenwich through February 6, daily from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Admission is free.

Lots to see, actually: there's the Royal Observatory (home of Greenwich Mean Time: Longitude 0° 0' 0", Latitude 51° 28' 38"), along with The Queen's House, England's first Classical building, finished in 1638.

Both are part of the National Maritime Museum, which houses a superlative collection of art and artefacts related to navigation, seafaring, astronomy, and time-keeping.

[via Mary Horlock's rave review in the December 28, 2004 Financial Times]