Flying Scotsman
Flying Scotsman (2015) is a sculptural work by Jim Lambie, created with the artist's signature blend of vivid colour, rhythmic geometry and pop-cultural sensibility. Known for transforming everyday materials into striking visual forms, Lambie often works with reflective surfaces, industrial finishes and layered chromatic structures — qualities clearly present in the Flying Scotsman installation.
The work sits within Lambie's wider practice of producing dynamic, high-gloss sculptural pieces built from metal sheets, polished surfaces and painted layers that manipulate light and perspective. His sculptural language draws on music, urban culture and the legacy of modernist form, creating works that seem to vibrate with energy even while fixed in space.
The work sits within Lambie's wider practice of producing dynamic, high-gloss sculptural pieces built from metal sheets, polished surfaces and painted layers that manipulate light and perspective. His sculptural language draws on music, urban culture and the legacy of modernist form, creating works that seem to vibrate with energy even while fixed in space.
