Memorandum (Robin Hood Gardens) is a gold plated etched copper plate by the London based artist, Charlie Warde. Created in an edition of nine, it has already seen much popularity with number one of the edition acquired by the V&A Museum for its permanent collection. In fact, this is actually the third work of Charlie’s that the museum has purchased since first recognising his talents in 2012.

Memorandum is part of an ongoing series by the artist that commemorate Brutalist buildings scheduled for demolition. Robin Hood Gardens was a 1960s council housing estate in Tower Hamlets, famous for its unique aerial walkways and long concrete blocks. Heavily influenced by Le Corbusier’s Unite d'Habitation, and designed by the architects Alison and Peter Smithson, the housing estate became an iconic landmark for the borough. Such was its importance in architectural and social history that, by shear coincidence, a part of this building has also been preserved by the V&A museum.

Like the subject itself, Charlie’s work brings a unique approach to editioned work. Building on his architecture MA from the City & Guilds of London, Charlie incises the copper plate with an approach that combines architecture, design and fine art into one single form that brings a new identity to creativity.

In the artist’s own words, “Fine Art has become such a broad discipline; encompassing an all manner of media. Its open-ended in definition; a subject of constant discussion at art schools and institutions. I believe that the limits of what can be perceived as art are set by the individual.”