Steve McQueen Year 3
Discover one of the most ambitious visual portraits of citizenship ever undertaken, in one of the world’s largest and most diverse cities.
Steve McQueen’s epic Year 3 project can be seen on over 600 billboards across all 33 of London’s boroughs.
The billboards feature huge class photos of year 3 school children from London primary schools. Year 3 is considered a milestone year in a child’s development and sense of identity. It’s when children aged 7–8 years old become more conscious of a much bigger world beyond their immediate family.
This portrait of London captures that moment of excitement, anticipation and hope. It’s a celebration of the young people who will make London their own, and a meditation on the personal circumstances and social forces that shape all our lives.
The billboards can be spotted on the side of the road, on railway platforms, and at London Underground stations for most of November 2019. To find out where they are located, you can explore our map below.
All the school photos will be presented together in a large-scale installation at Tate Britain on show from 12 November 2019 – 3 May 2020.
Image: Steve McQueen Year 3. A partnership between Tate, Artangel and A New Direction © Steve McQueen & Tate. Courtesy of Artangel. Billboard location: Camden Road, London Borough of Camden. Billboard photographed in situ by Theo Christelis
