Another Place

Another Place is a modern sculpture by British artist Antony GormleyIt is located on Crosby Beach near Liverpool in the UK.The sculpture consists of 100 cast iron figures.Each figure is 6ft 2in tall (189 centimetres) and weighs 650 kilograms.Visit Date: April 2024This sculpture was first exhibited on the beach of Cuxhaven, Germany, in 1997 followed by Stavanger in Norway and De Panne in Belgium before...

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Alison Lapper MBE

The marble statue of Alison Lapper MBE by Marc Quinn.Date of Visit August 2007Click image for larger viewThe fourth plinth is the northwest plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London.It was originally intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV however, due to a lack of funds this was never completed. For over 100 years the plinth remained bare until in 1998 three contemporary...

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Faces in the woods

FACES IN THE WOODS No history or legend behind this post only this to say.  A walk through my local woods revealed that someone had  taken the time to carve many faces on what looks like  drift wood and then fixed them on the trees along the pathway. I don't know who did this or the story behind the sculptures  but it's a pleasing...

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