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Originally Posted by garinda
Off thread I know, but I LOVE the Anthony Gormley figures on Crosby beach near Liverpool. He's the artist who sculpted did the Angel of the North.
They are life sized figures stood in in the sand. They get covered with the sea when the tides in, and then are fully revealed when it's out. Public art at it's very best.
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I went to see the Anthony Gormley figures late last year with some colleagues from work and then went back three days later to take my family because I loved them so much. What I especially love is how people interact with them, the kids for instance thought they were great and dressed one up with scarves, hats etc.
When I went on the work trip we met up with one of the regeneration officers from Merseyside and she said that they loved it when people interacted with them in that way - quite often they have nappies put on them or football scarves and that's the great thing about them. I agree, public art at its very best because it inspires whilst still being something to relate to and look at.