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| Antony Gormley asks for 'vandalised' beach sculptures to be cleaned | Antony Gormley asks for 'vandalised' beach sculptures to be cleaned |
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| Antony Gormley has asked for paint to be removed from his iron men sculptures on Crosby beach after they were embellished with colourful outfits by an unknown artist. | Antony Gormley has asked for paint to be removed from his iron men sculptures on Crosby beach after they were embellished with colourful outfits by an unknown artist. |
| At least nine of the famous group of statues, which face out to sea and have been standing naked on the Merseyside beach for a decade, have been brightly decorated in the past week. | At least nine of the famous group of statues, which face out to sea and have been standing naked on the Merseyside beach for a decade, have been brightly decorated in the past week. |
| One statue now has a pink polka-dot bikini and another has bright orange shorts. Some are marked with the name Mokie and one has “I am art” written on the back of a newly painted blue shirt. | One statue now has a pink polka-dot bikini and another has bright orange shorts. Some are marked with the name Mokie and one has “I am art” written on the back of a newly painted blue shirt. |
| Gormley, best known for his Angel of the North sculpture that stands outside Gateshead, has complained to the council and many locals and visitors have condemned the act as vandalism. | Gormley, best known for his Angel of the North sculpture that stands outside Gateshead, has complained to the council and many locals and visitors have condemned the act as vandalism. |
| A spokesman for Sefton council said: “We want everyone to enjoy and interact with the impressive Antony Gormley statues on Crosby beach, which are synonymous with Sefton. | A spokesman for Sefton council said: “We want everyone to enjoy and interact with the impressive Antony Gormley statues on Crosby beach, which are synonymous with Sefton. |
| “However, following this incident, we have been contacted directly by Mr Gormley with a view of removing these permanent decorations which we will now look into.” | “However, following this incident, we have been contacted directly by Mr Gormley with a view of removing these permanent decorations which we will now look into.” |
| Art or vandalism? @peterjharvey gives his verdict to @bbcmerseyside @snellyradio at 01:24:30 📻 https://t.co/nYmdxmyliQ Pic: @PrawnCufflinks pic.twitter.com/KevWGvke5c | Art or vandalism? @peterjharvey gives his verdict to @bbcmerseyside @snellyradio at 01:24:30 📻 https://t.co/nYmdxmyliQ Pic: @PrawnCufflinks pic.twitter.com/KevWGvke5c |
| Vandalism. Street art has it's place, but not over the top of another bigger, better piece of art. If this was by an artist it's a lazy one | Vandalism. Street art has it's place, but not over the top of another bigger, better piece of art. If this was by an artist it's a lazy one |
| Interaction with @IronMenCrosby should be encouraged. Gormley welcomes it. Aerosol attacks are selfish, mindless and arguably criminal. https://t.co/JOx75gwwta | Interaction with @IronMenCrosby should be encouraged. Gormley welcomes it. Aerosol attacks are selfish, mindless and arguably criminal. https://t.co/JOx75gwwta |
| The spokesman said he knew of nine of the 100 statues that had been “decorated”. | The spokesman said he knew of nine of the 100 statues that had been “decorated”. |
| The life-sized figures, part of an artwork titled Another Place, were installed in 2005 and were all modelled on Gormley himself. They were meant to be moved to New York the following year but became a permanent fixture on the beach front after drawing admirers. | The life-sized figures, part of an artwork titled Another Place, were installed in 2005 and were all modelled on Gormley himself. They were meant to be moved to New York the following year but became a permanent fixture on the beach front after drawing admirers. |
| The writer Jeanette Winterson recently wrote of Gormley’s Iron Men: “Standing modestly at their posts, the Gormley bodies are guides. They have something of ancient Earth about them – these metal men, as though they have erupted out of the iron core of the world, uncertain of human form, not smoothed by millennia of natural selection, but only now cooled from molten. | The writer Jeanette Winterson recently wrote of Gormley’s Iron Men: “Standing modestly at their posts, the Gormley bodies are guides. They have something of ancient Earth about them – these metal men, as though they have erupted out of the iron core of the world, uncertain of human form, not smoothed by millennia of natural selection, but only now cooled from molten. |
| “They could be an older life-form pushed up, tectonically, by a shift in the Earth’s plates, or returned from a past too old to imagine, through some yawn in time.” | “They could be an older life-form pushed up, tectonically, by a shift in the Earth’s plates, or returned from a past too old to imagine, through some yawn in time.” |
| While the figures are often adorned with items of clothing by visitors, this is the first longer-lasting addition. | While the figures are often adorned with items of clothing by visitors, this is the first longer-lasting addition. |
| In September Gormley opened his first White Cube exhibition in four years, in which he transformed the gallery in London into a labyrinth of 15 chambers containing a series of human figures, all of different materials, sizes and postures. | In September Gormley opened his first White Cube exhibition in four years, in which he transformed the gallery in London into a labyrinth of 15 chambers containing a series of human figures, all of different materials, sizes and postures. |
| “We are living in a really strange time,” the artist said at the time. “Yet we are all sleepwalking through it. And it is urgent we wake up. We are sort of aware the centre cannot hold, that 250 years of industrial activity has undermined and fundamentally disturbed our world – yet we feel somehow not responsible.” | “We are living in a really strange time,” the artist said at the time. “Yet we are all sleepwalking through it. And it is urgent we wake up. We are sort of aware the centre cannot hold, that 250 years of industrial activity has undermined and fundamentally disturbed our world – yet we feel somehow not responsible.” |
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