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Antony Gormley statue for Dorset cliff top | Antony Gormley statue for Dorset cliff top |
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An Antony Gormley statue described as a "robotic Angel of the North" will be installed on a cliff top in Dorset. | An Antony Gormley statue described as a "robotic Angel of the North" will be installed on a cliff top in Dorset. |
The 2m-high (6ft 6ins) human figure will be at Clavell Tower, Kimmeridge, from May for a year. | |
The statue will be one of five around the UK to mark the 50th anniversary of the Landmark Trust in 2015. | The statue will be one of five around the UK to mark the 50th anniversary of the Landmark Trust in 2015. |
Historian Caroline Stanford said it will be Gormley's only solo exhibition in the UK next year and other locations were still to be announced. | |
Ms Stanford, who is head of engagement at the Landmark Trust, said the statue would be a "wonderful" and "thoughtful" presence at Kimmeridge and said: "It is a fantastic project to be working on with one of the generation's greatest artists. | |
"Everyone will be able to make up their own minds. We hope they will really enjoy everything about it." | "Everyone will be able to make up their own minds. We hope they will really enjoy everything about it." |
Peter Wharf, Purbeck District Council's planning committee chairman, said it had divided opinion and added: "There was pleasure to have something so potentially attractive to tourists coming into town, but there was also concern about the potential for destabilising the cliff." | Peter Wharf, Purbeck District Council's planning committee chairman, said it had divided opinion and added: "There was pleasure to have something so potentially attractive to tourists coming into town, but there was also concern about the potential for destabilising the cliff." |
The artwork was approved by the council's planning committee on condition the foundations were dug by hand to avoid disturbing the cliff. | The artwork was approved by the council's planning committee on condition the foundations were dug by hand to avoid disturbing the cliff. |
Mr Wharf said: "A robotic Angel of the North is how one person described it." | Mr Wharf said: "A robotic Angel of the North is how one person described it." |
The temporary planning permission will expire in May 2016. | The temporary planning permission will expire in May 2016. |
The Landmark Trust is a charity that restores at-risk buildings and lets them out for holidays. | The Landmark Trust is a charity that restores at-risk buildings and lets them out for holidays. |
It has rescued 200 buildings in the past 50 years. | It has rescued 200 buildings in the past 50 years. |
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