Back after a short break. This weekend I went to look at Anthony Gormley's new exhibition 'Another Place' on Formby beach in Liverpool. http://www.antonygormley.com/
The above link goes to his website though unfortunately I couldn't find a reference, other than an excellent opening photo, to the sculpture. The piece is composed of 100 lifesize cast iron figures standing upright on Formby's shallow beach. They extend a kilometre into the surf and three kilometres along the beach. As the tide rises and falls the figures are exposed and covered in turns. It is very impressive and always changing. Sometimes only the heads of are visible above the waves, then chests and slowly as the tide recedes each figure stands solitary facing seaward, looking to the west and Ireland or maybe beyond. On Sunday I went with friends from Manchester and it was a beautiful day, sunshine, blue skies, and a perfect wind for our kites. Not that I'm a kite person generally but looking upward into that wonderful sky and watching a Harry Potter kite with it's long tail fluttering high above me was as glorious as it gets. The exhibition is planned to last 18 months and I think it's going to New York next. Such a long seasonal timespan will change the perspectives, autumn gusts, winter storms, spring tides, can't wait.
3 comments:
Wey Hey! indeed. That exhibition sounds amazing, tide rising, falling...
I will check out the link on the weekend.
We have wicked kites here, cutting other kites tails...singing engine kites, humming loud, singing vulgar tunes, and the boys tie them up at nights so all night you can hear 'em.
G,
I've not taken much notice of kites, not since I were a lad anyway, but I did enjoy the kite flying on Sunday! And it was only a cheap plastic one but flew beautifully.
The exhibition was really excellent though.
Everybody should fly a kite every now and then.
Didn't you just feel good flying that ol' piece o' plastic?
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