Another Place is a piece of modern sculpture by Antony Gormley.
Now permanently erected on Crosby Beach, Liverpool, England, it was due to be moved to New York, USA in November 2006, but there was a controversial proposal to retain the work at Crosby. In a meeting on 7th March 2007 proposals have been accepted by the Sefton Council that would allow the sculptures to be kept permanently at Crosby Beach.
The sculpture consists of 100 cast iron figures which face out to sea, spread over a 3.2 km stretch of the beach. Each figure is 189 cm tall and weighs around 650 kg.In common with most of Gormley's work, the figures are cast replicas of the artist's own body. As the tides ebb and flow, the figures are revealed and submerged by the sea.
The figures were cast by Joseph and Jesse Siddons Foundry in West Bromwich. Another Place was first exhibited on the beach of Cuxhaven, Germany in 1997 and after that in Stavanger, Norway followed by De Panne, Belgium. A second set of the same 100 figures were cast in 2006 for a new installation called Time Horizon installed amongst a grove of olive trees at the Archaelogical Park of Scolacium near Catanzaro, Southern Itally.
Since the figures are set into the ground, facing a variety of directions, the effect of the piece is very different to that of Another Place.
Another Place is a piece of modern sculpture by Antony Gormley.
Now permanently erected on Crosby Beach, Liverpool, England, it was due to be moved to New York, USA in November 2006, but there was a controversial proposal to retain the work at Crosby. In a meeting on 7th March 2007 proposals have been accepted by the Sefton Council that would allow the sculptures to be kept permanently at Crosby Beach.
The sculpture consists of 100 cast iron figures which face out to sea, spread over a 3.2 km stretch of the beach. Each figure is 189 cm tall and weighs around 650 kg.In common with most of Gormley's work, the figures are cast replicas of the artist's own body. As the tides ebb and flow, the figures are revealed and submerged by the sea.
The figures were cast by Joseph and Jesse Siddons Foundry in West Bromwich. Another Place was first exhibited on the beach of Cuxhaven, Germany in 1997 and after that in Stavanger, Norway followed by De Panne, Belgium. A second set of the same 100 figures were cast in 2006 for a new installation called Time Horizon installed amongst a grove of olive trees at the Archaelogical Park of Scolacium near Catanzaro, Southern Itally.
Since the figures are set into the ground, facing a variety of directions, the effect of the piece is very different to that of Another Place.