Hi everyone, today I would like to share some photos of my recent visit to Crosby beach in Liverpool where you can see these Anthony Gormley statues. The artwork is called 'Another Place'.
There are 100 of these life sized cast iron figures that stretch across the beach including a little out into sea. Each one apparently weights 650 kilos and is a cast of the artist himself. All of them look out into the sea and distant horizon.
The artwork seems to be about exploring man's relationship with nature. According to him:
"The seaside is a good place to do this. Here time is tested by tide, architecture by the elements and the prevalence of sky seems to question the earth's substance. In this work human life is tested against planetary time. This sculpture exposes to light and time the nakedness of a particular and peculiar body. It is no hero, no ideal, just the industrially reproduced body of a middle-aged man trying to remain standing and trying to breathe, facing a horizon busy with ships moving materials and manufactured things around the planet."
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Although hardly anyone was at the beach all these statues made the place oddly feel less lonely. From a distance they looked like ordinary people but when you noticed they were standing still it and you realized they were just statues it made the place feel more eerie. With the wind also blowing sand and rain in your face it's not the sort of place you want to stay too long in.
The photo I took above shows some of these statues in the horizon, some even submerged in water. You could also see the mountains of Wales in the distance from where I was standing.
If you are passing by Liverpool one day I would encourage you to visit this beach as it's a little different to most of the beaches you would normally be used to.
Thanks for stopping by on this post! :)
Ian,