Hey all,
Was wandering over Waterloo Bridge on Saturday afternoon and I caught sight of the Anthony Gormley statues that formed a part of his exhibition at The Hayward Gallery –
Unfortunately the whole thing’s over now… but I had to blog about it – there were just SO many of them..!
I took a couple of pics below…
This one – you can just make him out – lonely old chap that he is…
And this one…
Two in here – one on Waterloo Bridge itself and there in the background – there’s another one on the National.
I’m SO glad I caught these – I think they’re being taken down today – which to be honest is a real shame…
Having been there and experienced the almost comforting feeling of these figures looking down on me – I just got the feeling that this is one of those pieces of art that ideally would remain forever…
Much like when there was a similar work in Liverpool a while back and everyone wanted those to stay too..
Beautiful.
You can see more on this video interview that I found over on the BBC… worth a look – if only to get an idea of the scale of this project..
Just… Just watch it – you’ll see what I mean…
EDIT – thanks to regular reader – Nechbi – for a link to a great panoramic picture of some more statues…
Nice one dude.