Statues of London

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...

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And this one...

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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.