that it was a health and safety risk. Planners at Sefton council demanded the installation’s removal. Sailors might founder if they struck one of the so-called “tin men”, they said, while children, trying to swim out to the most far-flung statues, were in danger of being cut off by incoming tides. Supporters of Another Place acknowledge that the installation, which has attracted 600,000 visitors since it was secured to the sea bed in July 2005, was always intended to be a temporary piece of art. Laurie Peake, the project’s manager, said: “We were dumbstruck. The coastguard and the RNLI said they had no objections.” But conservative councillor Debi Jones, said: “In today’s litigious world I find it strange no one looked into the health and safety aspect. I asked the committee if they would have a clear conscience in court if a lawsuit were taken up.” Daily Telegraph 21/10/06.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Gormless art ban
ART LOVERS reacted with dismay and fury at a decision to remove Antony Gormley’s celebrated installation, Another Place, from a Merseyside beach on the grounds
that it was a health and safety risk. Planners at Sefton council demanded the installation’s removal. Sailors might founder if they struck one of the so-called “tin men”, they said, while children, trying to swim out to the most far-flung statues, were in danger of being cut off by incoming tides. Supporters of Another Place acknowledge that the installation, which has attracted 600,000 visitors since it was secured to the sea bed in July 2005, was always intended to be a temporary piece of art. Laurie Peake, the project’s manager, said: “We were dumbstruck. The coastguard and the RNLI said they had no objections.” But conservative councillor Debi Jones, said: “In today’s litigious world I find it strange no one looked into the health and safety aspect. I asked the committee if they would have a clear conscience in court if a lawsuit were taken up.” Daily Telegraph 21/10/06.
that it was a health and safety risk. Planners at Sefton council demanded the installation’s removal. Sailors might founder if they struck one of the so-called “tin men”, they said, while children, trying to swim out to the most far-flung statues, were in danger of being cut off by incoming tides. Supporters of Another Place acknowledge that the installation, which has attracted 600,000 visitors since it was secured to the sea bed in July 2005, was always intended to be a temporary piece of art. Laurie Peake, the project’s manager, said: “We were dumbstruck. The coastguard and the RNLI said they had no objections.” But conservative councillor Debi Jones, said: “In today’s litigious world I find it strange no one looked into the health and safety aspect. I asked the committee if they would have a clear conscience in court if a lawsuit were taken up.” Daily Telegraph 21/10/06.
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