Name: Antony Gormley's Another Place
Rating: 5.0

Antony Gormley's Another Place

Mariners Road, Crosby Beach, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 6SX, England

1-90 Years

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Antony Gormley’s Another Place is a famous outdoor art installation located on Crosby Beach near Liverpool. It is one of the most well-known public artworks in the UK and attracts visitors from around the world. The installation offers a unique mix of art, nature and coastal scenery.

The artwork consists of 100 life-size cast-iron figures spread across three kilometres of the foreshore and stretching almost one kilometre out to sea. Each sculpture weighs around 650 kilos and is made from casts of the artist’s own body, all facing out to sea. The figures change visibility with the tide, creating a constantly changing experience for visitors.

Another Place is free to visit as it is a permanent public art installation on a public beach. There are no tickets or admission fees required to view the sculptures, and the site is open 24/7, although tide times affect how many figures can be seen.

Overall, Another Place offers a powerful and peaceful experience that combines contemporary art with the natural coastal environment. It is ideal for walking, photography and quiet reflection by the sea. With its dramatic setting and world-famous sculptures, it is a must-visit attraction for anyone visiting the Liverpool area.

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These spectacular sculptures by Antony Gormley are on Crosby beach. Another Place consists of 100 cast-iron, life-size figures spread out along three kilometres of the foreshore, stretching almost one kilometre out to sea.
The Another Place figures - each one weighing 650 kilos - are made from casts of the artist's own body standing on the beach, all of them looking out to sea, staring at the horizon in silent expectation.
Having previously been seen in Cuxhaven in Germany, Stavanger in Norway and De Panne in Belgium, 'Another Place' is now a permanent feature in the UK, at Crosby Beach. According to Antony Gormley, Another Place harnesses the ebb and flow of the tide to explore man's relationship with nature.
He explains: 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.