2017

TM4657 : "The Scallop", Aldeburgh beach

taken 7 years ago, near to Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

"The Scallop", Aldeburgh beach
"The Scallop", Aldeburgh beach
"Scallop" (2003), by Maggi Hambling, is a sculpture located on the north beach at Aldeburgh. It commemorates the town's long-standing resident Benjamin Britten and the words that pierce it, "I hear those voices that will not be drowned", come from Britten's "Peter Grimes".
The sculpture's location in a wild, natural environment has caused considerable controversy and the artwork has been vandalised repeatedly. The presence of a large manufactured object in a level natural environment has been seen as incongruous; perhaps to smooth over this discrepancy the public are encouraged to clamber over it as if it were a natural outcrop.
For more detail on Maggi Hambling and her work see LinkExternal link .

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Geographical Context: Coastal Public buildings and spaces Estuary, Marine Beach: Shingle Artwork: Sculpture Primary Subject: Sculpture other tags: Beach Shingle Public Artwork Artwork Steel Sculpture Sculpture Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TM4657, 135 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Christopher Hilton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 6 August, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 9 August, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 4671 5748 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:9.6250N 1:36.3407E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 4669 5748
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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