Shared description

Another Place

Another Place is a piece of modern sculpture by Sir Antony Gormley. It consists of 100 cast iron cast-iron, life-size figures spread out along a 2 mile (3.2 km) stretch of the Crosby foreshore between Waterloo and Blundellsands, and stretching almost one kilometre out to sea.

The spectacular Another Place figures each weigh 650 kilos and stand 189 cm (over 6 feet) tall. In common with most of Gormley's work, the figures are cast replicas of his own body. They are positioned standing on the beach, all of them staring enigmatically out to sea, gazing at the horizon in silent expectation whilst being increasingly submerged and revealed by the sea as the tides ebb and flow. To see them all together makes an impressive sight.

Having previously been seen in Cuxhaven in Germany, Stavanger in Norway and De Panne in Belgium, the initial plan was for the work to keep moving to different sites but 'Another Place' has now been a permanent feature at Crosby Beach since its arrival in 2005 (LinkExternal link BBC News). The statues are now owned and managed by Sefton Council.

LinkExternal link Another Place, Sefton Council
LinkExternal link Antony Gormley Interview, Liverpool Echo
by David Dixon

Created: Mon, 9 May 2016, Updated: Thu, 11 May 2017


54 images use this description. Preview sample shown below:

SJ3099 : Another Place by Gerald England
SJ3098 : Looking West by David Dixon
SJ3098 : A Dressed Iron Man at Another Place by David Dixon
SJ3098 : Another Corroding Man by David Dixon
SJ3099 : Antony Gormley Cast Iron Figure, Another Place by David Dixon
SJ3097 : Another Place, Waterloo by David Dixon
SJ3098 : Another Place, Iron Man and Seaforth Cranes by David Dixon
SJ3099 : Iron Man at Another Place by David Dixon
SJ3098 : Iron Man on  Crosby Beach by David Dixon
SJ2999 : Another Place, Blundellsands by David Dixon
SJ3197 : Another Place, Crosby Beach at Waterloo by David Dixon
SJ3099 : Another Place at Crosby Beach by David Dixon
SJ3098 : Crosby Beach at Brighton le Sands by David Dixon
SD2900 : Low Tide at Another Place by David Dixon
SJ3099 : One of the Iron Men by Gerald England
SJ3099 : Mersey Estuary, Iron Men by David Dixon
SD2900 : Crosby, Another Place? by David Dixon
SJ3099 : Watching the Shipping by David Dixon
SJ2999 : Crosby Beach at Blundellsands by David Dixon
SJ3098 : Iron Man in Isolation at Another Place by David Dixon
SJ3098 : Statue, Crosby Beach by Eirian Evans
SJ3099 : Another Place Figure at Crosby Beach by David Dixon
SJ3097 : Another Place: a near miss by Stephen Craven
SJ3097 : Another Place: the barnacled one by Stephen Craven
SJ3097 : Another Place, Crosby Beach by David Dixon

... and 29 more images.

Shared descriptions

This shared description

The 'Shared Description' text on this page is © copyright 2016 David Dixon.

Shared descriptions are specifically licensed so that contributors can reuse them on their own images, without restriction.

About shared descriptions

These Shared Descriptions are common to multiple images.

For example, you can create a generic description for an object shown in a photo, and reuse the description on all photos of the object. All descriptions are public and shared between contributors, i.e. you can reuse a description created by others, just as they can use yours.

Other shared descriptions

Related descriptions

The above selections are automatic and approximate, it might not always select closely matching descriptions


You are not logged in | login | register