Brick Man

Brick Man

"Brick Man" was an Anthony Gormley sculpture proposed for the city of Leeds, United Kingdom.

A male human figure standing over 100 feet (30 m) high, it would have stood on a triangle of land bounded by railway lines in the Holbeck area of the city, greeting travellers arriving at Leeds railway station. It would have cost £600,000 and been the largest sculpture in the UK at the time.

The sculpture was one of twenty designs produced in reponse to a competition to find an artwork for the site, but the proposal was ultimately rejected by Leeds City Council in 1988. Conservative councillor Richard Hughes-Rowlands said at the time: "If Mr Gormley is talking about it ["Brick Man"] going somewhere else, my eyes won't exactly be weeping tears." [cite news |title= Where to now for cultural soul of Leeds?|url= http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/art/Where-to-now-for-cultural.3880130.jp| work = Yorkshire Post|publisher=Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd|date= 2008-03-14|accessdate=2008-07-11 ]

Gormley has blamed "lack of nerve" for the rejection of his idea, adding: "I think of it still as my best attempt to allude to the collective body." [cite news |title= Modern art: Ask Antony Gormley|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/forum/744532.stm|publisher=BBC |date= 2000-05-14|accessdate=2008-07-11 ] The idea of an iconic landmark sculpture of the human form later saw the light of day in Gormley's Angel of the North.

A maquette for the sculpture can be seen in Leeds City Art Gallery.

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