Outcry as Gormley works head off to another place

One hundred naked cast iron figures created by Anthony Gormley should stay on a Merseyside beach, the artist said.



Planners cited safety reasons when they blocked proposals to keep the work Another Place on Crosby Beach.

"This work works at Crosby Beach better than it does anywhere else," said Mr Gormley who has exhibited the statues in Germany, Norway and Belgium.



The work is made up of iron life-size casts of Gormley which are rooted on to the beach at scattered locations over three kilometres.

They are visible when the tide is out but become submerged when the water is in.
Sefton Council's planning committee voted on Wednesday against keeping the attraction because of fears over safety.