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Artist: HEATHERWICK Thomas (Lead Architectural Designer)
TitleOfWork: 'B of the Bang'
DateOfWork: 2005
Dimensions: 56m high
Medium: weathering steel (constructed from 180 spikes)
Location: Manchester
Country: UK - England
Photographer: Dave Ball
ImageCopyright: Sheffield Hallam University
AccessionNumber: 05~0140
FileSize: 468456
Detail: view of the base of 'B of the Bang'; with Manchester City Stadium in the background.

There is a lot of visual clutter; lamp-posts, traffic lights, road-signs, information boards, lighting for the sculpture etc. which does impede one's view of the work.

[photographed: 24 January 2005]




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