This week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is OPPOSING
This is one of the three pieces that made up Sculpture for Derry Walls by Antony Gormley, (1987). Composed of identical cast -iron figures joined back to back, they were placed in such a way that one figure faced in towards the city’s 17th century fortified walls, and the other faced out.
The sculptures represented Derry’s two main religious communities. They are turned away from each other – separated by cultural and political differences as well as religious. But they are joined as one body and cannot be separated – linked and unified in their Christianity and their shared location.
Two have since been removed and this one relocated along the Wall…
Link to One Word Sunday at Debbie’s here
Beautiful structure.
I’d have loved to have seen it in its original setting…
I’m a big fan of Gormley’s work, thanks no doubt to the Angel of the North, and this is both typical and yet rather different. I like it – thanks for sharing!
It was quite controversial at the time – the truth is not always welcome!
Perfect photo for the challenge
Thank you Bernie – it came to mind fairly quickly when I saw the theme…