01-06-2021, 12:00 PM
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I just love ‘Verity’......Quote... Verity is a 2012 stainless steel and bronze statue created by Damien Hirst. The 20.25-metre (66.4 ft) tall sculpture stands on the pier at the entrance to the harbour in Ilfracombe, Devon, looking out over the Bristol Channel towards South Wales.[1] It has been loaned to the town for 20 years. The name of the piece refers to "truth" and Hirst describes his work as a "modern allegory of truth and justice".[1]
Verity
Verity
Artist
Damien Hirst
Year
2012
Type
stainless steel, bronze, fibre glass
Location
Ilfracombe, Devon
51°12′39″N 4°06′42″W
The statue depicts a pregnant woman holding aloft a sword while carrying the scales of justice and standing on a pile of law books.[1] Half of the sculpture shows the internal anatomy of the pregnant woman, with the foetus clearly visible. The stance has been described as a reference to Little Dancer of Fourteen Years by Edgar Degas, a c. 1880 work that previously inspired Hirst when he created Virgin Mother, another massive sculpture of a pregnant woman with her foetus exposed.[1]
The sculpture was cast in stainless steel and bronze in 40 separate sections by the Pangolin Editions foundry in Stroud. The sword, which gives the statue much of its height, and the upper left arm is one fibreglass piece.[2] Measuring 25cm (10 inches) higher than the Angel of the North, Verity became the tallest statue in the UK when it was put into place,[3] but is now surpassed by The Kelpies, near Falkirk, Scotland, at 30 metres (98 ft).
Members of North Devon Council referred to the controversial nature of the statue as a potential boost to tourism. In August 2013 councillors announced that the statue had a "tremendous effect" with people visiting the town solely to see Hirst's work.[4]
Hirst, who lives in Combe Martin, has loaned the statue to the town for 20 years starting from its erection on 16 October 2012.
01-06-2021, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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I just love ‘Verity’......Hirst, who lives in Combe Martin, has loaned the statue to the town for 20 years starting from its erection on 16 October 2012.
Hirst needs locking up imo. 
01-06-2021, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by bakerman
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Judd,Yes, indeed Those are some very beautiful items.
Don't know, however, if they are in the same league as The David or Tutankhamum's death mask.
Curious, do you happen to know how old they are ?
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sut...ry%20treasures.
01-06-2021, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Judd
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Sutton Hoo is an Anglo Saxon burial mound so that puts it around 600AD. It was a ship belonging to a King and it was buried in one piece filled with all of his treasures, weapons and himself of course.https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sut...ry%20treasures.
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