{"id":36210,"date":"2018-12-07T14:08:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=36210"},"modified":"2018-12-07T14:08:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:08:29","slug":"local-crowdfunding-will-bring-back-historical-sculpture-cardiff-city-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/local-crowdfunding-will-bring-back-historical-sculpture-cardiff-city-center","title":{"rendered":"Local crowdfunding will bring back historical sculpture to Cardiff City Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The campaign \u201cSave our sculpture\u201d needs \u00a318,000 to transfer it from Leicestershire.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36211\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36211\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/ATT61454-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"Sculpture, Cardiff, Garth Evans \" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36211\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/ATT61454-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"Sculpture, Cardiff, Garth Evans \" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> The sculpture was installed in 1972 for six month in The Hayes, Cardiff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A local campaign is gathering \u00a318,000 to bring back to Cardiff a giant sculpture installed 46 years ago as part of a major\u00a0art project in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign \u201cSave our sculpture\u201d will restore the work of <a href=\"http:\/\/garthevans.com\">Garth Evans<\/a> who created a 12-meter structure as part of a national art project, which installed 17 statues in eight city centres across England and Wales in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that the people of Cardiff will embrace the campaign and help us to rescue this sculpture that was created specifically for the city. It\u2019s a chance to play a part in preserving Wales\u2019 rich history of art in the public realm,\u201d said Hannah Firth, Director of Programme at Chapter Art Centre and the leader behind the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The hammer-like tool sculpture reminds the figure of a black mine tunnel, idea born thanks to Evans grandfather who used to tell him stories of his times as a miner in Wales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to make something that would impact its location, altering and affecting the space and by its presence, create a new sense of place,\u201d said Garth Evans to the Chapter Art Centre team.<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture of 12 meters long, 2,5 meters high and three tons is now in Leicestershire, \u201cwhere it has remained hidden, neglected and unseen by the public,\u201d said Hannah Firth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36219\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36219\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/IMG_0745-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"The sculpture of 12 meters long.\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36219\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/IMG_0745-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"The sculpture of 12 meters long.\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> The sculpture of 12 meters long, 2,5 meters high and three tons is now in Leicestershire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36223\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36223\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/IMG_0742-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"The sculpture needs to be repaired urgently.\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36223\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/IMG_0742-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"The sculpture needs to be repaired urgently.\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> The sculpture needs to be repaired urgently.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If the campaign gathers the necessary resources for the restoration and transfer, it will be located in The Hayes at Cardiff\u2019s City center again, close to its original site for two months.<\/p>\n<p>Then, it will move to a permanent home in South Wales; the exact place will be announced during the following weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the money raised will be used to highlight Garth Evans work. There will be an exhibition at Chapter about the artist, a theatre production and a new publication with the comments made by the general public after experiencing the restored sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign\u00a0will run is until 14 January of 2019 and the funds are being collected in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artfund.org\/get-involved\/art-happens\/save-our-sculpture\">artfund.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The campaign \u201cSave our sculpture\u201d needs \u00a318000 to restore the sculpture hidden in\u00a0Leicestershire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":380,"featured_media":36230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[612],"class_list":["post-36210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","category-global-city"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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