Take all the weapons to the moon

Heywood, Anthony (2012) Take all the weapons to the moon. [Exhibition/show, Public art, Sculpture, Site-specific work]

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Take all the weapons to the moon

Take all the weapons to the moon

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Creators:
Heywood, Anthony
Description/Abstract:

Anthony Heywood was invited along with 14 other international artists to participate in the Peace Monuments of War Material International Sculpture Symposium 2012, in Arboga, Sweden. The brief was to create peace monuments out of old war materials.

The work was three years in the planning and the finished sculpture is constructed out of a Russian fighter jet (MIG 21), and a British Merlin Rolls Royce engine. The resulting work was suspended from a crane over the river Arboga.

"I wanted the work to express the vulnerability of life and to remind all levels of community that something so iconic and powerful can also evoke fragility, which is why I chose to site it precariously above the water from a crane."

Works from the 2012 symposium will be sited in a permanent sculpture park, that opens at Arboga, Sweden, 24 May 2014.

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Date:
2012
Material:
Welded the fuselage of a Russian MiG and British Merlin Rolls-Royce engine
Measurements or Duration:
3000kg in weight and 9m long
Locations / Venues:
Location
From Date
To Date
Peace Monuments of War Material Sculpture Park, Jädersbruks Ekologiska Herrgård i Arboga, Sweden
24 May 2014
Peace Monuments of War Material International Sculpture Symposium 2012, Argoba, Sweden
22 July 2012
12 August 2012
Uncontrolled Keywords or tags :
peace, re-use, war, Sweden
Schools:
School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography
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Depositing User:
Mr Anthony Heywood
Date Deposited:
05 Dec 2012 14:07
Last Modified:
01 Mar 2022 08:11
Art/Design Categories:
Exhibition/show, Public art, Sculpture, Site-specific work
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/1285

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