艺廊Willow Man
- 年代
- 2000 年
- 国家
- 英国
Willow Man is a large outdoor sculpture by Serena de la Hey. It is in a field to the west of the M5 motorway, near Bridgwater in Somerset, South West England, near to the Bristol to Exeter railway line and south of junction 23 of the motorway. It stands 40 feet (12 m), with a 16-foot (5 m) arm span, and is made of black maul willow withies woven over a 3-tonne steel frame.
Willow Man was commissioned by South West Arts, for the Year of the Artist, and the Moate family the land owner. The sculpture, which cost £15,000 (equivalent to about £29,000 in 2025), was unveiled in September 2000.
It marks the millennium and celebrates the role of willow in the ecology and craft tradition of the Somerset Levels.
The first sculpture was burnt down in an arson attack on 8 May 2001.
The sculpture was rebuilt by the same artist in October 2001,
and a 130-foot (40 m) circular moat was excavated around it as a precaution agai…
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