Another place.....

Antony Gormley, best known for his Angel of the North at Gateshead, created the sculpture Another Place in 1997, three years after winning the Turner prize. It consists of 100 lifesize cast-iron figures spread over a 3.2km stretch of Crosby beach, each staring out over the Irish Sea. In common with most of Gormley's work, the figures are cast replicas of the artist's own body. As the tides ebb and flow, the figures are revealed and submerged by the sea. The figures have seen a bit of the world: they were exhibited in Germany, Norway and Belgium before settling in Crosby. They were due to be moved to New York in 2006, but, in the end, the local council relented and agreed they could stay permanently