Memorial by Antony Gormley for London bombings victims
Families of the victims of the July 7, 2005 London bombings unveiled plans on Friday for a memorial of stainless steel pillars representing each of the 52 innocent victims.
The pillars will be grouped together in four interlinking clusters representing the four separate suicide attacks that caused carnage in underground trains and a double decker bus. The three-metre (10-foot) columns will each be marked with the date, time and location of the incident they represent. The permanent one million pound memorial will be erected in Hyde Park in the heart of the British capital.
Grahame Russell, who lost his son Philip when one of the four suicide bombers detonated a device on a bus in central London, said: "A lot of families' ideas were included in the design; it's very different. "The stelae (pillars) remind me that prior to July 7 these 52 people that died stood tall in this world, the material itself is as indestructible as the memories we have of them. "We wanted a proper memorial so we have taken our time."
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London A scale model of The Angel of the North has broken records by selling at auction for more than £2 million. The 6ft 6in version of Antony Gormley’s 65ft original was one of five that he created from a cast of his own body.
It had been expected to fetch £800,000 but sold at Sotheby’s on Tuesday to an anonymous buyer who paid £2.28 million. Gormley received a royalty fee of just under £10,000 from the sale.
The Angel of the North design was chosen by Gateshead Council from a shortlist of international artists in 1994. It took four years to build and install beside the A1 and has its tenth anniversary this year. It has a wingspan of 177ft (54m) - wider than a Boeing 767’s - compared with 16ft for the small statue.
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