Comparison Of Sculpture In 19th And 20th Century Liverpool

Sculpture essay – Paul
In this essay I will be talking about a 19th century and 20th century public art piece displayed in Liverpool. I will also be writing about how the statues are made and processes in which they use also what it was like during the time period it was made and how it relates to the history of Liverpool. Lastly I will be talking about the different comparisons/differences between the two statues.
As a start I would like to speak about the 20th century public art I have chosen which is the lambanana’s this public art piece is a hybrid animal half lamb and half banana and was made by the artist Taro Chiezo and local sculptures Andy Small, Julian Taylor, Tommy Reason and Ray Stokes. These lambanana’s are located all around Liverpool

The lambanana’s are displayed in a public way because they are hard to miss whilst either visiting or living in Liverpool, but in another sense with them being there since 2000 on lookers mainly basing this on people who have seen them a lot because of living or for work reasons being in Liverpool they become part of the furniture in sense of becoming use to them but for either visitors or tourist I have seen it firsthand they take pictures or climb on top of them to pose and to further display them online for other people to see. The lambanana’s were made in early 2000’s and displayed all around Liverpool I think when contrasting them to other art and design in Liverpool they contrast highly against it because mainly in Liverpool there is only statues made out of sandstone and brass displaying public figures during that time such as prince Albert, the queen and mystical Greek gods but at the same time I would say that the lambanana’s contribute to Liverpool’s modern culture by showing how Liverpool was back in the 90’s/80’s whilst keeping it up to date with bright colours and how the prints are displayed on the

The artist who made this statue is called tom Murphy and to make this statue he used a bronze casting with metal pole in the body to keep its shape it also cemented to the ground with the a title on the bottom mentioning his regiment status in the Royal navy and the date of his death. The historical significance of this public art piece is the Capitan’s story he started by joining the Royal navy at the age of 13 and passed out at the top of his class in Dartmouth and received the kings’ medal. from this he fought in World War One at the age of 21 in the war he became involved in the battle against the u boats. This statue was made and displayed in the late 19th century (1998) so the social circumstances and meaning behind this was for the Capitan Walkers old boys association and was unveiled by Duke of Edinburgh for the 60th anniversary for the battle of the Atlantic. Furthermore the social reason behind this statue is to celebrate the life of the people who fought in either wars or battles over seas, which make the retired soldiers, come together as a community and to catch up on lost time. Historically in the 1990’s there was a lot going on the Berlin wall came down, Iraq invasion from British and American troops, there was the first ever page on the internet and they found a hole in the o zone layer none of