The Another Place figures each one weighing 650 kilos - are made from casts of the artists own body and are shown at different stages of rising out of the sand, all of them looking out to sea, staring at the horizon in silent expectation.

The work is being exhibited in the UK for the first time. It has previously been seen in Cuxhaven in Germany, Stavanger in Norway and De Panne in Belgium. It is expected to move to New York following its installation in Crosby which ends in November 2006.

According to Antony Gormley, Another Place harnesses the ebb and flow of the tide to explore mans relationship with nature.

He explains: The seaside is a good place to do this. Here time is tested by tide, architecture by the elements and the prevalence of sky seems to question the earths substance. In this work human life is tested against planetary time. This sculpture exposes to light and time the nakedness of a particular and peculiar body.

It is no hero, no ideal, just the industrially reproduced body of a middle-aged man trying to remain standing and trying to breathe, facing a horizon busy with ships moving materials and manufactured things around the planet. Visitors can see Another Place from all the normal access routes to Crosby beach.

The foreshore is easy to reach by public transport via three railway stations - Waterloo, Blundellsands and Crosby or Hall Road - and a range of bus services.
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