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A large, muscular figure reaches out to save a life; his face is boldly carved. The roughness of the carving on the body contrasts with the smoothness of the head, where there is an expression of great concentration. His raised leg acts as a lever against the side of the This artwork depicts the act of saving life at sea. A large muscular male figure reaches out from a boat to save a life, pulling up the survivor. The smoothly carved boat balances as if floating on air, with the sea implied around the figure below the boat. An arm emerges from the turmoil of the sea, the face still underwater. The clasping hands, as the hand reaching up from the sea holds on tightly, shows they are still alive. The piece commemorates the work of the RNLI, who operate a major lifeboat station about one kilometre east of the location of the sculpture.

Title

Breathing at Sea

Date

2002

Medium

stone & slate

Measurements

H 150 x W 200 x D 150 cm (E);
Plinth: H 100 x W 100 x D 100 cm (E)

Accession number

SA3_DO_S260

Acquisition method

commissioned by Mumbles Community Council, Artworks Wales and Arts Council of Wales

Work type

Statue

Owner

Mumbles Community Council

Custodian

Mumbles Community Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

plinth, front: A tribute to / the enduring voluntary work of the / Royal National Lifeboat Institution in / The Mumbles, in saving life at sea. plinth, rear: teymged I / aith gwirfoddol parhaus / Selwdliad cenedlaethol Brenhinol y Badau Achub / yn y Mwmbwls. yn achub by wydau ar y mor. ground plaque: Breathing at Sea by Hideo Furuta. / commissioned by Mumbles Community Council / with assistance from Artworks Wales and supported / by a lottery grant from the Arts Council of Wales. / Unveiled by H.M. Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan / Commodore R.C. Hastie C.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., 2002 A.D. Anadiu ar y Mor' gan Hideo Furuta. / comisiynwyd gan Gyngor cymuned y Mwmbwls / gyda chymorth Cywaith cymru a chefhogaeth / grant loteri Cyngo Celfyddydau Cymru / dadorchuddwyd gan Arglwdd-raglaw E.M. dros Orll. / Morgannwg, Comodor R.C. Hastie C.B.E. RD., R.N.R., 2002 A.D.

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