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Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching
Meridian – Searching

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A life-sized bronze figure with inscribed stainless-steel strips of text, placed close to St James' Church, a place of quiet thought, education, and learning, and forming part of 'Meridian', a millennium public art project. It is said to represent being confused and angry. The text strip forms a loose knotty muddle.
Title

Meridian – Searching

Date

2000–2002

Medium

bronze & stainless steel

Measurements

H 170 x W 50 x D 70 cm

Accession number

LN11_PR_S003

Acquisition method

commissioned by Louth Town Council & Commissions East

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Louth Town Council

Custodian

Louth Town Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

incised letters on stainless steel strips: growth changes navigate simplicity belief disbelief - chaos gravity possibility elemental energy forces connections existence nowhere somewhere

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Located at

Westgate, Louth

LN11 9YQ

Located on the green outside St James' Church.