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Sleeping Giant with Telescope

Phlegm (active since 2000s)

Headford / Milton Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Sleeping Giant with Telescope
Sleeping Giant with Telescope
Sleeping Giant with Telescope
Sleeping Giant with Telescope
Sleeping Giant with Telescope
Sleeping Giant with Telescope
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In this mural a giant is stretched out on his left side with his legs tucked under his body and his head in his hands. There are two small mythical figures standing on his head holding a large telescope on a tripod. On top of the telescope is a reel of cable with the head of a beast on top. In 2019 Phlegm painted a huge mural on the end of the Eye Witness Works building. This was as part of his 'Mausoleum of the Giants' exhibition. The building has since been redeveloped, and as a result Phlegm’s original mural lost. The artist returned in 2024 to create an even bigger mural on the same wall.
Title

Sleeping Giant with Telescope

Date

2024

Medium

paint

Accession number

S3_JO_S1000

Work type

Painted

Work status

extant

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at all times

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Located at

Headford / Milton Street, Sheffield

S3 7LQ

Located along the entire side of the Eye Witness Works building.

Artist or maker

Phlegm

active since 2000s

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