The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity
The Task – Unity

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Four children reaching up and supporting with their arms an octahedron, all surfaces comprising small tiles, some of those on the octahedron including etched words and images, upon a square base with sloping sides and with more etched tiles around the feet of the children.
Title

The Task – Unity

Medium

metal & concrete

Accession number

BT48_FP_S058

Acquisition method

funded by the Northern Ireland Arts Council

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

17th September 2010

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on a plaque riveted to the front of the base: Galliagh DEVELOPMENT TRUST / Iontaobhas Fortbartha Bhaile na gCailleach / Delivering change in Derry's Outer North / This Sculpture created by artist Maurice Harron / and designed by local Galliagh children was unveiled by / Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA and / Shanaen McClintock St Paul's PS. / Friday 17th September 2010. / This project was funded by the / Northern Ireland Arts Council & Supported by Derry City Council / under the Reimaging Communities Programme

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