The Wasteman, an environmentally friendly 75ft high giant sculpture made entirely of rubbish by sculptor Antony Gormley


A crane helps build the gigantic figure, made of hundreds of discarded chairs, tables, beds, bookcases, toilet seats and other household items was being built on the Dreamland site in Margate Kent next to the scenic railway The sculpture was part of The Margate Exodus project by Arts Charity Artangel which ended with the statue being burnt on 1st October 2006. Gormley made the Angel of the North,


Size: 5194px × 3450px
Photo credit: © Roger Bamber / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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