Statues and sculptures

Holland Park, London

An example of the drinking fountains set up in Paris by the English philanthropist Richard Wallace during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. This one is at the entrance to Wallace's London home at Manchester Square - now the home of the Wallace Collection of art and armour.

2 Temple Place, formerly home of Lord Astor. This sculpture showing a figure ( putto ) speaking on an old fashioned telephone must be quite unique. See:http://www.twotempleplace.co.uk/

A concrete crucifix at a Catholic church in Redhill, Surrey. It was sculpted by my late uncle, WS Rindl.

This summer, sculptor Antony Gormley invites you to help create an astonishing living monument. He is asking the people of the UK to occupy the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London, a space normally reserved for statues of Kings and Generals, in an image of themselves, and a representation of the whole of humanity. Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days without a break, different people will make the Plinth their own. If you’re selected, you can use your time on the plinth as you like – to demonstrate, to perform, or simply to reflect. One & Other is open to anyone and everyone from any corner of the UK. ... The artist Antony Gormley writes: "Through elevation onto the plinth, and removal from the common ground, the body becomes a metaphor, a symbol… In the context of Trafalgar Square with its military, valedictory and male historical statues to specific individuals, this elevation of everyday life to the position formerly occupied by monumental art allows us to reflect on the diversity, vulnerability and particularity of the individual in contemporary society. It could be tragic but it could also be funny." Quoted from: http://www.london.gov.uk/fourthplinth/plinth/gormley.jsp

"Alien" - a sculpture by Breuer-Weill near Victoria Station in London