Life in Beckworth » Rihanna http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth Bringing you the (almost) everyday comings and goings of the residents of Beckworth, a typical English market town. Informing you about their lives through the mediums of words, images, an interactive map and stereophonic sound recordings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Antony Gormley Sculture Unveiled http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/mayor-gary-grimsby/antony-gormley-sculture-unveiled/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/mayor-gary-grimsby/antony-gormley-sculture-unveiled/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:01:58 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=2260 Continue reading →]]> Hello all. Today saw the triumphant unveiling of Beckworth’s latest piece of public art, a sculpture named “Mother (On Benefits) Of The Repossessed” by local artist, and owner of an OBE, Antony Gormley OBE. Made of Mr Antony’s favoured medium, metal, the sculpture looks like discarded rubbish and in Mr OBE’s own words “aims to capture the mental angst of someone living on state handouts, the feeling of being societies’ discarded rubbish.” Mr Gormless, best known for his Angel Of The North sculpture sited somewhere up North swent on to say “it is also a comment on this Governments’ so called “bedroom tax.” The sculpture was unveiled by art lover, and local celeb, Rihanna, herself a champion of Gormley’s work and can be seen sited behind the gala Bingo near the bins.

Thanks. G. Grimsby. Mayor

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(Above) Antony Gormley (OBE)’s latest sculpture unveiled near the bingo hall bins today

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