A major new public artwork for Belfast, Ireland, entitled “Kit,” was recently unveiled at the public realm area at the Abercorn Residential Complex at Titanic Quarter as part of Belfast Festival at Queen’s. The high profile contemporary artwork is by Essex-based artist Tony Stallard and is the artist’s largest public artwork to date. “Kit” is a dramatic site specific light sculpture which is over 44 feet tall and cast in bronze. The artwork depicts recognizable Titanic elements on an outer frame and the overall sculpture suggests toy kits or air fix models. The signature public artwork was commissioned through open competition by ArtSpark NI on behalf of Titanic Quarter Ltd and Arts & Business NI, as part of the Integrated Arts Strategy for the Abercorn Residential Complex.
For Stallard, the sculpture is intended to symbolize Belfast as an industrial pioneer at the time of building the Titanic and act as a contemporary tribute to the shipbuilders.
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