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Iron Man
Victoria Square, Birmingham, United KingdomTel: +44 121 693 6300
The Iron Man sculpture by Anthony Gormley (also responsible for the much lauded "Angel of the North" in Gateshead) is unmistakably conspicuous as you walk across Victoria Square towards the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. It was erected in 1993, a donation to the city from the TSB bank which had just relocated to Birmingham. However, it has since caused a certain amount of controversy. Standing at almost 20 feet high, it depicts a stylised human figure apparently bound like a mummy. It leans slightly and the metal used is designed to oxidise in order to protect it. This explains the controversy - it was seen as a leaning, rusty hunk of metal, but the controversy has now died down a little and people are beginning to appreciate it more.
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