Works are to be removed next week after local art dealer admitted not having planning permission
It was hoped they would encourage the appreciation of contemporary art. But instead four iron sculptures by Sir Antony Gormley appear to have bitterly divided public opinion in the Suffolk seaside town of Aldeburgh.
Caroline Wiseman, a local art dealer, bought the pieces – titled Oval, Peg, Penis and Snowman – that were designed by Gormley in 2001 for a regeneration project in Peckham, south London. Placing the objects near the South Lookout tower on the shingle beach outside her studio last year, the collector wanted the 100kg art installation to be of “cultural benefit” to the upmarket town.
