The Liverpool Plinth is an art space that showcases sculptures for a 12-month period on a
plinth
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outside
Liverpool Parish Church in
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
, UK. The current sculpture is by artist
Brigitte Jurack
The art space was first set up in 2018. Each sculpture is chosen via a competition to showcase artists living or working in the north of England (
North West
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,
North East
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,
Yorkshire and the Humber
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). The winner receives £1000.
The project was set up by Liverpool BID Company, working with
Liverpool Parish Church along with city gallery and art organisation, dot-art.
Winners
References
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Outdoor sculptures in Liverpool