At least nine out of a hundred iron figures installed by Antony Gormley on Crosby beach in England, was painted by the hand of an unknown vandal who consider themselves to be artist

Famous Nude male figures cast in iron by the sculptor Antony Gormley makes in his image and likeness, and sets up in unexpected places around the world — from roofs to Alpine ridges, and sandy beaches. In 2005, Crosby beach near Liverpool was decorated with hundreds of similar sculptures in the framework of the project Gormley "Another place". It was planned to send them to new-Йорк, but the iron men accustomed and so fond of the locals, which left them forever.

Over the years, figures for fun times dressed in ordinary clothes. But this June, the outfits were first drawn. Iron sculptures "dressed" in swimwear, shorts, t-shirts, etc. the Person who did this to us,-видимому, considers himself an artist. Several figures marked with the name "Mokie," and on the back of one of them the inscription "I am art" — "I — art."

Concerned local residents and tourists, published in social networks photos of painted figures Gormley agreed that it's not art, but vandalism. The representative of local authorities said that they asked himself Antony Gormley to clean the sculptures from paint.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources: theguardian.com, artinvestment.ru