Local artist Karl Ullger has won the top prize at this year’s Gibraltar International Art Competition for his artwork ‘Forgotten Patio’.
Mr Ullger was selected as the overall winner by adjudicator John Maine, a British artist who has decades.
Named ‘Turning Point’, the artistic piece is intended as a “marker of confidence”, “reinforcing close links between the cathedral and the city”, as well as marking the passage of time. It follows on from John’s extensive exhibition in the Cathedral and throughout the Close and Sarum College in 2014. He has also exhibited drawings and small sculptures in the Young Gallery beside the Market Place. At 4.2 metres high, it is built in seven courses of granite and shaped in the form of a spire. Keen for more public art
Cllr Annie Riddle Annie Riddle, independent councillor for Harnham West, said: “I am keen to see more public art in Salisbury, and not just in the Close. We need to make our whole city centre more interesting and more fun, and offer something distinctive to keep people coming back.
Named ‘Turning Point’, the artistic piece is intended as a marker of confidence , “reinforcing close links between the cathedral and the city”, as well as marking the passage of time. It follows on from John’s extensive exhibition in the Cathedral and throughout the Close and Sarum College in 2014. Artist John Maine pictured with his almost installed sculpture, Turning Point. Picture by Spencer Mulholland He has also exhibited drawings and small sculptures in the Young Gallery beside the Market Place. At 4.2 metres high, it is built in seven courses of granite and shaped in the form of a spire. John said: It’s been a long wait but it’s wonderful to see it installed.”
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Turning Point This new statue in the Market Place has been gifted to the city as a marker of confidence , contributing to a sense of optimism for the future of Salisbury. Turning Point was created by John Maine RA. At 4.2 metres high and an estimated weight of 5 tons, the sculpture is built in seven courses of granite and shaped in the form of a spire.