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New public sculpture unveiled on International Women s Day
Kalliopi Lemos, The Plait, height 650cm, 2020. Photo: Bram Vreugdenhil.
ROTTERDAM
.- One of the most beloved pieces at FRIEZE Sculpture in London’s Regent Park last November has found a permanent location. Kalliopi Lemos’ giant steel sculpture The Plait has been acquired for the public sculpture collection Rotterdam. At a height of no less than six and a half meters, The Plait was unveiled on International Women s Day. The Plait is the title of the slender steel sculpture by the London-based, Greek-born artist Kalliopi Lemos (1951). The Plait, made in 2020, is an upright cut off plait of dark brown hair of monumental proportions. Kalliopi Lemos is best known for her large-scale public installations of everyday objects, sometimes of colossal size. The Plait raises questions about the role of femininity in modern society and rebels against patriarchal coercion. The Plait is the first work by a female artist on ....

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