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Description: | This fountain acts as an allegory of modern multicultural Birmingham in its representation of different heads cast from bronze to match the material of Toft's figures on the nearby Hall of Memory.(1) The sculptor also uses non-traditional materials such as wire in conjunction with traditional exploitation of the light and reflective qualities of water. The first head signifies Industry (looking towards the Hall of Memory) through the vice and coin and is based on the classical portrait, with water spouting like the language necessary to keep technology advancing. The second head of Enterprise (looking north) leaps from its bowl in hope and rides on a wave of water thrown up behind it. The head of Commerce (looking towards the International Convention Centre), with an open book behind, identified by the artist as a ledger, has hands made of wire gesturing in an act of giving, whilst water anoints the head with prosperity. Each head is ringed by a dish whose circular form, like the ever-flowing water, is symbolic of eternity.(2) | Subjects: | Ornamental Fountain | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Lomax, Tom | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6817... | Go to resource |
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