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The Big Art Project

 
An invitation

The Channel 4 Big Art Project began with an invitation to the UK public to nominate a suitable site for one of the eventual commissions. Nominations have now closed and seven sites have been selected. They are spread right across the UK and you can see them here.

Michael Trainor and the Art Department: They Shoot Horses Don't They? Lawrence Weiner: Steel Pennies Don’t Come From or Go to Heaven Julian Opie: Six Escaped Animals

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Michael Trainor and the Art Department: They Shoot Horses Don't They?, Blackpool Promenade (2002) (courtesy Blackpool Council)

Lawrence Weiner Steel: Pennies Don't Come From or Go to Heaven, detail, Dean Clough Industrial Park, Halifax (1993) (© Art on File/CORBIS)

Julian Opie: Six Escaped Animals, City Hall Park, New York (2001-2004) (courtesy Julian Opie and Lisson Gallery London)



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