'Naked men' to appear on Hong Kong rooftops with debut of British artist Antony Gormley's Event Horizon installation
Sculptures by British artist Antony Gormley to make Hong Kong debut in November following cancellation last year after high-rise suicide
British artist Antony Gormley's striking "naked man" statues will appear on Hong Kong rooftops this November, more than a year after their original debut was cancelled when a trader for global bank J.P. Morgan jumped to his death from a building in Central.
The public sculpture installation known as Event Horizon features 31 fibreglass and iron statues made from life-size body casts of the artist.
They were first shown in London in 2007, gazing down from the tops of landmark buildings such as Southbank Centre and forcing the normally hectic commuter crowds below to pause and wonder at the unexpected interruptions in the familiar urban skyline.
The statues looked so lifelike that many were alarmed at the sight of them standing on the edge of rooftops.
Last year, sponsor Hongkong Land's decision to pull the plug on the exhibition attracted worldwide attention.
The company was believed to have changed its mind upon J.P. Morgan's prompting after Dennis Li Junjie, 33, jumped to his death in February from the roof of Chater House, a Hongkong Land property.