UK`s largest bronze sculpture arrives in Plymouth
(Artdaily.org)

Today, the UK’s largest bronze sculpture named “Messenger” arrived into Plymouth by sea, before her installation at her new home in front of Theatre Royal Plymouth. Commissioned by TRP as a monument to the power of creativity and the arts, the sculpture created by British artist Joseph Hillier catches a young female actor mid-performance, embodying the energy and creativity at the heart of the Theatre Royal and cultural life in Plymouth. The reason Messenger arrived by sea, was because at 30ft wide by 23ft tall, the 10-ton sculpture was too large to fit under bridges leading to the city. Two weeks ago Messenger arrived in Plymouth from the foundry in Wales in three pieces so she could fit under motorway bridges. A team from the foundry, who have spent the last two years constructing the sculpture, used Plymouth’s Royal Naval Base to assemble the sculpture so that she could then be brought