A SCULPTURE at Saddell Bay created by the artist Antony Gormley is to remain in place permanently.
The abstract human form gazes out over the Kilbrannan Sound to Arran from the rocks below Saddell Castle. Originally commissioned for just 12 months, Argyll and Bute Council has now granted permanent planning permission and, thanks to an anonymous private donor, the cast-iron sculpture called GRIP will remain indefinitely.
Mr Gormley is a globally renowned artist whose work includes Another Place in Liverpool and the Angel of the North near Newcastle. GRIP is one of five sculptures, collectively called LAND, that were placed near Landmark Trust buildings across Britain in 2015 to celebrate 50 years of the charity.