LOOK II (sculpture in Plymouth)
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| LOOK II | |
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| Rusty Reg | |
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  LOOK II | |
| Artist | Antony Gormley |
| Year | 2020 |
| Medium | Cast iron blocks |
| Dimensions | 370 cm (12 ft) |
| Weight | ≈ 3 tonnes |
| Location | Plymouth, England |
| 50°21′48″N 4°08′48″W / 50.363347°N 4.146666°W | |
| Website | The Box website |
LOOK II (alternatively, Look II, and colloquially, Rusty Reg[1]) is a permanent sculpture by British sculptor Antony Gormley on the south-western leg of West Hoe Pier in Plymouth, England.
It was commissioned by Plymouth City Council and The Box as part of the city's Mayflower 400 celebrations.[2] The work marks the site where Francis Chichester returned in 1967 following his circumnavigation of the globe in the Gipsy Moth IV.[3]
Planning application
LOOK II is 12 feet (3.7 m) tall and made of 22 cast iron blocks weighing approximately 3 tonnes in total.[1] It is "stacked like a house of cards, but also substantial, rather like the stones of Stonehenge".[4]
The application submitted for the project, 20/00190/LBC, was received by Plymouth City Council on 5 February 2020 and validated on 12 February 2020.[5] It described LOOK II as "mounted on a fabricated steel stub of bespoke design" and "bolted to the reinforced concrete pile cap".[6]
After two extensions of the application process (in April and June 2020), a decision to grant the planning permission was issued on 23 June 2020.[5]