5000 x 3333 px | 42,3 x 28,2 cm | 16,7 x 11,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2015
Ubicazione:
Runnymede Meadows, A308 Windsor Road, Surrey, England, UK
Altre informazioni:
'The Jurors' is a public art installation (within the meaning of CDP Act) comprising 12 chairs at Runnymede Meadows where the Magna Carta was sealed in 1215. The artwork was commissioned by Surrey County Council to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Great Charter. The artist & sculptor Hew Locke created 12 bronze chairs decorated with imagery and symbols of current and past struggles for the rule of law, equal rights and freedom. The artwork was inaugurated by HRH Prince William during the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary celebrations on 15th June 2015. Cast at Meltdowns Foundry and assembled by Situations Art Organisation. Images taken around dawn on the Summer Solstice 2015. A wider shot taking in the Runnymede meadow with the chair nearest the viewer depicts Nelson Mandela's South African cell on Robben Island where he was held for 18 years of his 27 year incarceration for acts of sabotage designed to overthrow the apartheid regime; and the chair furthest from the viewer and in this image unfocused depicts Lillie Lenton wearing insignia about suffragette activism and imprisonment.
