"Conversation Piece " South Shields

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Spanish artist Juan Muñoz (1953-2001), came to prominence in the mid 1980s with his sculptural installations that placed human-like figures in sometimes unusual environments. His Conversation Piece shown here was installed in 1999 and consists of 22 bronze life size figures . In the distance , across the River Tyne to the north, can be seen the Knott Flats featured earlier.