IN FLIGHT FROM THE EUSTON ROAD
David Breuer-Weil’s monumental sculpture of a flying man, Flight, has been installed in the heart of London, at St Pancras New Church, on Euston Road.
The 23 foot tall sculpture marks the restart of international travel — a massive bronze figure flying.
Acccording to Mr BreuerWeil, “We have all been craving to be on the move again... I wanted to install a work of art that marks this moment in time: we are travelling again, escaping from ourselves.
“The bronze sculpture, my largest, is close to the terminal of King’s Cross from where trains come and go to Paris and Brussels and around Europe, and opposite Euston Station, a real hub of travel.
“Thousands of people go by the sculpture every hour, people in flight.
“At night I have deliberately lit the sculpture, and shadows create a doppelganger of the flying man against the wall of the 200 year old church. This enhances a sense of the figure soaring.”
The sculpture marks the 200th anniversary of the iconic building that was completed in 1822 and subsequently famed for the four Caryatides based on the Parthenon in Athens — archetypal statues in the Western Canon.
In contrast, Breuer-Weil’s sculpture makes reference to his Jewish heritage.
Flight is positioned to the right of the Caryatides against the imposing neo-Classical exterior and will be in situ for the next 14 months as a symbol of the world returning to normality.
Concurrently the bronze maquette for the sculpture, Flight
(94 cm high) is being exhibited at the E & R Cyzer Gallery in Bruton Street, London.