GARDEN FESTIVAL SCULPTURE BACK ON SHOW

A 27-tonne concrete and steel Floating Head sculpture has been taken up the River Clyde and put back on public display some 33 years after it was created for the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. The dramatic sculpture was the work of artist Richard Groom and was made with the help of out of work shipbuilders. Lying largely forgotten at Rothesay Dock East on the north banks of the river Clyde for many years, the Floating Head was tracked down following the artist’s death in 2019 and has been conserved and partially restored. The sculpture will be moored in the Canting Basin at Govan Docks until 6 October and will form a centrepiece of Glasgow Doors Open Day. A permanent home for the sculpture is being sought.