General view of the sculpture group 'Ganapathi and Devi' by Stephen Cox, on the Sun Street roundabout, adjacent to the Broadgate Centre, from the south-east

Date:
3 Jun 2011
Location:
Broadgate Centre, Broadgate, City And County Of The City Of London, Greater London Authority
Reference:
DP132121
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Photographer's note: "Bristol-born sculpture, Stephen Cox has spent much time in Italy, studying architectural shapes and Renaissance stone-carving techniques. He has also travelled widely in Southern India to see first hand the ancient craft skills of the sub-continent's stonemasons. The two-part sculpture in carved stone represents the tension between dualities at the heart of many belief systems - positive/negative, male/female, yin/yan, birth/death. In Hindu religion, Devi signifies 'the Goddess', while Ganapathi alludes to the elephant god, Ganesh."

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/15972 Broadgate Centre, City of London; within the Volume: VF000071 Broadgate Centre, City of London; within the Series: EHC01/002 EH Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Kendall, Derek

Keywords

Sculpture