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A statue of King Kong by Nicholas Monro was commissioned in 1972 for display in Manzoni Gardens in The Bull Ring, in the centre of Birmingham, England. It was later displayed elsewhere in Birmingham, then in Edinburgh, and is now in Penrith. It can be seen on occasion if travelling on the main rail link from Scotland to NW England on the left hand side. The Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol had a maquette.〔 That is in Wolverhampton Art Gallery as of August 2011. == Birmingham == Modelled on the fictional giant gorilla King Kong, the -tall,〔 fibreglass〔 statue was commissioned〔 for display in Birmingham, by the Peter Stuyvesant Foundation〔 for the Sculpture for Public Places Scheme〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=University of Warwick Art Collection - Artists - Nicholas Monro )〕 "City Sculpture", in partnership with the Arts Council of Great Britain.〔 It was constructed at the artist's studio at Hungerford.〔Radio Birmingham interview with Munro, 11 May 1972, transcribed in part in 〕 Munro's brief was to make something "city orientated" and he chose King Kong because of his association with New York and "for my own petty reasons".〔 After the statue had been on display in Manzoni Gardens for six months, Birmingham City Council was offered the opportunity to purchase the work,〔 but decided not to retain it,〔 and so later in 1972, it was sold for £3,000 to a local used-car dealer,〔 Mike Shanley, who changed the name of his dealership to King Kong Car Co.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nicholas Monro )〕 and displayed the statue at his sales lot〔 on the A34 Stratford Road, next to the former Holy Trinity church in the Camp Hill area of the city.〔 While there, it was dressed up as Father Christmas in season. It is likely that a subsequent owner of the statue and lot was a Mr Racey.〔 By 1976, the King Kong statue had moved to a new location on Ladypool Road, Sparkbrook, close to the Clifton Road junction. It stood at the rear face of the Clifton public house. It was still being used to advertise a King Kong cars dealership at this location 〔King Kong at this location can been seen in the second episode of the first series of the BBC TV series 'Gangsters'. 21 minutes into this episode, one of the characters is shown walking down Ladypool Road passing King Kong Kars Ko and the statue of King Kong〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King Kong statue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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