Nathan Coley’s We Are The Monument looks like it just sprang up overnight in Glasgow, atop the Glasgow Dental Hospital. Admittedly, there is a Glasgow Life article promoting it, so it’s not like it wasn’t planned.
Innovative illuminated sculpture by internationally acclaimed Glasgow artist shines over the city
Newly installed in Sauchiehall Street, on the roof of Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, the illuminated text-based sculpture displays the thought-provoking phrase, WE ARE THE MONUMENT.
Coley has a bit about it on his Instagram, too.
“The Dead must be Remembered, but the Living are the Monument, the living who coexist in peace in ordinary times, and who save one another in extraordinary times”
I enjoy seeing some new art work in the city, and this one reminds me of Mary Ellen Carroll’s It Is Green Thinks Nature Even In The Dark, which has left Glasgow residents scratching their heads for years now.
Coley studied at Glasgow School of Art, which is directly behind the Glasgow Dental Hospital, so I’m sure the location isn’t an accident.
I also like his work The World Without, seen here installed in Abu Dhabi.
