Public art & sculpture · Northern Ireland
The Big Fish
The Big Fish in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Eric Jones — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
The Big Fish is a public sculpture in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, dating from 1999. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Big Fish, also know as the Salmon of Knowledge, is a printed ceramic mosaic sculpture by John Kindness. The 10-metre-long (33 ft) statue was constructed in 1999 and installed on Donegall Quay in Belfast, Northern Ireland, near the Lagan Lookout and Custom House. Also known as Pat The Fish in reference to visitors from Orkney, Scotland patting the fish for good luck. The Big Fish's image appears on tourism material related to Belfast and Northern Ireland.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 54.6015, -5.9217
- Established
- 1999
- Official site
- visitbelfast.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q4091869 (CC0)
- wikipedia: The Big Fish (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Big Fish?
- The Big Fish is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6015°, -5.9217°.
- When was The Big Fish built?
- The Big Fish dates to 1999.