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Victory Over Blindness is in North West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.4779°, -2.2315°.

Public art & sculpture · North West England

Victory Over Blindness

Victory Over Blindness in England North West, United Kingdom.

Sculpture outside Piccadilly Station - geograph.org.uk - 7576769 — N Chadwick — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Victory Over Blindness is a public sculpture in England North West, United Kingdom. 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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Victory Over Blindness is a bronze sculpture in Manchester, England, by Johanna Domke-Guyot. It is on Piccadilly Approach outside the main entrance of Manchester Piccadilly station and was commissioned to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. The sculpture depicts seven blind figures guiding each other and walking together; their likeness are based upon real veterans who all suffered blindness as a result of action on the frontline. Unusually a plinth is not used and the figures are situated at eye level to engage passers-by. It was commissioned by the Blind Veterans UK and was unveiled in October 2018. It is believed to be the only memorial to depict those wounded in the First World War.

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The location for a permanent memorial to commemorate the centenary of the First World War was supported by both Network Rail and Transport for Greater Manchester. The exterior area outside the main entrance of Piccadilly station has historically been used for temporary exhibits and sculptures such as the Bee in the City art trail in 2018. The sculpture was first created to mark the centenary of the Blind Veterans UK charity in 2015 and which now sits at the charity's Llandudno rehabilitation and training centre. A cement cast of the sculpture was first unveiled in 2017 at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. With funding from the Gosling Foundation and support for a prominent…

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Coordinates: 53.4779, -2.2315
Address: Piccadilly Approach<br>Manchester Piccadilly station<br> Manchester, England
Official site: www.paullewthwaite.com