{"id":3929,"date":"2014-10-16T08:13:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T08:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolverhamptonlabour.com\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2014-10-16T08:13:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T08:13:08","slug":"rock-form-sculpture-to-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/news\/rock-form-sculpture-to-return-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Form Sculpture to return home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Promises have now been made to return Rock Form back to the City for public display once more.<\/p>\n

Cllr Roger Lawrence said, \u201cI\u2019m delighted to confirm that, following detailed and productive discussions between the council and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Barbara Hepworth\u2019s Rock Form sculpture will soon be back on full display to the people of Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople will recall that the council has been working hard alongside community campaigners to bring the statue home. I wrote to the Chancellor George Osborne back in August seeking assurances over its whereabouts and future, we have also spoken out against it being taken away from the city many times.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sculpture, which was removed from the Mander Centre this summer after 46 years, will have a new, temporary home in the City\u2019s art gallery. It will then return to the Mander Centre once its\u2019 major refurbishment is complete in two-three years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n

\u201cRock Form is a fantastic piece of modern art. It\u2019s had a huge connection to our City for nearly half-a-century and its presence is something Wulfrunians are immensely proud of. The base of the sculpture contains a time capsule containing items donated by Wolverhampton children and businesses – again symbolising its strong links to the City.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank the local community campaigners who have pressed for the sculpture\u2019s return, their efforts have demonstrated what Rock Form means to local people and they have had a major influence on this positive outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really pleased that we have been able to persuade RBS to return thesculpture to public display and hopefully Wolverhampton people will be able to enjoy it for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Promises have now been made to return Rock Form back to the City for public display once more. Cllr Roger Lawrence said, \u201cI\u2019m delighted to confirm that, following detailed and productive discussions between the council and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Barbara Hepworth\u2019s Rock Form sculpture will soon be back on full display to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}