Edinburgh & Glasgow Local Monuments |
| 1) The Call |
Location – Festival Square, Lothian Road, Edinburgh
Typology -Commemorative, political, freestanding figurative sculpture (MADONNA & CHILD)
Construction / Completion Dates - Commissioned by The City of Edinburgh Council and unveiled by Mrs Suganya Chetty, a member of the African National congress living in exile in Edinburgh
Description - Literal figurative, life size, patinated Bronze. With reference to the use of the imagery of the Madonna and child / mother and child imagery within European / Christian art. Figurative mother and child with ‘shanty town’ references. A commission was raised during the early 1980’s to finance, and oversee the conception of a Public Art work to celebrate and mark the struggle of the ANC against apartheid and injustice in South Africa. The president of the ANC Nelson Mandela was one of the last centuries most highlighted Political Prisoners
Artist - Ann Davidson
Urban – Rural Context - Urban city-centre, retail and entertainment district
Rationale – Struggle for equality. To commemorate the support given by Scotland and other European states, to the anti-apartheid movement
