Unique kitchen sink sculpture gets official launch on Morecambe beach

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The wraps have been taken off a new unusual sculpture by a Morecambe artist.

Artist Anthony Padgett, left, and local historian Peter Wade at the official unveiling of the 'Kitchen Sink Drama' sculpture.

The play marked the first ‘kitchen sink’ drama and led the way for TV series like Coronation Street and EastEnders.Anthony said:"As Look Back in Anger was the start of the kitchen sink drama I thought a ready made sculpture of a kitchen sink would be a piece of contemporary art that is a great contrast to the traditional figurative sculpture of"There is not much contemporary art in Morecambe and the work references Marcel Duchamp's famous 1917 Fountain ready made urinal sculpture.

The launch of the sculpture marks a call for entries to Morecambe Bay Art Fair competition on Saturday August 13 with the theme, Morecambe Celebrity.

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